ASA GOLD AND PRECIOUS METALS overview

The Rights Plan Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (“ASA” or the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) has unanimously adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan (“Rights Plan”) to protect the interests of the Company and all of its shareholders. The current rights plan will expire at the close of business on December 20, 2024. The terms of the newly adopted Rights Plan are substantively identical to the terms...

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) declared a distribution of $0.01 per common share of the Company. The distribution is payable on May 18, 2023 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2023. This distribution will be paid from undistributed realized gains. The Company has paid uninterrupted distributions since 1959. In addition, the Company announced that shareholders elected Axel Merk, and re-elected Anthony Artabane, William Donovan,...

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) announced that Mr. Alexander (Axel) G. Merk has been appointed by the Board, on the recommendation of the Company’s Nominating, Audit and Ethics Committee, to serve as a Director until the 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Merk, age 53, is the founder, President, and Chief Investment Officer of Merk Investments LLC (“Merk Investments”), which serves as the investment adviser to the Company under the terms...

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) declared a distribution of $0.01 per common share of the Company. The distribution is payable on May 19, 2022 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 9, 2022. Due to a continued low level of dividends received by the portfolio, this distribution will be paid from undistributed realized gains. The Company has paid uninterrupted distributions since 1959. In addition, the Company announced that shareholders...

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) declared a distribution of $0.01 per common share of the Company. The distribution is payable on November 24, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 15, 2021. Due to a continued low level of dividends received by the portfolio, this distribution will be paid from undistributed realized gains. The Company has paid uninterrupted distributions since 1959. The Company is a non-diversified, closed-end...

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) declared a distribution of $0.01 per common share of the Company. The distribution is payable on May 21, 2021 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 20, 2021. Due to a continued low level of dividends received by the portfolio, this distribution will be paid from undistributed realized gains. The Company has paid uninterrupted distributions since 1959. In addition, the Company announced that shareholders...

New Year of Renewed Interest in the Gold and Precious Metals Market FinancialBuzz.com News Commentary PR Newswire NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2021 NEW YORK , Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The value of gold is difficult to predict, as it depends on many economic-related factors such as dollar strength and decisions such as the ones made by the federal reserve. Gold prices held on to their gains on Monday, but are seeing little reaction to the slowing momentum in the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to...

ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited (the “Company”) (NYSE: ASA) declared a distribution of $0.01 per common share of the Company. The distribution is payable on November 25, 2020 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 16, 2020. Due to a continued low level of dividends received by the portfolio, this distribution will be paid from accumulated undistributed net investment income. Should current market conditions persist, future distributions, if any, from this...