Where on CME Group’s website can the full contract specification PDFs for COMEX Gold and COMEX Silver be downloaded?
Executive summary
The full PDF contract specifications for COMEX Gold (GC) and COMEX Silver (SI) are published on CME Group’s website and can be downloaded from each market’s Contract Specs page; the Gold specs page is at /markets/metals/precious/gold.contractSpecs.html and the Silver specs page at /markets/metals/precious/silver.contractSpecs.html, each featuring a “View Contract Specs” link to the detailed PDFs [1] [2]. For the formal rulebook chapters that define deliverable grades, units and related rules, COMEX publishes Chapter 113 (Gold) and Chapter 112 (Silver) as standalone PDFs in its rulebook collection [3] [4].
1. Where the Contract Specs pages live and what they provide
CME Group organizes product documentation by market and instrument on its website’s Markets > Metals > Precious pages; the Gold contract-specification landing page (gold.contractSpecs.html) and the Silver contract-specification landing page (silver.contractSpecs.html) both advertise “Find information for … Contract Specs” and include a “View Contract Specs” call-to-action that links to the downloadable specification documents [1] [2]. Those Contract Specs pages are the primary, user-facing starting point for traders and researchers looking for the official, current PDFs describing contract unit, delivery terms, trading hours, tick size and other operative details [1] [2].
2. The formal rulebook chapters behind the PDFs
Beyond the marketing-style contract-spec pages, the binding legal text for physical delivery and many contract mechanics is contained in the COMEX rulebook chapters: Chapter 113 covers Gold Futures and is available as a PDF at /rulebook/COMEX/1a/113.pdf (showing provisions such as the 100 troy ounce contract unit), and Chapter 112 covers Silver Futures at /rulebook/COMEX/1a/112.pdf (noting the 5,000 troy ounce contract unit) — these are the authoritative rulebook sources for contract scope and delivery mechanics [3] [4].
3. Ancillary PDF resources that complement the specs
CME Group also publishes fact cards, delivery-process guides and product-specific brochures that supplement the contract-spec PDFs: Gold and Silver fact-cards summarize trading conventions and reference the underlying COMEX rules [5] [6], and the “Precious Metals Physical Delivery Process” PDF walks through delivery and responsible sourcing requirements applicable to COMEX physical contracts [7]. Those documents are useful for practical details but are expressly subordinate to the official rulebook and contract-specification PDFs [8] [9].
4. How a user typically downloads the PDFs
Practically, a user navigates to CME Group’s Metals > Precious market pages, opens the Gold or Silver Contract Specs landing page and clicks the “View Contract Specs” link to download the full specification PDF; for the rulebook chapters, the PDFs are hosted under the /rulebook/COMEX/1a/ path (Chapter 113 for Gold, Chapter 112 for Silver) and can be opened directly if the exact URL is known [1] [2] [3] [4]. CME’s site also surfaces related materials (fact cards, TAS sell-sheets, micro-contract PDFs) adjacent to the specs, so users should check the page for the most recent versions [10] [8].
5. Caveats, source limitations and where to look for updates
The cited pages and rulebook PDFs on CME Group’s site are the authoritative sources referenced here [1] [2] [3] [4], but users should consult the contract-spec pages and the COMEX Rulebook for the latest revisions because product terms, delivery facilities and responsible sourcing rules are periodically updated and the fact cards note that “current rules should be consulted” [9] [7]. If the exact download button text or page layout is required, those are UI details not fully captured in the provided snippets, so verification on CME Group’s live site is recommended [1] [2].