Secure, high-purity commodity sourcing designed for global refineries.
Burlcore Trading provides the specialised sourcing infrastructure required to bridge primary mining output with international commodity markets. We manage end-to-end precious metals trade lanes, offering physical gold and mineral sourcing that adheres to rigorous purity, weight, and delivery standards. By maintaining tight, transparent relationships with verified medium-scale producers, we provide our global refining and institutional buyers with a predictable, consistent, and elite supply of raw and semi-refined commodities.
Verified upstream relationships
Every corridor originates at a licensed, audited mine site. Direct producer relationships eliminate opaque intermediaries, reduce counterparty exposure, and give institutional buyers a documented origin for every consignment.
Refinery-grade standards, without compromise
Consignments are prepared to the tolerances required by top-tier refineries. Weight, fineness, and packaging conform to the accepted delivery norms of the London and regional bullion markets, ensuring frictionless intake at destination.
Corridor coverage
Active precious metals and strategic mineral corridors across West Africa, Latin America, and the Iberian Peninsula, coordinated from our Dénia trading desk with representation in the primary refining and vaulting hubs.
Producer onboarding, before a corridor opens
No corridor is opened on the strength of a sample. Mine licences, export permits, ultimate beneficial ownership and sanctions exposure are verified first, followed by a site assessment covering operating practice, labour conditions and environmental controls. Where a producer cannot evidence lawful title and licensed operation, the corridor is declined rather than conditioned.
Volume planning and delivery cadence
Institutional buyers price continuity as heavily as they price metal. Corridors are therefore structured as programmes with an agreed cadence and tolerance band, rather than opportunistic single lots, so refinery intake schedules and treasury hedging can be planned against a dependable arrival profile.
Counterparty risk and title
Legal title is traced at every hand-off, and payment is structured so that value transfers only against evidence of performance. Insurance cover, inspection appointments and settlement instruments are agreed jointly, which keeps risk allocation explicit rather than assumed.
At a glance
- Corridor coverage
- West Africa, Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, coordinated from Dénia, Spain
- Material types
- Doré, semi-refined bar, refinery-issued bullion and selected mineral concentrates
- Verification
- Mine licence, export permit, beneficial ownership and sanctions screening before corridor approval
- Standards referenced
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance and LBMA responsible sourcing expectations
Common questions
Do you buy from artisanal or unlicensed producers?+
No. Corridors originate only at licensed, audited operations that can evidence lawful title and permitted export. Material that cannot be traced to such an operation is not accepted into our chain.
What documentation accompanies a consignment?+
Mine licence and export permit references, origin declaration, witnessed sampling records, independent assay certificates, insured transit documents and vault or refinery intake receipts.
Can a buyer audit a corridor?+
Qualifying counterparties may review corridor documentation under NDA as part of onboarding, and independent audit findings are shared on the same basis.
Related reading
Forms, specifications, assay methods and pricing references by metal.
ReadThe nine stages a consignment follows from mandate to settlement.
ReadThe policy that governs which corridors we are willing to open.
ReadPlain definitions of the trade terms used across these pages.
ReadConnect with our sourcing desk
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