Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity
The Trust, through its service providers,
has processes in place to assess, identify and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. The Trust’s business is
dependent on the communications and information systems of the Trustee, the Sponsor, the Custodian and other third-party service
providers. The Trustee is responsible for day-to-day administration of the Trust and has implemented a cybersecurity program that
applies to the Trustee and its business, including the administration of the Trust.
Cybersecurity Program Overview
The Trustee
has instituted a cybersecurity program designed to identify, assess and mitigate cyber risks applicable to the administration by the Trustee of the Trust. The cyber
risk management program involves risk assessments, implementation of security measures and ongoing monitoring of systems and networks,
including networks on which the Trust relies. The Trustee actively monitors the current threat landscape to seek to identify material
risks arising from new and evolving cybersecurity threats, including material risks faced by the Trust.
The Trust
relies on the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Custodian to engage external experts, including cybersecurity assessors, risk
management and information technology professionals, attorneys, consultants and auditors to evaluate cybersecurity measures
and risk management processes, including those applicable to the Trust.
Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks
The Trust has no board of trustees and
is administered by the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement. Accordingly, the Trust relies on the Trustee, the Sponsor and the
Custodian for oversight of cybersecurity risks applicable to the Trust.
Management’s Role in Cybersecurity Risk
Management
The Trust
has no officers or employees and is administered by the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement. Accordingly, the Trust relies
on the Trustee, the Sponsor and the Custodian for management of cybersecurity risks applicable to the Trust .
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Assessment
of Cybersecurity Risk
The
potential impact of risks from cybersecurity threats to the Trust are assessed by the Trustee, the Sponsor, the Custodian and
third-party service providers on an ongoing basis, and how such risks could materially affect the Trust’s objective, operational
results and financial condition are regularly evaluated. During the reporting period, the Trustee has not identified any risks
from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of previous cybersecurity incidents, that the Trustee believes have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust, including its objective, operational results and financial
condition.
Item
2. Properties
Not
applicable.
Item
3. Legal Proceedings
None
Item
4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not
applicable.
PART
II
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