A closed case on the tailgate of a truck at an earth airstrip, two people beside it

From mine to market

One road,
kept in the open

The road

Four
places

  1. 01

    At the mine

    Ore is dug and the gold recovered, with our equipment and people alongside. This is where the gold’s record begins.

  2. 02

    On the way out

    The gold is weighed, tested and released for export under its country’s rules. The partner here is the one that country calls for.

  3. 03

    In Dubai

    It arrives under seal and goes to a refinery, to be weighed and tested again. Our partner may send someone to watch.

  4. 04

    At market

    Refined gold goes to buyers. Our partner is paid on what was found. The shipment’s record is then complete.

A new wash plant working at a tidy site, two workers beside it

The record

Every step
leaves a paper

Who held the gold, where, and what it weighed there. The record travels with the metal from the first weighing to the last.

The gold’s path
One pair of hands passing a folder across a table to another

The record

Every step
leaves a paper

The record is a set of papers that grows as the gold moves: where it was mined, the export papers from its country, the receipt signed at each handover, and the refinery’s report.

Together they let one shipment be followed from the ground to the buyer.

Our partner at the source and the buyer in Dubai can both ask to see it.

From mine to market

The shorter the road, the more of the gold’s worth reaches the people at each end.

The trade