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Price: 1,853.2512GBX

Change: 1.36%

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BlackRock Gold & General D Inc

BlackRock Gold & General D Inc

ISIN:

GB00B5ZNJ904

Risk level:

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FE fundinfo Rating:

IA Sector:

IA Specialist

Income type:

Income

Price:

1,853.2512GBX

27 May 2025

Last change:

1.36%

1 year change:

45.26%

5 year annualised return:

7.19%

12 month yield:

0.12%

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At a glance

At a glance performance and information

Eligibility:

Share Dealing Account
ISA
SIPP

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  • BlackRock Gold & General D Inc
  • IA Specialist
  • FTSE Gold Mines

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment 31/03/20 to 31/03/21 31/03/21 to 31/03/22 31/03/22 to 31/03/23 31/03/23 to 31/03/24 31/03/24 to 31/03/25
BlackRock Gold & General D Inc 26.06% 14.89% -7.04% -5.74% 48.28%
IA Specialist 31.15% 5.77% -0.66% 9.19% 3.49%
FTSE Gold Mines 31.91% 18.58% -17.85% -1.76% 51.56%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment 3 months 6 months 1 year 3 years* 5 years*
BlackRock Gold & General D Inc 15.63% 28.07% 45.71% 16.47% 7.19%
IA Specialist -0.50% 2.08% 4.45% 5.47% 6.98%
FTSE Gold Mines 29.51% 39.13% 50.69% 17.32% 8.96%

Fund Objective: The Fund aims to provide a return on your investment (generated through an increase in the value of the assets held by the Fund) over the long term (5 or more consecutive years beginning at the point of investment). The Fund invests invest at least 70% of its total assets in global equity securities (e.g. shares) of companies which derive a significant proportion of their income from gold mining or commodities such as precious metals. The Fund has the flexibility to invest outside of the sector set out above.

Manager name:

BlackRock

Manager start date:

01 April 2009

Investment style:

*None

Region (geographical):

Global

Manager Biography:

Evy Hambro is co-manager of the BlackRock World Mining Trust plc, and is Global Head of Thematic and Sector Investing, as well as the Head of the Natural Resources Equity Team. He sits on the BlackRock Global Operating Committee and is a member of the Alpha Strategies Partner Group. He is also manager of a number of the team's portfolios covering the mining, gold and circular economy strategies. His service with the firm dates back to 1994, including his years with Mercury Asset Management and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers which merged with BlackRock in 2006. Evy has a degree in agricultural food marketing.

Benchmark:

FTSE Gold Mines

Sector:

IA Specialist

FE fundinfo Rating:

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge Who receives this? What is it? Amount
Initial charge: The fund manager Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged. 0.00%
Ongoing Charges: The fund manager The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year. 1.16%
Performance Fee: The fund manager A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions. 0%
Typical transaction cost: The fund manager The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading. 0.188%*
Dealing commission: iWeb The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment. £5.00 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.

Account charges are not included

Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 1,107,250,000.00 GBX

Chart date: May 27, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security Weight
Barrick gold corporation 7.80%
Agnico eagle mines ltd (ontario) 7.16%
Kinross gold corporation 7.13%
Endeavour mining plc 6.14%
Newmont corporation 5.65%
Northern star resources ltd 5.21%
Wheaton precious metals corp. 4.67%
Eldorado gold corp 3.99%
Lundin gold inc. 3.84%
Alamos gold inc (pre-merger) 3.79%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors Weight
Gold 88.16%
Precious Metals & Stones 7.26%
Money Market 4.58%

World regions

World regions
Country Weight
Canada 57.27%
United States 26.18%
Australia 10.12%
Cash and Derivatives 4.58%
South Africa 1.40%
United Kingdom 0.46%
ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.