Rift Valley Minerals is a licensed Ugandan gold exporter with over a decade of international operations — supplying assay-verified dore bars and refined gold to LBMA-accredited refiners and professional bullion traders across 12 countries.
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Institutional buyers do not buy from strangers. Rift Valley Minerals was built to clear the hurdles that legitimate African gold producers have always struggled with: traceable origin, valid licensing, independent assay, and full regulatory compliance — every shipment, every time.
Every consignment carries documented chain of custody from registered artisanal and small-scale mining cooperatives in Uganda's Karamoja and Busia regions.
Purity is verified by accredited third-party laboratories (SGS / Alfred H Knight) before any gold leaves our secure facility.
We operate under Uganda's Mining Act, report to the Financial Intelligence Authority, and align our supply chain with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance.
Our gold begins its journey at registered artisanal and small-scale mining cooperatives operating legally under the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines. We pay fair, LBMA-referenced rates to our source miners — because exploitation of the people who do the hard work is not just wrong, it is also the fastest way to have your supply chain rejected by any serious buyer.
Every kilogram we ship can be traced back to a named cooperative, licensed under Ugandan law, with documented production records.
Read Our Sourcing StoryFrom semi-refined dore bars direct from our production facility to LBMA-grade cast and kilo bars through partner refiners.
Semi-refined dore produced at our secure Kampala facility, ready for shipment to accredited refiners.
View specifications →Refined bars produced through partner LBMA-accredited refineries with accompanying assay certificates.
View specifications →Four-nines kilobars for professional investors and bullion desks, delivered with full provenance documentation.
View specifications →Most African gold exporters operate informally, which is why the world's major refiners treat the region with suspicion. We took the harder road: proper licensing, documented sourcing, independent assay, and public compliance.
This is why our gold reaches legitimate refiners and professional buyers — and why we can provide the documentation their compliance teams require.
Review Our Compliance FrameworkFeedback from refiners, bullion traders, and institutional buyers who have completed transactions with Rift Valley Minerals. Names are redacted for commercial confidentiality — verifiable references are provided to qualified counterparties during KYC.
"Paperwork discipline is the best we have seen from any East African counterparty. Assay, chain-of-custody, and export documentation all arrived in order, first time. That is rare and it is why we keep coming back."
"We onboarded Rift Valley Minerals after a thorough compliance review and were impressed by the quality of their OECD due-diligence documentation. Settlements clear promptly and bar quality matches specification."
"Our risk team cleared them without caveats after reviewing their KYC pack and audit trail. For the African gold trade that is significant. Deliveries have been accurate and on time across multiple consignments."
"I have dealt with many Kampala-based exporters over the years. Rift Valley Minerals is the only one whose paperwork never gets flagged by our correspondent bank. That alone is worth the relationship."
"Transparent pricing against LBMA, no surprises on fees, and the inspection process at their Kololo facility was exactly as described. Professional from first contact to final settlement."
"Their independent assay results have matched our in-house assay on every consignment within normal tolerance. The consistency over two years of transacting is what earned them our preferred-supplier status."
No WhatsApp deals, no upfront fees, no "mandates." Every transaction follows a documented, auditable process.
We exchange corporate KYC packs and sign a non-circumvention / non-disclosure agreement before any commercial discussion.
Price discovery is referenced to the LBMA AM/PM fix. A formal sales and purchase agreement defines volume, purity, delivery, and payment terms.
The buyer's nominated assayer (SGS, Alex Stewart, AHK, Alfred H Knight) inspects and samples at our facility or a neutral bonded location.
Payment is settled through regulated banking channels against shipping documents. Shipment proceeds via accredited secure logistics (Brinks, G4Si, Loomis).
If you represent an accredited refiner, bullion bank, commodity trader, or central bank purchasing desk, we welcome your inquiry. KYC required at first contact.
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