Origin and papers
Where the gold comes from, and the four documents that come with every lot.
5°04′N 75°31′W
Manizales, Caldas, in the Central Andes of Colombia
Coordinates of the city of Manizales, not of the mine.
One mining company in Caldas
The gold comes from a registered Colombian mining company that holds the mining title for its mine in the Manizales area, in the department of Caldas, in Colombia's Central Andes.
Bargold buys from that company and doesn't own or operate the mine. We name the company to approved buyers, with its mining title and registration numbers so you can check them yourself.
How you can check the papers
Colombia keeps public records you can check without us:
What we check, and what we don't claim
We keep the supplier's mining title and registrations on file, screen the company and its owners against sanctions lists, and keep each lot's documents together.
We describe what the documents show. We don't claim the gold is "conflict-free" or certified under any responsible-sourcing scheme. Our compliance page explains our policy.
The papers that come with every lot
Four documents come with every lot. They show where the gold was mined, who sold it and what it contains, and they're what a refinery asks for before it buys.
- Certificate of origin
- Issued by the mining company, naming the mine the gold came from.
- Assay report
- The weight and fineness, measured by a laboratory in Colombia. The laboratory is named on the report.
- Mining title and RUCOM registration
- The mining title for the mine and the mining company's registration in Colombia's register of mineral traders (RUCOM), both of which you can check.
- Invoice and export documents
- The record of sale and, for gold leaving Colombia, the customs paperwork for the shipment.
Ready to buy?
Apply first. We review every application before a sale.