# [[WGC (IOM) Limited]]- The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the World Gold Market (WGC), a non-profit organization responsible in the growth and development of the gold industry. Its membership is composed of 23 leading gold mining companies worldwide. It primary purpose in applying for the TLD is to protect the "GOLD" brand and to provide a trusted, secure and online space for all stakeholders in the gold industry to present objective and factual information about gold. The company admits that it has no relevant experience in managing and operating a domain name registry, however it is confident that the technical and operational expertise of both [[ARI Registry Services]] and [[NetNames]] will be able to help the company to successfully operate the .gold domain name space. <ref> | # [[WGC (IOM) Limited]]- The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the World Gold Market (WGC), a non-profit organization responsible in the growth and development of the gold industry. Its membership is composed of 23 leading gold mining companies worldwide. It primary purpose in applying for the TLD is to protect the "GOLD" brand and to provide a trusted, secure and online space for all stakeholders in the gold industry to present objective and factual information about gold. The company admits that it has no relevant experience in managing and operating a domain name registry, however it is confident that the technical and operational expertise of both [[ARI Registry Services]] and [[NetNames]] will be able to help the company to successfully operate the .gold domain name space. <ref> |