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iShares® Gold Trust

c/o iShares® Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

 

VIA EDGAR

 

Ms. Lulu Cheng

Office of Finance

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 December 20, 2022

 

Re:

Request for Acceleration of Effectiveness
iShares® Gold Trust
Registration Statement on Form S-3

File No. 333-268746

 

 

Dear Ms. Cheng:

 

In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), iShares Gold Trust (the "Trust") hereby requests that the effectiveness for the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as amended through the date hereof) filed under the Securities Act be accelerated to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 22, 2022, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Trust hereby confirms that it is aware of its obligations under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Should you have any questions or require any additional information with respect to this filing, please contact Clifford R. Cone at (212) 878-3180 or Jason D. Myers at (212) 878-8324.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

     
  iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC  
  Sponsor of iShares Gold Trust  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shannon Ghia

 

 

 

Shannon Ghia

 

 

 

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

cc:

Marisa Rolland, BlackRock, Inc.

  George Rafal, BlackRock, Inc.
  Clifford R. Cone, Clifford Chance US LLP
  Jason D. Myers, Clifford Chance US LLP
  Tae Ho Cho, Clifford Chance US LLP