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EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - SPDR GOLD TRUSTFinancial_Report.xls
EX-23.2 - EX-23.2 - SPDR GOLD TRUSTd601636dex232.htm
EX-31.1 - EX-31.1 - SPDR GOLD TRUSTd601636dex311.htm
EX-31.2 - EX-31.2 - SPDR GOLD TRUSTd601636dex312.htm
EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - SPDR GOLD TRUSTd601636dex321.htm
EX-32.2 - EX-32.2 - SPDR GOLD TRUSTd601636dex322.htm
10-K - FORM 10-K - SPDR GOLD TRUSTd601636d10k.htm

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-180974) of SPDR® Gold Trust of our reports dated November 26, 2013, with respect to the statements of condition of SPDR® Gold Trust as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficit and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 2013, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2013, which reports appear in the September 30, 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K of SPDR® Gold Trust. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading ‘Experts’ in the above noted Registration Statement.

/s/  KPMG LLP

New York, New York

November 26, 2013