{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-cheapest-miners","section":"rankings","title":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs | ETFIQ","description":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by the annual fee the fund charges, as of Oct 20, 2026. 6 funds from ETFIQ\u2019s own published figures.","as_of":"Oct 20, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs","numberOfItems":6,"itemListOrder":"https://schema.org/ItemListOrderDescending","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"XME","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/xme"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PICK","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pick"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SLX","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/slx"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"GOAU","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/goau"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"NIKL","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/nikl"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"METL","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/metl"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs","description":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by the annual fee the fund charges, as of Oct 20, 2026. 6 funds from ETFIQ\u2019s own published figures.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-cheapest-miners","dateModified":"2026-10-20","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creditText":"ETFIQ (etfiq.com)","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Weight overlap with the S&P 500","Active share","Holdings","Top ten share of the fund","Total return","Fee for the differing part","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Thematic ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-cheapest-miners"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs","description":"The cheapest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by the annual fee the fund charges, as of Oct 20, 2026. 6 funds from ETFIQ\u2019s own published figures.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-cheapest-miners","dateModified":"2026-10-20","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2699,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The cheapest miners and metals ETFs \n \n As of Oct 20, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The cheapest miners and metals ETFs\n See 6 funds ranked by the annual fee the fund charges. Updated Oct 20, 2026. A fee is one fact, not a verdict. Funds on one theme can hold different companies, and the holdings are on the theme page.\n The cheapest miners and metals ETFs, ranked by the annual fee the fund charges, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Fee Net assets Weight in S&P 500 companies Total return, 1Y \n 1 XME State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ET 0.35% $3.8bn 21.5% \u22126.2% \n 2 PICK iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Prod 0.39% $2.4bn 12.4% +27.9% \n 3 SLX VanEck Steel ETF 0.55% $156m 12.6% +37.2% \n 4 GOAU US Global GO Gold and Precious Metal Min 0.60% $165m 2.8% +2.2% \n 5 NIKL Sprott Nickel Miners ETF 0.75% $42m 0.0% \u221224.4% \n 6 METL Sprott Active Metals & Miners ETF 0.99% $73m 14.2% +0.1% \n \n Method\n The 6 of 6 ETFs in the miners and metals theme that publish an expense ratio, cheapest first. Across the funds listed here the annual fee runs from 0.3% to 1.0%. A fee is the one number a fund controls and the one a holder always pays. The list sorts one published figure, with no scoring or weighting. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, closed funds included.\n Where to next\n Every miners and metals ETF and what it holds The largest miners and metals ETFs Where these figures came from\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement.\n A ranking is not a recommendation or an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. 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