1961
OCIM founded in Paris. Real estate development.
Our Group
OCIM operates through three entities with offices in Paris Paris, Geneva and Lima. Each entity is responsible for a specific part of the integrated supply chain, from ore processing to suppplying institutions.
What we are.
OCIM is an independent family-run group founded in Paris in 1961.
The group produces gold from ore sourced from artisanal and small-scale mines. It sources its supplies from registered partners in Peru and delivers gold bars to authorised refiners in Europe. OCIM’s model was designed to bridge the gap between the regulatory requirements of end customers and the reality faced by miners on the ground, through a compliance process meeting banking-sector standards.
1961
Founded
As a Paris real estate house
03
Entities across the group
Paris, Geneva, Lima
02
Processing plants in Peru
Arequipa region
300
employees
In the three countries
Trajectory.
OCIM was founded in Paris in 1961 as aproperty company. Its development was marked by a series of key milestones: the introduction of alternative assets in 1990, the exclusive focus on precious metals in 2019, and the achievment of vertical integration in 2025.
1990
Diversification into alternative assets, including gold.
2015
Next generation takes over the group.
2019
OCIM fully dedicated to precious metals trading.
2025
Transformation into an industrial player that operates across the ASM gold value chain.
What makes OCIM stand out.
OCIM's model rests on four structural pillars.
Integration, end to end.
OCIM sources the ore, processes it, and trades and delivers the doré bars, across every link of the artisanal and small-scale chain, from the mine to the refiner. Each link is operated by a group entity, under one governance.
Banking grade compliance, transposed upstream.
The standards a Swiss bank applies to its counterparties (KYC, due diligence, source of funds, continuous monitoring) are transposed to artisanal and small-scale producers. The framework is designed and consolidated at OCIM Metals & Mining SA in Geneva, and applied at Soleil Metals SAC in Peru through the group’s Compliance Path.
Swiss AMLA supervision for the chain.
OCIM Metals & Mining, the Geneva entity, places the group under Swiss anti money laundering law. The regulatory standard governing the integrated chain is the same one that governs Swiss banks. The supervisor is the FINMA.
Long term relationships with miner partners.
The commercial relationship with each miner partner is formalised through a per-supplier Action Plan that covers technical assistance, safety, environmental practice and progressive alignment with SBG criteria. The Action Plan is reviewed periodically and its implementation supported by dedicated field teams in Arequipa and Nazca.
Group leadership.
Nine roles structure the group's executive functions, based between Paris and Geneva.
Group structure.
The group operates through three main companies in three jurisdictions: OCIM Finance SAS in Paris (holding), OCIM Metals & Mining SA in Geneva (trading and compliance), Soleil Metals SAC in Peru (production).
OCIM Finance SAS
Holding
Paris · France
Founded 1961
General management and strategy. Group support functions.
100%
OCIM Metals & Mining SA
Control tower
Geneva · Switzerland
Founded 2024
Soleil Metals operations oversight: compliance, financial reporting, short-term funding. Financial trading on precious metals and currencies. Group risk consolidation under Swiss AMLA.
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100%
Soleil Metals SAC
Production
Lima · Nazca · Arequipa · Peru
Founded 2024
Sourcing from artisanal and small-scale miner partners. Processing into doré bars across two plants.
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