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of Gold The
Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 provides guidance for
determining fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.
ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The
Trust’s gold is held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Custodian”), on behalf of the Trust, at its
London, England and Zurich, Switzerland vaulting premises and may also be held at the Zurich, Switzerland vaulting premises
of UBS AG, or any other firm selected by the Custodian, to hold the Trust’s gold in the Trust’s allocated account in the
firm’s vault premises on a segregated basis. Effective as of the close of business June 20, 2019, the Sponsor approved
the addition of London, England as a location where the Custodian may custody allocated gold bullion deposited with and
held by the Trust. At December 31, 2021, none of the Trust’s gold was held by a sub-custodian. F- 8 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements The
Trust’s gold is recorded at fair value. The cost of gold is determined according to the average cost method and the fair value
is based on the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) PM Gold Price. Realized gains and losses on transfers of
gold, or gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair
value and average cost of gold transferred. The
LBMA PM Gold Price is set using the afternoon session of the ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) equilibrium
auction, an electronic, tradable and auditable over-the-counter auction market with the ability to participate in US Dollars,
Euros or British Pounds for LBMA-authorized participating gold bullion banks or market makers that establishes a reference
gold price for that day’s trading. Once the value of the gold has been determined, the Trustee subtracts all estimated accrued but unpaid fees (other than the fees accruing for such day on which the valuation takes place which are computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets), expenses and other \ liabilities of the Trust from the total value of the gold and any other assets of the Trust. The resulting figure is the adjusted net asset value (“ANAV”) of the Trust. The ANAV of the Trust is used to compute the Sponsor’s Fee. The
Trust recognizes changes in fair value of the investment in gold as changes in unrealized gains or losses on investment in gold
through the Statement of Operations. The
per Share amount of gold exchanged for a purchase or redemption is calculated daily by the Trustee using the LBMA PM Gold
Price to calculate the gold amount in respect of any liabilities for which covering gold sales have not yet been made,
and represents the per Share amount of gold held by the Trust, after giving effect to its liabilities, to cover expenses
and liabilities and any losses that may have occurred. Fair
Value Hierarchy ASC
820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs
are as follows: – Level
1. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access. – Level
2. Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly
or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on
an inactive market, prices for similar instruments and similar data. – Level
3. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing
the Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability,
and that would be based on the best information available. To
the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination
of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for
instruments categorized in level 3. The
inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes,
the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the
lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. F- 9 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements The
Trust’s investment in gold is classified as a level 1 asset, as its value is calculated using unadjusted
quoted prices from primary market sources. The
categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown be (Amounts in 000’s of US$) December
31, 2021 December
31, 2020 Level 1 Investment in gold $ 2,391,578 $ 2,652,891 There
were no transfers between levels during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. 2.3. Gold
Receivable and Payable Gold receivable
or payable represents the quantity of gold covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of Shares
respectively, where the gold has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account. Generally, ownership of gold
is transferred within two business days of the trade date. At December 31, 2021, the Trust had no gold receivable or payable
for the creation or redemption of Shares. At December 31, 2020, the Trust had no gold receivable or payable for
the creation or redemption of Shares. 2.4. Creations
and Redemptions of Shares The
Trust expects to create and redeem Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares). The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to Authorized Participants on an ongoing basis. Individual investors cannot purchase
or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust. An Authorized Participant is a person who (1) is a registered broker-dealer
or other securities market participant such as a bank or other financial institution which is not required to register as a broker-dealer
to engage in securities transactions; (2) is a participant in The Depository Trust Company; (3) has entered into an Authorized
Participant Agreement with the Trustee and the Sponsor; and (4) has established an Authorized Participant Unallocated Account
with the Trust’s Custodian or other gold bullion clearing bank. An Authorized Participant Agreement is an agreement
entered into by each Authorized Participant, the Sponsor and the Trustee which provides the procedures for the creation and redemption
of Baskets and for the delivery of the gold required for such creations and redemptions. An Authorized Participant Unallocated
Account is an unallocated gold account, either loco London or loco Zurich, established with the Custodian or a gold bullion
clearing bank by an Authorized Participant. The
creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of
the amount of gold represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined NAV
of the number of Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem
Baskets is properly received. Authorized
Participants may, on any business day, place an order with the Trustee to create or redeem one or more Baskets. The typical settlement
period for Shares is two business days. In the event of a trade date at period end, where a settlement is pending, a respective
account receivable and/or payable will be recorded. When gold is exchanged in settlement of a redemption, it is considered
a sale of gold for financial statement purposes. F- 10 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements The
amount of gold represented by the Baskets created or redeemed can only be settled to the nearest 1/1000th of an ounce. As
a result, the value attributed to the creation or redemption of Shares may differ from the value of gold to be delivered
or distributed by the Trust. In order to ensure that the correct amount of gold is available at all times to back the Shares,
the Sponsor accepts an adjustment to its management fees in the event of any shortfall or excess on each transaction. For each
transaction, this amount is not more than 1/1000th of an ounce of gold. As
the Shares of the Trust are subject to redemption at the option of Authorized Participants, the Trust has classified the outstanding
Shares as Net Assets. Changes in the number of Shares outstanding are presented in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. 2.5. Income
Taxes The
Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself will
not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow through” to the
Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, deductions, gains, and losses to the Internal Revenue
Service on that basis. The
Sponsor has evaluated whether or not there are uncertain tax positions that require financial statement recognition and has determined
that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are required as of December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020. 2.6. Investment
in Gold Changes
in ounces of gold and their respective values for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are set out be Year Ended December
31, 2021 Year Ended December
31, 2020 (Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data) Ounces of gold Opening balance 1,405,430.5 787,688.3 Creations 69,166.7 739,919.1 Redemptions ( 147,946.2 ) ( 120,236.3 ) Transfers of gold to pay expenses ( 2,300.8 ) ( 1,940.6 ) Closing balance 1,324,350.2 1,405,430.5 Investment in gold Opening balance $ 2,652,891 $ 1,193,151 Creations 128,307 1,298,953 Redemptions ( 258,605 ) ( 203,169 ) Realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares 32,491 30,873 Transfers of gold to pay expenses ( 4,155 ) ( 3,433 ) Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses 635 643 Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in gold ( 159,986 ) 335,873 Closing balance $ 2,391,578 $ 2,652,891 F- 11 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements 2.7. Expenses
/ Realized Gains / Losses The primary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor’s
Fee, which is paid by the Trust through in-kind transfers of gold to the Sponsor. The
Trust will transfer gold to the Sponsor to pay the Sponsor’s Fee that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.17 % of the adjusted daily net asset value (“ANAV”) of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears. The
Sponsor has agreed to assume administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust, including the Trustee’s monthly
fee and out of pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee and the reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses, exchange listing
fees, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registration fees, printing and mailing costs,
audit fees and up to $ 100,000 per annum in legal expenses. For
the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Sponsor’s Fee was $ 4,122,059 , $ 3,640,527 and
$ 1,680,258 , respectively. At December
31, 2021 and at December 31, 2020, the fees payable to the Sponsor were $ 345,581 and $ 379,068 , respectively. With

of Gold The

Trust follows the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”). ASC 820 provides guidance for

determining fair value and requires increased disclosure regarding the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.

ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly

transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The

Trust’s gold is held by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Custodian”), on behalf of the Trust, at its

London, England and Zurich, Switzerland vaulting premises and may also be held at the Zurich, Switzerland vaulting premises

of UBS AG, or any other firm selected by the Custodian, to hold the Trust’s gold in the Trust’s allocated account in the

firm’s vault premises on a segregated basis. Effective as of the close of business June 20, 2019, the Sponsor approved

the addition of London, England as a location where the Custodian may custody allocated gold bullion deposited with and

held by the Trust. At December 31, 2021, none of the Trust’s gold was held by a sub-custodian. F- 8 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements The

Trust’s gold is recorded at fair value. The cost of gold is determined according to the average cost method and the fair value

is based on the London Bullion Market Association (“LBMA”) PM Gold Price. Realized gains and losses on transfers of

gold, or gold distributed for the redemption of Shares, are calculated on a trade date basis as the difference between the fair

value and average cost of gold transferred. The

LBMA PM Gold Price is set using the afternoon session of the ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”) equilibrium

auction, an electronic, tradable and auditable over-the-counter auction market with the ability to participate in US Dollars,

Euros or British Pounds for LBMA-authorized participating gold bullion banks or market makers that establishes a reference

gold price for that day’s trading. Once the value of the gold has been determined, the Trustee subtracts all estimated accrued but unpaid fees (other than the fees accruing for such day on which the valuation takes place which are computed by reference to the value of the Trust or its assets), expenses and other \ liabilities of the Trust from the total value of the gold and any other assets of the Trust. The resulting figure is the adjusted net asset value (“ANAV”) of the Trust. The ANAV of the Trust is used to compute the Sponsor’s Fee. The

Trust recognizes changes in fair value of the investment in gold as changes in unrealized gains or losses on investment in gold

through the Statement of Operations. The

per Share amount of gold exchanged for a purchase or redemption is calculated daily by the Trustee using the LBMA PM Gold

Price to calculate the gold amount in respect of any liabilities for which covering gold sales have not yet been made,

and represents the per Share amount of gold held by the Trust, after giving effect to its liabilities, to cover expenses

and liabilities and any losses that may have occurred. Fair

Value Hierarchy ASC

820 establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs

are as follows: – Level

1. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Trust has the ability to access. – Level

2. Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly

or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on

an inactive market, prices for similar instruments and similar data. – Level

3. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing

the Trust’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability,

and that would be based on the best information available. To

the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination

of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for

instruments categorized in level 3. The

inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes,

the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the

lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. F- 9 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements The

Trust’s investment in gold is classified as a level 1 asset, as its value is calculated using unadjusted

quoted prices from primary market sources. The

categorization of the Trust’s assets is as shown be (Amounts in 000’s of US$) December

31, 2021 December

31, 2020 Level 1 Investment in gold $ 2,391,578 $ 2,652,891 There

were no transfers between levels during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. 2.3. Gold

Receivable and Payable Gold receivable

or payable represents the quantity of gold covered by contractually binding orders for the creation or redemption of Shares

respectively, where the gold has not yet been transferred to or from the Trust’s account. Generally, ownership of gold

is transferred within two business days of the trade date. At December 31, 2021, the Trust had no gold receivable or payable

for the creation or redemption of Shares. At December 31, 2020, the Trust had no gold receivable or payable for

the creation or redemption of Shares. 2.4. Creations

and Redemptions of Shares The

Trust expects to create and redeem Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Baskets (a Basket equals a block of 100,000 Shares). The Trust issues Shares in Baskets to Authorized Participants on an ongoing basis. Individual investors cannot purchase

or redeem Shares in direct transactions with the Trust. An Authorized Participant is a person who (1) is a registered broker-dealer

or other securities market participant such as a bank or other financial institution which is not required to register as a broker-dealer

to engage in securities transactions; (2) is a participant in The Depository Trust Company; (3) has entered into an Authorized

Participant Agreement with the Trustee and the Sponsor; and (4) has established an Authorized Participant Unallocated Account

with the Trust’s Custodian or other gold bullion clearing bank. An Authorized Participant Agreement is an agreement

entered into by each Authorized Participant, the Sponsor and the Trustee which provides the procedures for the creation and redemption

of Baskets and for the delivery of the gold required for such creations and redemptions. An Authorized Participant Unallocated

Account is an unallocated gold account, either loco London or loco Zurich, established with the Custodian or a gold bullion

clearing bank by an Authorized Participant. The

creation and redemption of Baskets is only made in exchange for the delivery to the Trust or the distribution by the Trust of

the amount of gold represented by the Baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined NAV

of the number of Shares included in the Baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem

Baskets is properly received. Authorized

Participants may, on any business day, place an order with the Trustee to create or redeem one or more Baskets. The typical settlement

period for Shares is two business days. In the event of a trade date at period end, where a settlement is pending, a respective

account receivable and/or payable will be recorded. When gold is exchanged in settlement of a redemption, it is considered

a sale of gold for financial statement purposes. F- 10 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements The

amount of gold represented by the Baskets created or redeemed can only be settled to the nearest 1/1000th of an ounce. As

a result, the value attributed to the creation or redemption of Shares may differ from the value of gold to be delivered

or distributed by the Trust. In order to ensure that the correct amount of gold is available at all times to back the Shares,

the Sponsor accepts an adjustment to its management fees in the event of any shortfall or excess on each transaction. For each

transaction, this amount is not more than 1/1000th of an ounce of gold. As

the Shares of the Trust are subject to redemption at the option of Authorized Participants, the Trust has classified the outstanding

Shares as Net Assets. Changes in the number of Shares outstanding are presented in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. 2.5. Income

Taxes The

Trust is classified as a “grantor trust” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Trust itself will

not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. Instead, the Trust’s income and expenses will “flow through” to the

Shareholders, and the Trustee will report the Trust’s proceeds, income, deductions, gains, and losses to the Internal Revenue

Service on that basis. The

Sponsor has evaluated whether or not there are uncertain tax positions that require financial statement recognition and has determined

that no reserves for uncertain tax positions are required as of December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020. 2.6. Investment

in Gold Changes

in ounces of gold and their respective values for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are set out be Year Ended December

31, 2021 Year Ended December

31, 2020 (Amounts in 000’s of US$, except for ounces data) Ounces of gold Opening balance 1,405,430.5 787,688.3 Creations 69,166.7 739,919.1 Redemptions ( 147,946.2 ) ( 120,236.3 ) Transfers of gold to pay expenses ( 2,300.8 ) ( 1,940.6 ) Closing balance 1,324,350.2 1,405,430.5 Investment in gold Opening balance $ 2,652,891 $ 1,193,151 Creations 128,307 1,298,953 Redemptions ( 258,605 ) ( 203,169 ) Realized gain on gold distributed for the redemption of Shares 32,491 30,873 Transfers of gold to pay expenses ( 4,155 ) ( 3,433 ) Realized gain on gold transferred to pay expenses 635 643 Change in unrealized (loss) / gain on investment in gold ( 159,986 ) 335,873 Closing balance $ 2,391,578 $ 2,652,891 F- 11 Aberdeen Standard Gold ETF Trust Notes to the Financial Statements 2.7. Expenses

/ Realized Gains / Losses The primary expense of the Trust is the Sponsor’s

Fee, which is paid by the Trust through in-kind transfers of gold to the Sponsor. The

Trust will transfer gold to the Sponsor to pay the Sponsor’s Fee that accrues daily at an annualized rate equal to 0.17 % of the adjusted daily net asset value (“ANAV”) of the Trust, paid monthly in arrears. The

Sponsor has agreed to assume administrative and marketing expenses incurred by the Trust, including the Trustee’s monthly

fee and out of pocket expenses, the Custodian’s fee and the reimbursement of the Custodian’s expenses, exchange listing

fees, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registration fees, printing and mailing costs,

audit fees and up to $ 100,000 per annum in legal expenses. For

the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Sponsor’s Fee was $ 4,122,059 , $ 3,640,527 and

$ 1,680,258 , respectively. At December

31, 2021 and at December 31, 2020, the fees payable to the Sponsor were $ 345,581 and $ 379,068 , respectively. With