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Physical gold, from the refinery to your estate.

L’Orfebre, S.A. is a precious metals refinery in the Principality of Andorra. Together with Okane Group it forms a partnership that brings the refinery and the financial structuring under one process.

The partnership

Each partner does what it knows how to do

Okane Group and L’Orfebre have formed a strategic partnership in which each side brings its own ground: L’Orfebre, the industrial experience of a working refinery and the treatment of physical gold; Okane, the structuring of transactions and the relationship with private clients, family offices and companies. This is not a supplier-and-client arrangement: it is one process with two people answerable for it.

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L’Orfebre, S.A.

Refinery in Ordino, Andorra. Origins going back to 1984 and specialised in gold refining since 2012. It buys, analyses and processes precious metals for domestic and international clients.

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Okane Group

Structuring of transactions, financing and private capital management. One point of contact coordinates every party, from the first analysis to signature.

Planta de L’Orfèbre, S.A. en Andorra
L’Orfèbre, S.A. · Andorra
The refinery

A real asset, in a specific place

L’Orfebre buys gold in producing countries with mining operations, and also deals in scrap jewellery and bullion. The metal enters the refinery, is treated and leaves as a finished product. The whole cycle happens at the Ordino plant, and it can be seen.

Carretera del Coll d’Ordino, s/n · Edifici Comes Martines · AD300 Ordino, Principality of Andorra

L’Orfebre, S.A.

1984Origins

2012Gold refining

999,9Purity of the refined metal

The process

What happens to the metal, step by step

  1. 01

    Reception and weighing

    Material arrives, is identified and weighed on instruments reviewed and certified every year.

  2. 02

    Assay

    An in-house precision analysis laboratory. The methods used are cupellation and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

  3. 03

    Melting and graining

    The metal is melted and grained to prepare it for chemical refining.

  4. 04

    Chemical refining

    The refining process from which 999.9 purity gold is obtained.

  5. 05

    Final assay

    A second control on the refined metal before it is given its final form.

  6. 06

    Bars and dispatch

    Manufacture of the ingot or sheet and dispatch of the finished product.

Product

Formats and purity

After refining, gold of 999.9 purity is obtained. The refinery produces gold and silver bars, both cast and minted, in the market’s usual formats, as well as grain and sheet.

  • 12.5 kg
  • 1 kg
  • 500 g
  • 250 g
  • 100 g
  • 50 g
Compliance

Why traceability is not a slogan

Gold is a sector where the origin of the metal matters as much as the metal. These are the frameworks the refinery operates under, by their exact names.

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Anti-money laundering

The refinery complies with international AML legislation, with KYC and due diligence procedures adapted to the international precious metals market.

02

LBMA protocols

It applies the London Bullion Market Association protocols relating to Responsible Gold.

03

Responsible Minerals Initiative

L’Orfebre is a conformant member of the RMI (Responsible Minerals Initiative).

04

OECD guidance

It fully respects and observes the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.

05

Certified instruments

Weighing and metal analysis instruments are reviewed and certified annually.

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Transport and security

The refinery works with specialised international logistics operators and with partners in transport, insurance and security.

Before deciding

Come and see it.

This is the part of the partnership we like most: you do not have to take our word for it. The refinery exists, it is in Ordino and it can be visited. You will see the laboratory, the refining process and where the metal ends up. We will come with you.

Request a visit
How it starts

Four steps, no commitment until the third

  1. 01

    First conversation

    A private meeting, in person or by video call, to understand your objective and explain the structure. If it does not fit, we say so there and then.

  2. 02

    Refinery visit

    Optional. In Andorra, with the people who run the plant, to see the processes first hand before any decision is taken.

  3. 03

    Documentation and signature

    You receive the full dossier for the transaction, with its terms and its figures, to review with your lawyer and your adviser. Nothing is signed before that.

  4. 04

    Execution

    We coordinate the parties and the metal acquisition process according to the agreed structure.

Documentation

The specific terms are given in private

The figures for each transaction, the timescales and the terms are not published: they are presented in a private conversation and in writing, with their documentation, so that you can review them with your advisers. Write to us and we will explain what we do and how.

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Okane Group is not a credit institution or an investment firm, and does not provide regulated investment services. Services requiring authorisation are provided through duly authorised entities and professionals. The information on this page is for general information only, does not constitute an offer or an investment recommendation, and guarantees no result. The price of precious metals fluctuates and capital is at risk.

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