- CEO
- Wayne Xie
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 605 Third Avenue New York NY United States of America 10158
- IPO Date
- Dec 9, 2025
- Business
- Global X Gold Miners ETF (AUAU) is an exchange-traded fund that provides investors with targeted exposure to the global gold mining industry by tracking the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index before fees and expenses. The fund holds a diversified portfolio of float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted securities, including common stocks, preferred securities, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) of publicly traded companies primarily engaged in gold or silver mining; top holdings as of late 2025 include Newmont Corp (NEM, 11.70%), Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM, 9.09%), Barrick Gold Corp (GOLD, 7.96%), Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (WPM, 5.64%), AngloGold Ashanti PLC (AU, 4.97%), Gold Fields Ltd (GFI, 4.50%), Franco-Nevada Corp (FNV, 4.33%), Kinross Gold Corp (KGC, 4.27%), Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd (2899 HK, 3.20%), and Northern Star Resources Ltd (NST AU, 3.12%). Passively managed with a low expense ratio of 0.35%, AUAU offers access to large, mid-tier, and mixed producers operating across diverse global jurisdictions, benefiting from gold price leverage through expanded margins, production efficiencies, dividends, and share buybacks.
Launched on December 10, 2025, by Global X Management Company LLC—a New York-based ETF provider founded in 2008 and headquartered at 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY—AUAU represents the latest expansion of Global X's platform amid surging gold prices and structural central bank buying trends. The fund operates within the broader precious metals mining segment, targeting institutional and retail investors seeking equity exposure to gold miners as a complement to physical gold holdings, with geographic diversification spanning North America, Australia, South Africa, China, and other regions via its underlying holdings. As a subsidiary of Mirae Asset Financial Group, Global X continues to innovate its lineup of over 90 ETFs across thematic growth, income, commodities, and international strategies, with recent enhancements including fund name changes and a strategic partnership with Nasdaq Dorsey Wright in April 2025.