Partnering with Artisanal & Small-Scale Gold Mining Cooperatives & Aggregators
Bridging the gap between organised small-scale gold producers and the institutional market
THE GOLDEN GAP
Closing the gap between production and institutional access
A fifth of the world's newly mined gold comes from artisanal and small-scale producers, yet most of it is excluded from the institutional market. The barrier is scale and compliance capability, not the quality of the gold.
SigraFi helps close the Golden Gap. It provides the missing infrastructure: institutional-standard compliance and support, capital and a contracted route to market, in exchange for a multi-year supply of gold at a fixed discount to the LBMA spot price. SigraFi only contracts with cooperatives or their designated aggregators, never with individual miners, and delivers the gold directly to accredited refineries.
20%
of global gold supply is ASGM
85%+
sits outside formal institutional frameworks
80%
countries where ASGM operates
annual mine-output growth since 2016, while gold demand grew 1.7% a year to a record 5,000t in 2025
<1%
Source: World Gold Council, Gold Demand Trends Q4 & Full Year 2025
SigraFi partners directly with cooperatives and aggregators — not individual miners. Our current partners span Africa and South America, representing thousands of small-scale producers gaining fair pricing, safety standards, and a formal export route for the first time.
WHO WE WORK WITH