Franklin Gold And Precious Metals Fund
Actively managed developed international stock fund
As of its 2026 Q2 report, Franklin Gold And Precious Metals Fund held 254 positions with $3.45B in net assets. Its ten largest holdings made up 33.0% of the fund. The FKRCX share class costs 0.87% a year. Over the 12 months to May 2026, FKRCX returned 96.8%, with dividends reinvested. In 2026 Q3 it added 36 new positions and exited 37.
Capital appreciation. The Fund's secondary goal is to provide shareholders with current income through dividends or interest received from its investments.
The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in securities of gold and precious metals operation companies worldwide, focusing on firms with low-cost reserves, experienced management, and long-life production profiles or expandable resource bases. As a non-diversified fund, it concentrates a greater portion of assets in fewer issuers than a diversified fund and may heavily invest in small- and mid-capitalization companies, with a substantial portion of holdings currently domiciled in Canada. Because the fund invests in a smaller number of issuers, performance depends materially on the success of those concentrated positions.
What you own
| Company | Weight | Value | Shares | Reported price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AGIAlamos Gold, Inc. | 4.91% | $169.51M | 4.2M | $39.93 |
BBarrick Mining Corp. | 4.76% | $164.53M | 4.2M | $39.34 |
G Mining Ventures Corp. | 4.37% | $150.99M | 4.4M | $34.66 |
EQXEquinox Gold Corp. | 3.79% | $131.11M | 9.4M | $13.97 |
Newmont Corp. | 2.94% | $101.45M | 926.3K | $109.53 |
Anglogold Ashanti plc | 2.78% | $96.16M | 1.0M | $93.73 |
2.54% | $87.83M | 790.6K | $111.09 | |
AEMAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 2.38% | $82.06M | 436.0K | $188.21 |
Greatland Resources Ltd. | 2.27% | $78.60M | 8.0M | $9.85 |
Perseus Mining Ltd. | 2.22% | $76.81M | 19.2M | $4.01 |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
The 200 largest of 254 holdings, with the share counts as filed, open with a free account.
What the fund is made of
Percentages are of fund net assets. Rounding, liabilities and short positions can make totals differ from 100%.
| Stocks | 98.22% |
| Other | 1.23% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.43% |
How it has done
FKRCX share class · total returns with dividends reinvested
Volatility over the last 12 months: 45.37%. Past returns are a record, not a forecast.
Jun 2026 and Jul 2026 have been filed since the trailing figures were struck, so they are not in the table above or the curve — every figure here shares one cut-off, which is what makes them comparable with other funds.
The 4 share classes hold the same portfolio
| Share class | Expense ratio | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.87% | +96.76% | +277.34% | +165.29% | -21.06% | |
| 1.62% | +95.32% | +269.21% | +155.65% | -21.10% | |
| 0.62% | +97.23% | +280.32% | +168.74% | -21.03% | |
| 0.54% | +97.31% | +281.17% | +170.00% | -21.03% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 14.35pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 2.87pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Fees & fund details
Franklin Gold And Precious Metals Fund is an actively managed developed international equity fund.
- Asset class
- Equity
- Region
- Developed international
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Features
- Non-diversified
- Expense ratio, by class
- 0.54% – 1.62%· FKRCX 0.87%
- Portfolio turnover
- 22.76% a year · as of 2025 Q4
Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.
Turnover is how much of the portfolio was replaced in a year.
Classified from what the fund holds, not from its name · 2026 Q2. The summary is a paraphrase of the prospectus; the objective is verbatim.
What changed this quarter
Positions that entered or left the fund since its previous filing. Positions that were only resized are not listed.
36 new· the largest 8
37 exited· the largest 8
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