WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS

International Financial Statistics, August 2011* % of Tonnes reserves** 8,133.5 74.2% 3,401.0 71.4% 1) 2,814.0 2,451.8 71.2% 2,435.4 66.2% 1,054.1 1.6% 1,040.1 17.8% 836.7 7.7% 765.2 3.3% 612.5 58.9% 557.7 8.7% 502.1 31.3% 423.6 5.0% 382.5 85.1% 365.8 60.8% 322.9 3.3% 310.3 15.9% 286.8 29.6% 281.6 40.2% 280.0 54.7% 227.5 38.2% 173.6 4.7% 153.8 11.0% 143.8 5.6% 127.5 3.3% 127.4 2.5% 125.7 11.9% 125.0 12.1% 1) 119.0 116.1 5.7% 111.5 79.0% 105.9 3.8% 103.7 9.2% 102.9 4.6% 79.9 8.7% 79.0 13.2% 75.6 12.7% 73.1 3.1% 70.4 9.9% 66.5 3.8% 64.4 16.1% 54.7 5.1% 49.1 22.1% 39.9 10.8% 39.4 0.6% 38.9 41.4% 36.5 11.9% 36.4 1.3% 35.3 16.4% 34.7 3.7% % of Tonnes reserves** 33.6 0.5% 31.8 64.6% 27.7 3.6% 26.3 33.1% 25.8 5.9% 22.0 4.6% 13.9 56.0% 13.7 4.7% 13.5 6.2% 13.1 33.5% 12.8 5.0% 12.6 1.4% 12.4 14.9% 12.4 3.1% 11.8 7.5% 8.9 33.5% 7.7 4.8% 7.3 11.4% 7.1 0.0% 6.9 5.2% 6.9 1.1% 6.8 11.7% 6.7 3.8% 6.0 13.4% 5.8 4.0% 1) 4.7 3.9 6.6% 3.4 0.3% 3.2 13.8% 3.1 21.7% 3.1 0.3% 1) 3.0 2.6 6.5% 2.3 4.9% 2.2 10.6% 2.1 12.4% 2.1 0.0% 2.0 3.8% 2.0 1.3% 2.0 2.9% 1.9 0.9% 1.6 2.8% 1.6 1.3% 0.9 0.0% 0.7 1.1% 0.7 0.7% 0.6 1.0% 0.4 0.0% 0.4 7.3% 0.4 5.1%

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WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGS

International Financial Statistics, August 2011* % of Tonnes reserves** 0.3 0.1% 0.3 0.0% 0.3 0.0% 0.3 0.2% 0.2 5.0% 0.2 0.0% 0.2 1.5% 0.1 0.1% 0.0 0.1% 0.0 0.4% 0.0 0.2% 0.0 0.0% 0.0 0.6% 0.0 0.0% % of Tonnes reserves** 1) 30,700.1 27,372.6 11.6% 10,792.5 62.2% 11,958.3 49.5%

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NOTES *ThistablewasupdatedinAugust2011andreportsdataavailableatthattime.Dataaretakenfromthe InternationalMonetaryFund'sInternationalFinancialStatistics(IFS),August2011edition,andother sourceswhereapplicable.IFSdataaretwomonthsinarrears,soholdingsareasofJune2011formost countries,May2011orearlierforlatereporters.Thetabledoesnotlistallgoldholders:countrieswhich havenotreportedtheirgoldholdingstotheIMFinthelastsixmonthsarenotincluded,whileother countriesareknowntoholdgoldbuttheydonotreporttheirholdingspublicly.WheretheWGCknowsof movementsthatarenotreportedtotheIMFormisprints,changeshavebeenmade.Thecountries showingashaving0.0tonnesofgoldreportsomegoldbutlessthan0.05tonnestotheIMF. **Thepercentageshareheldingoldoftotalforeignreserves,ascalculatedbytheWorldGoldCouncil.The valueofgoldholdingsiscalculatedusingtheendofmonthLondonpmfixgoldpricepublisheddailybythe LBMA.InJune,theendofmonthgoldpricewas $1505.50Dataforthevalueofotherreservesaretaken fromIFS,tableTotalReservesminusGold. 1.BISandIMFbalancesheetsdonotallowthispercentagetobecalculated.Inthecaseofanycountries, uptodatedataforotherreservesarenotavailable. 2.BISdataareupdatedeachyearfromtheBISsannualreporttoreflecttheBanksgoldinvestmentassets excludinganygoldheldinconnectionwithswapoperations,underwhichtheBankexchangescurrencies forphysicalgold.Thebankhasanobligationtoreturnthegoldattheendofthecontract. 3.WestAfricanEconomicMonetaryUnionincludingthecentralbank. 4.Includesboth"Monetarygold"and"Othergold"asreportedbythecentralbank. 5.CentralAfricanEconomicandMonetaryUnionincludingthecentralbank. 6.SignatoriestothethirdCentralBankGoldAgreementwhichcommencedinSeptember2009.The signatoresinclude:ECB,Austria,Belgium, Cyprus,Estonia,Finland, France, Germany,Greece,Ireland,Italy, Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland.Estonia becameasignatoryuponjoiningtheEuroinJanuary2011.
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