ASM sourcing and mine support.
Direct offtake from licensed artisanal cooperatives and small-scale producers in West and Central Africa — paid at a transparent daily-fixed price, documented to OECD standard from pit to export.
Ghana · Mali · DRC · Tanzania
Licensed ASM & LSM
Daily-fixed, transparent
OECD Annex II
Origin is a relationship,
not a purchase order.
Auremont buys directly from licensed cooperatives and small-scale producers rather than through intermediaries. Each supply relationship begins with a site visit, a licence check and a written offtake agreement — not a spot purchase — because provenance that cannot be revisited is provenance that cannot be defended.
Producers are paid at a daily price fixed against the LBMA morning benchmark, less an agreed, published treatment charge. There are no discretionary deductions, no advance-against-delivery lending and no exclusivity clauses that lock a cooperative into a single buyer.
What we bring to a site.
Guaranteed purchase
A standing commitment to buy conforming production at a transparent, published price for the term of the agreement.
Recovery and safety
Gravity recovery equipment, pit stabilisation and mercury-free processing introduced with on-site training.
Licence and tax
Assistance with permit renewal, export documentation and royalty compliance in the producing jurisdiction.
Local reinvestment
A fixed share of margin returned to water, schooling and clinic projects agreed with the cooperative.
Five checks before the first gram moves.
Every producing site is assessed against OECD Annex II risks before onboarding and re-assessed on a fixed cycle thereafter. A site that fails is not bought from.
Licence verification
Mining permit, export licence and cooperative registration verified against the national register and the named licence holder.
Site assessment
On-site review of labour conditions, absence of child labour, security arrangements and environmental practice.
Production baseline
Recorded output capacity per site, so declared volumes can be reconciled against what the ground can plausibly produce.
Payment trail
Bank-to-bank settlement to the registered cooperative account. No cash, no third-party payment, no intermediaries.
Continuous review
Scheduled re-assessment, plus immediate review on any adverse media, conflict or sanctions signal in the region.
Mercury-free, child-labour-free,
conflict-free.
Auremont applies the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas as a condition of purchase, not as an aspiration. Sites operating with mercury amalgamation are supported through a funded transition to gravity and borax recovery, with purchase suspended if the transition stalls. Any indication of child labour, forced labour or armed-group involvement ends the relationship immediately and is reported to the relevant authority.
Who we work with.
Licensed cooperatives
Registered ASM groups with a valid permit, a named licence holder and a bank account in the cooperative name.
Small and mid-tier mines
Permitted operations seeking a reliable doré buyer and refining route rather than a local aggregator.
Refiners
Accredited refiners taking documented ASM feedstock with a complete origin dossier attached.
Development partners
NGOs and agencies running formalisation and mercury-reduction programmes in the same districts.
From first visit to standing offtake.
Four stages, typically six to twelve weeks depending on licence status and travel access to the site.
Introduction
Licence documents and production history reviewed remotely before any travel is committed.
Site visit
Assessment against OECD Annex II, with the cooperative present and findings shared in writing.
Agreement
Offtake terms, treatment charge, payment mechanics and community share executed bilingually.
First consignment
A pilot lot exported under full documentation, assayed on arrival and settled within the agreed window.