Advisory and rating firm specialized in small-scale mining
We help you understand the territory before you make a decision
We build bridges between traders and investors and rated small-scale mining operations, and we help improve the relationship between large- and small-scale mining.
Our clients aren’t looking for more information: they’re looking for a better way to manage risk.
When a client comes to us, they usually already have information, but not enough clarity. They typically arrive when they need to protect the value of their operations, assess the risk of buying minerals from small-scale mining, and understand how solid a small mining operation is before investing in it. Aluna builds the intelligence that closes the gaps tied to investment and due diligence, mineral sourcing and traceability, and territorial friction.
The questions our clients usually ask
“What risk do I take lending capital or buying production, and how do I secure the product?”
We identify operations with valid title and active certification, model the production increase per investment, and structure the vehicle that protects both sides.
“What strategies can I design to protect the value of my operation?”
We map the actors in the area of influence of a large mining operation, quantify the impact of these actors on the value of the operation, and design specific intervention protocols by actor.
“How do I prepare to receive investment on terms that suit me?”
We help small miners translate their operation into the language of capital: a diagnosis with due-diligence logic, its own investment file, and a 90-day roadmap. The information belongs to the small miner. We never share it without their approval.
“Is the gold I buy legitimate, traceable, and free of legal and reputational risk?”
We evaluate suppliers with Symist, build a Know Your Provider (KYP) profile for each, and provide access to certified operations with supply capacity.
One methodology, two fronts of decision
Decision Intelligence for Strategic Industries
For large-scale operations coexisting with informal mining in their area of influence: we turn the ecosystem of actors into an actionable map and project the consequences of each territorial strategy before it is executed.
Intelligence for Natural Resource Governance
For investors, formalized operations, and gold buyers: we evaluate small-scale mining operations with a verified, replicable, auditable signal that makes it possible to invest, finance, and source with the risk in plain sight.
Symist — the Symbiotic Mining Standard
Symist is a scoring system that converts nine dimensions of an operation and its ecosystem into a verified, replicable, auditable signal. It is not what we are — it is the architecture that makes what we do possible. A social-science module complements the scoring with a reading of the social and political fabric around any high-consequence operation.
Nine scoring dimensions
- Title and legal standing
- Reserves and extraction capacity
- Environmental management
- Safety and operating conditions
- Traceability and commercialization
- Business and financial maturity
- Internal governance
- Relationship with the territory
- Formalization potential
Good intelligence doesn’t pick a winner. It aligns the interests of those who invest, those who operate, and those who govern the territory — and turns that information into decision advantage.