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EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF BBD, LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - VanEck Merk Gold Trustf10k2017ex23i_vaneckmerk.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION - VanEck Merk Gold Trustf10k2017ex31i_vaneck.htm
10-K - ANNUAL REPORT - VanEck Merk Gold Trustf10k2017_vaneckmerkgold.htm

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION

906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Annual Report of VanEck Merk Gold Trust (the “Trust”) on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned, in the capacity and on the date indicated below, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust.

 

Date: April 14, 2017 /s/ Axel Merk**
 

Axel Merk*

President and Chief Investment Officer 

(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

 

* The Registrant is a trust and Mr. Merk is signing in his capacities as officers of Merk Investments LLC, the Sponsor of the Registrant.

 

** The original executed copy of this Certification will be maintained at the Sponsor’s offices and will be made available for inspection upon request.