Responsible Gold for Lenders

Default Risk

Lenders take greater risk when lending against pool metal compared to specific, identifiable metal.
Responsible Gold reduces default risk because it is specifically identifiable.
The Responsible Gold Supply Chain Application tracks the underlying physical gold as it moves from mine-to-reﬁnery-to-vault or fabricator.
At the refinery, it cannot fall into a “pooled” arrangement. At the vault, unlike XAU, Responsible Gold kilobars are stored on an allocated basis.
Responsible Gold lenders demonstrate continuous control and establish, maintain and prove constructive possession as a result of full segregation and traceability.

Providing financing for unlawfully sourced gold during the refining stage and afterwards can permanently damage an institution’s reputation.
With irrefutable provenance and supply chain transparency, Responsible Gold lowers the risk of unknowingly funding illicitly sourced gold.

Miners register doré on the blockchain to receive funds even before the doré leaves site.
Refiners borrow against segregated Responsible Gold instead of against pooled gold that has been pledged to multiple lenders.
Fabricators give lenders visibility into tracked inventory.