OCIM connects two seemingly incompatible worlds: artisanal and small-scale mining and institutional markets.
Over 20 per cent of the world’s gold comes from artisanal and small-scale mining. However, most of this gold never reaches institutional markets because the upstream chain cannot meet their standards. OCIM closes this gap by developing the necessary production and compliance infrastructure.
There are two subsidiaries, each of which is anchored in its own geography and has its own function.
OCIM Finance is the group’s holding company. Activities are carried out by dedicated subsidiaries, that cover the entire value chain. From upstream field operations to the final market.
Trading, compliance and group finance. Connects Soleil Metals' production to accredited refiners in Europe.
Learn more about OCIM Metals & MiningTwo processing plants in southern Peru. Miner onboarding under the compliance pathway framework, with xTrace traceability on every batch.
Learn more about Soleil MetalsFour dimensions shape what OCIM is and what it builds.
Responsible gold is gold whose chain, from artisanal and small-scale mining to institutional supply, meets verifiable requirements progressively, with compliance qualifying the actors, traceability qualifying the material, and measurable improvement on the ground.
OCIM applies banking grade compliance to the upstream ASM chain. Compliance functions as the organising principle of the entire chain, and the key to accessing the market for responsible gold, impact.
OCIM integrates artisanal and small-scale miners into the formal economy through traceability, training and direct support. This integration is an outcome of the business model, and is embedded in its design.
OCIM's chain runs from the artisanal and small-scale mine to the international market. Production and compliance are integrated into a single architecture, and coordinated from Paris, Geneva and Peru.
Accreditations, agreements and regulatory oversight.
Member of the ASM Task Force. Based in London, the LBMA is the international standard-setting body for the gold market.
Full Member
Step 1 accreditation for both processing plants. This accreditation covers requirements related to fair pricing, support for miners or upstream mining practices.
Step 1 accredited
Extends independent verification to our due diligence and grievance systems, under a protocol recognised by downstream industrial buyers.
Audit in Progress
Collaboration as part of the Gold Processing Initiative to jointly develop an international standard for ASM gold processing facilities.
Collaboration Agreement
Member since July 2026, within a membership of Swiss refiners, traders and banks. OCIM joins as an integrated producer sourcing from ASM mining.
Full Member
FINMA's supervision of all of the group's activities under the Swiss Anti-Money Laundering Act.
AMLA Regulated
Colombia is tightening the rules around its small-scale gold.
Part of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASM) production chain is successfully replacing individual mercury amalgamation with closed-circuit cyanidation operated in processing units.
The Alchemist, edition 123, published by LBMA for the Global Precious Metals Conference held in Sorrento this week, carries an article by Laurent Mathiot, Chairman and CEO of OCIM Group. Artisanal...
Partnership aims to support ASGM formalization, strengthen supply chain integrity, and expand pathways to market for responsibly produced gold
Group level review of 2025, the year of foundations. Financial results, the compliance framework as operational architecture, ESG indicators on the Peru sites, and the outlook for 2026-2027.
