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2021-12-08 compared with 2021-09-09 · 22 added, 28 removed, 5 unchanged (91% of the section changed)

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Form of Depositary Trust

Agreement between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit

4.1 filed with Registration Statement No.

333-180868 on April 15, 2014)

First Amendment To Depositary

Trust Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2015, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and The Bank of New

York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Current Report on Form 8-K on October 26,

Second Amendment to the

Depositary Trust Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and the Bank

of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(c) filed with Annual Report on Form 10-K/A

Form of Depositary Trust Agreement between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Registration Statement No.

333-180868 on April 15, 2014)

First Amendment To Depositary Trust Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2015, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Current Report on Form 8-K on October 26, 2015)

Second Amendment to the Depositary Trust Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, by and between Merk Investments LLC, as sponsor of the Trust, and the Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee of the Trust (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1(c) filed with Annual Report on Form 10-K/A on April 29, 2016)

Certification by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Certification by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Inline XBRL Instance Document.

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

The information in Exhibit 32 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act (including this report), unless the Company specifically incorporates the foregoing information into those documents by reference.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in its capacities* thereunto

duly authorized.

MERK INVESTMENTS LLC

Sponsor of the VanEck Merk Gold Trust

September 9, 2021

/s/ Axel Merk

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer and

XBRL Instance Document

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

information in Exhibit 32 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

as amended, or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference

in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act (including this report), unless the Company specifically

incorporates the foregoing information into those documents by reference.

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by

the undersigned in its capacities* thereunto duly authorized.

INVESTMENTS LLC

of the VanEck Merk Gold Trust

December 8, 2021

and Chief Executive Officer

Executive Officer and

Principal Financial Officer)

The Registrant is a trust and the person is signing in his capacities as officers of Merk Investments LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

Registrant is a trust and the person is signing in his capacities as officers of Merk Investments LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

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