For artisanal mining groups

Sell your gold for what the assay says it is worth.

A licensed assayer tests your batch and issues a numbered certificate. Your price is worked out from the fine gold in that certificate and the world gold price, so you know what you are selling before you sell it.

How your price is worked out

Three steps, from the assay to the money in your group's wallet.

01

Test the gold

Take your batch to a licensed assayer. You get a numbered assay certificate showing its weight and purity.

02

Work out the price

Fine gold weight times the reference price, less the agreed fees and the 3% royalty. Ask to see each deduction before you agree to sell.

03

Get paid

Payment goes to your group's wallet. Members will withdraw their share to their own M-Pesa number when payouts start with the pilot.

Ways to sell

One is open today. The others open with the pilot and the exchange.

Open now

Appoint a licensed agent

Name a licensed buyer by its AfriMineX customer ID. You both confirm with a code we email you, and the agent sells or exports the gold for you.

With the pilot

Sell to AfriMineX Trading

We buy at the reference price less a stated margin. The royalty is taken off before you are paid.

Coming

Sell on the exchange

List your assayed batch and accept an offer from a licensed buyer.

Coming

Choose from the agent directory

Pick a licensed agent from a list that shows each agent's fees.

Room for your whole committee

Invite your officials with the access each one needs: an admin who runs the account, an accountant who handles prices and payments, a miner who records batches, and viewers who only need to see what is happening.

  • Admin, accountant, miner and viewer roles
  • A record of every batch, its assay and its payment
  • Our support team for questions about prices, batches and your account

Getting started

  1. Register your group and confirm your email address.
  2. Add your mining permit number and the county that issued it. We check the permit with the county and email you when your group is approved.
  3. Declare each batch and take it to a licensed assayer for testing.
Register your group

What happens after you sell

Your group cannot export gold on its own. The licensed buyer files the export as exporter of record and pays the 3% royalty to the State Department for Mining. Today the Department issues the warrant for your lot. To see who else handles gold on the platform, visit our service providers page.