Fundology

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GDGB VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD

ISIN IE00BQQP9F84London Stock Exchange: GDGBVan Eck Associates Corp.

Latest close

LSE

£70.28

on

Ongoing charge
0.53% a year
Fund size
£3.3bn

As of , at least 15 min delayed

At a glance

As of 13/11/2026, GDGB (VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD, ISIN IE00BQQP9F84) closed at £70.28 on the London Stock Exchange. Its ongoing charge is 0.53% a year (about £53 on £10,000). Over the five years to 13/11/2026 its total return was +172.2%, or +112.5% after UK CPIH inflation.

Past returns

Total return: the change in the fund’s value with any income reinvested, after its ongoing charges. Periods to .
1 year to 13/11/2026
+11.7%
+7.7% after inflation
3 years to 13/11/2026
+202.7%
+173.5% after inflation
5 years to 13/11/2026
+172.2%
+112.5% after inflation

£1,000 put in five years ago would have been worth about £2,722 on 13/11/2026 — about £2,125 in today’s spending power, once price rises are taken out. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Returns: as reported (delayed data). Inflation: UK CPIH, latest month published.

How we work it out:ReturnsReturns after inflationTotal returnReal returnCPIH

Calendar-year and 12-month returns

Calendar-year returns of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +3.0%, 2023 +3.7%, 2024 +16.5%, 2025 +120.6%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +0.4%. Returns of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) over the 12 months to 30/09/2026: +17.1%; to 30/09/2025: +90.1%; to 30/09/2024: +40.1%; to 30/09/2023: +2.0%; to 30/09/2022: +3.1%.

Calendar-year returns of GDGB, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund), to 13/11/2026
YearReturnAfter inflationReturn shown as a bar
to +0.4%−2.8%
to +120.6%+113.0%
to +16.5%+12.5%
+3.7%−0.4%
+3.0%−5.7%
Returns of GDGB over 12-month periods to 30/09/2026, in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund)
12 months toReturnAfter inflation
from +17.1%+12.9%
from +90.1%+82.7%
from +40.1%+36.5%
from +2.0%−4.1%
from +3.1%−5.2%

As of , inflation: UK CPIH

How we work it out:Calendar-year returnsWhat a calendar-year return isAccumulating and distributing

Risk: volatility and largest fall

How far the price has swung and fallen. The same record as the returns, in pounds.

Volatility (annualised)

35.9%over 5 years

Volatility, annualised from weekly returns, by period
1 year51.9%
3 years38.9%
5 years35.9%

Annualised from weekly returns. Higher means bumpier.

Largest fall since November 2021
−38.1%
From to
Lowest 12-month return
−20.8%
12 months to
Highest 12-month return
+176.3%
12 months to
Below its highest weekly close since November 2021
27.4%
High of , latest

In words: Volatility of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD in pounds, annualised from weekly returns to 13/11/2026: 51.9% over 1 year, 38.9% over 3 years, 35.9% over 5 years. Largest fall in the price of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD since November 2021, in pounds: −38.1% from 27/02/2026 to 17/07/2026. The lowest 12-month return of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund) since January 2021 was −20.8% (12 months to 10/03/2023); the highest was +176.3% (12 months to 27/02/2026). On 13/11/2026 the price of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD was 27.4% below its highest weekly close since November 2021 (27/02/2026), in pounds.

As of , price, with income reinvested in the fund

How we work it out:Risk figuresFallsVolatilityLargest fall

Charges compared with similar funds

The ongoing charge is taken from the fund’s value every day, so the returns on this page are already after it. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately.
Ongoing charge
0.53%
a year
On £10,000
£53
a year, roughly
Over five years
£262
of £10,000, before growth
Among 165 single-sector funds, share classes counted once
  • 123 charge less
  • 0 the same
  • 41 charge more

Ongoing charge of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD 0.53% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 41 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 0 the same and 123 less (share classes counted once).

As of

A lower charge is not a promise of a higher return: what the fund holds matters more.

As of

Read more:Ongoing charge (OCF)OCF and TERFee dragHow charges add up

In plain English

VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from VanEck, launched in 2015.

It tracks the NYSE Arca Gold Miners — the price of gold.

You buy and sell it through a share-dealing account or platform during stock-market hours, like a share.

Its ongoing charge is 0.53% a year — about £53 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund's value rather than billed to you.

Income from its investments is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

Single sectors: Funds focused on one industry — banks, energy, defence, mining and so on.

Terms:ETFIndex fundUCITSAccumulating or incomeShare classISIN

Key facts

Ticker
GDGB
ISIN
IE00BQQP9F84
Also listed as
GDX (London Stock Exchange, US dollars), G2X (Xetra, euros)
Provider
VanEck
Tracks
NYSE Arca Gold Miners
Structure
ETF
An exchange-traded fund: bought and sold on the stock exchange through the day, like a share.
Income
Accumulating
Income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.
Ongoing charge
0.53% a year · about £53 on £10,000
Fund size
£3.3bn
Launched
Domicile
Ireland
UK reporting fund status
Yes — on HMRC’s list of reporting funds (list of )
Reporting fund since . What reporting fund status means
Can usually be held in
ISA and SIPP
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Currency hedged
No
Price currency
Pounds (GBP)

Price chart

Closing price
£70.28+7.5% over 1 year · closing price
GDGB closing price: £65.39 on 14/11/2025, £70.28 on 13/11/2026 (+7.5%); low £59.86, high £96.75.

Over the last year, the closing price went from £65.39 on 14/11/2025 to £70.28 on 13/11/2026 (+7.5%). The lowest close shown was £59.86 on 17/07/2026 and the highest £96.75 on 27/02/2026.

One close a week. Before 18/09/2026 the closes are from the weekly price history for this listing; from then on, the closing prices we have recorded.

As of , at least 15 min delayed

Five years of prices, and after inflation

262 weekly closes, from 12/11/2021 to 13/11/2026. The same history in November 2026 pounds, adjusted with CPIH inflation.

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How we work it out:Prices and returnsNAV and price

What it holds

As of , GDGB holds 60 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Newmont at 11.55% of the fund; the ten largest make up 60.4%.
Holdings
60
on record
Ten largest
60.4%
of the whole fund
Effective number of holdings
20
As concentrated as this many equal-sized holdings (how it is worked out)
Largest holding
11.6%
Newmont

Top 10 holdings

Top holdings of GDGB: the ten largest, as a percentage of the whole fund, as of 13/11/2026
Rank#HoldingWeight as a percentage of the fund
1NewmontNEMMaterialsUnited States11.55%
2Agnico Eagle MinesAEMMaterialsCanada11.43%
3Barrick MiningABXMaterialsCanada7.87%
4Wheaton Precious MetalsWPMMaterialsBrazil5.83%
5Franco-NevadaFNVMaterialsCanada5.65%
6AngloGold AshantiAUMaterialsUnited States4.89%
7Gold FieldsGFIMaterialsSouth Africa4.01%
8Kinross GoldKMaterialsCanada3.53%
9Northern Star ResourcesNSTMaterialsAustralia3.22%
10Pan American SilverPAASMaterialsCanada2.39%

As of , holdings as published

Where it invests

The portfolio by sector, country and type of asset, as a share of the whole fund. Bonds, cash and positions without a classification are shown as they come, not guessed.

By country

  1. Canada50.6%
  2. United States22.2%
  3. Australia9.3%
  4. Brazil5.8%
  5. South Africa4.8%
  6. Mexico2.3%
  7. China1.7%
  8. United Kingdom1.5%
  9. Other countries1.6%
Added up from the fund’s published holdings, as of 13/11/2026.

See the full portfolio

Every holding with search and filters, the whole breakdown by sector, country and type of asset, a map of the 60 largest and what changed since .

All 60 holdings of GDGB

More of the portfolio

The fund publishes 60 holdings; the ten largest make up 60.4% of it. The fund's portfolio is also split by currency.

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Holdings:Compare what it holds with another fundHoldings overlapHow overlap is measured

Risk and return in depth

Ratios that weigh return against its ups and downs, every rolling period rather than a few fixed ones, and each large fall with how long it took to recover.
  • Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios

    Sharpe, Sortino and Calmar ratios over 1, 3 and 5 years, from weekly returns in pounds.

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  • Rolling returns

    The full range of 254 rolling 12-month returns since January 2021, and of 150 rolling three-year returns, in pounds, with how often they were above zero.

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  • Largest falls and recoveries

    The 3 largest falls since November 2021, in pounds, with how many weeks each took to reach its low and to recover.

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  • Moves compared with a similar fund

    Correlation and beta of weekly returns in pounds against iShares Core MSCI World UCITS ETF, over the three years to 13/11/2026 (154 weeks).

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Questions people ask

What is the ongoing charge of GDGB?

The ongoing charge of GDGB is 0.53% a year — about £53 a year on every £10,000 invested, taken from the fund’s value rather than billed to you. Platform and dealing fees are charged separately. Ongoing charge of VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF Accum A USD 0.53% a year. Compared on 14/11/2026, 41 of the 164 other single-sector funds charge more, 0 the same and 123 less (share classes counted once).

What does GDGB track?

GDGB tracks the NYSE Arca Gold Miners — the price of gold.

Is GDGB accumulating or distributing?

GDGB is accumulating: income is reinvested inside the fund, so it shows up as a rising price rather than cash paid to you.

What is the ISIN of GDGB?

The ISIN of GDGB is IE00BQQP9F84. An ISIN identifies one exact share class of a fund; GDGB is its ticker on the London Stock Exchange. The same share class is also listed as GDX (London Stock Exchange, US dollars) and G2X (Xetra, euros).

What does GDGB hold?

As of 13/11/2026, GDGB holds 60 positions, according to its published holdings. The largest is Newmont at 11.55% of the fund; the ten largest make up 60.4%. Its ten largest holdings are Newmont (11.55%), Agnico Eagle Mines (11.43%), Barrick Mining (7.87%), Wheaton Precious Metals (5.83%), Franco-Nevada (5.65%), AngloGold Ashanti (4.89%), Gold Fields (4.01%), Kinross Gold (3.53%), Northern Star Resources (3.22%) and Pan American Silver (2.39%).

What were GDGB’s returns in each of the last five years?

Calendar-year returns of GDGB in pounds (price, with income reinvested in the fund): 2022 +3.0%, 2023 +3.7%, 2024 +16.5%, 2025 +120.6%; 2026 to 13/11/2026 +0.4%. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

How has GDGB done after inflation?

Over the five years to 13/11/2026 GDGB’s total return was +172.2%, or +112.5% after UK CPIH inflation. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.

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