Ivan Salas
General Manager
The company provides its services to Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners, whom it helps to comply with the most stringent principles in the gold processing business, with guidance from LBMA rules dedicated to the ASM industry.
As a subsidiary of OCIM based in Geneva and present across the entire precious metals value chain, Soleil Metals is led by an experienced and capable management team that has established the company as a trusted leader about 10 years of servicing ASM. Soleil Metals is abiding by the most stringent principles in the gold processing business, with guidance from LBMA rules dedicated to the ASM industry. OCIM and Soleil Metals fully shares the Swiss Better Gold vision of enabling responsible, traceable and resilient supply chains.
As a central link between artisanal and small-scale miners in Peru and international markets, Soleil Metals plays an important role in driving the sustainable formalisation, legitimisation and professionalisation of the artisanal value chains. Through its activities, Soleil Metals aims to accelerate the transformation of the Peruvian ASM gold sector by maximizing its impact on local communities, whether in terms of safety, environmental protection, or economic development.
Since 2024, Soleil Metals has been also participating through its parent company OCIM in a support initiative set up by the Swiss Better Gold for small miners in the Arequipa region of southern Peru. The initiative comprises a training program aimed at improving the health and safety conditions of artisanal miners and an insurance program designed to reduce the economic insecurity of workers and their families by covering them against a wide range of risks.
Soleil Metals relies on a committed and long-standing local team.
General Manager
Head of Human Resources
Processing Plants Manager
Chief Operations Officer
Head of Compliance
Head of Market Intelligence