Information about refinery: Valcambi

The origins of our company date back to 1961 and a precious metals refinery built under the name Valori & Cambi.

The founders of Valcambi were a group of private Swiss investors who have had an interest in the precious metals business for over 50 years. European Gold Refineries Holding SA (EGR) today owns one hundred percent of Valcambi. Till July 2015 EGR was owned by Newmont Mining (60.6%) and private investors (39.4%). Today EGR is itself owned by Global Gold Refineries Ltd (GGR) incorporated in Switzerland which belongs to REL Singapore PTE Ltd in Singapore (95%) and Rajesh Exports Limited (5%), a stock market listed company (NSE / BSE) in Bangalore, India.

Apart from manufacturing bullion products, and occasionally legal tender coins, Valcambi also provides assaying services for other manufacturers - in other words, it checks and guarantees the quality of their products. Thus, the Valcambi assayer mark can be seen on many products of other companies; it is a rectangle, within which the letters CHI are in a circle on the left, and on two lines ESSAYEUR FONDEUR, which in French means foundry (or smelter) tester.

On the coins it produces, Valcambi does not usually place a mint mark. If it does, it has the form of the letters CHI in a circle.

On some of the coins it produces, Valcambi uses a mint mark in the form of the letters CHI within a circle.

Valcambi does not usually put a mint mark on the coins it produces.

On some of its products, the company puts its full name: Valcambi Suisse.