ASM gateway to international markets

Soleil Metals is a Gold and Silver producer operating two processing plants located in Peru

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.

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A double impact on local communities

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.

Our key management

Soleil Metals relies on a committed and long-standing local team.

Ivan Salas

General Manager

Daniel Ortiz

Processing Plants Manager

Marco Leonardo

Chief Operations Officer

Oscar Pezo

Head of Compliance

Victoria

  • Operating capacity: 100 metric tons per day;
  • Fully integrated processing facility
  • Located in a highly concentrated, high-grade, small-scale mining district within the province of Caraveli

Yacari

  • Operating capacity: 350 metric tons per day;
  • Fully integrated processing facility
  • Located in a highly concentrated, high-grade, within the Nazca-Ocona Gold Belt

Our publications

09/09/2026 | News

Formalization Workshop: Dialogue and Practical Tools to Advance Responsible Mining

Soleil Metals and Swiss Better Gold held a mining formalization workshop in Cusco for producers link
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07/09/2026 | Insights

Responsible Gold: From the Value of the Metal to the Value of Origin

Formalization, traceability, and due diligence are key to integrating artisanal and small-scale mini
07/09/2026 | Insights

Peru is becoming the world’s decisive laboratory for responsible gold

The country faces one of the greatest challenges in artisanal mining globally, but at the same time
14/08/2026 | News

World Gold Council and OCIM Metals and Mining SA Partner to Drive Collective Action for Responsible Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

Partnership aims to support ASGM formalization, strengthen supply chain integrity, and expand pathwa