Sprott Physical Gold Trust (Re), 2010 CanLII 53353

Ontario Commission des P.O. Box 55, 19^th Floor CP 55, 19e étage

Securities valeurs mobilières 20 Queen Street West 20, rue queen ouest

Commission de l’Ontario Toronto ON M5H 3S8 Toronto ON M5H 3S8

Headnote NP 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions – Exemptive relief granted to closed end fund that invests in gold bullion – fund a foreign private issuer and not an investment company in the U.S. – offering primarily intended for U.S. investors – relief granted to permit fund’s prospectus to not strictly comply with the form requirements of Form 41-101F2 regarding prescribed headings and order of headings and inclusion of certain financial disclosure – fund’s prospectus will comply with substantive disclosure requirements of Form 41-101F2.

Applicable Legislative Provisions National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements – ss. 3.1(2) and 19.1.

VIA SEDAR

September 15, 2010

Heenan Blaikie

Bay Adelaide Centre

333 Bay Street, Suite 2900

P.O. Box 2900

Toronto, Ontario

M5H 2T4

Attention: Ora Wexler

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

Re: Sprott Physical Gold Trust (the “Trust”)

Exemptive Relief Application under Part 19 of National Instrument 41-101 General Prospectus Requirements (“NI 41-101”)

Application No. 2010/0633, SEDAR Project No. 1632745

By letter dated September 3, 2010 (the “Application”), the Trust applied to the Director of the Ontario Securities Commission (the “Director”) under section 19.1 of NI 41-101 for relief from section 3.1(2) of NI 41-101. The relief is requested to permit the Trust to file a base prep prospectus that does not fully comply with the form requirements of Form 41-101F2 (the “Requested Relief”).

This letter confirms that, based on the information and representations made in the Application and for the purposes described in the Application, the Director intends to grant the Requested Relief to be evidenced by the issuance of a receipt for the Trust’s prospectus.

Yours very truly,

“Vera Nunes”

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Vera Nunes

Assistant Manager, Investment Funds Branch