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Federal Act on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 955.0

The Federal Act on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing regulates action …

Federal Act on the Control of the Trade in Precious Metals and Precious Metal Articles (Precious Metals Control Act, PMCA) 941.31

This federal law regulates trade in articles of gold, silver, platinum, palladium and a…

Financial Choice Act

Bill passed by the American Congress in 2017 that repeals provisions of the 2017 Dodd-F…

Fineness

Fineness refers to the weight of a fine metal like silver or gold in a precious metal o…

Flocert

FLOCERT is an independent international certification company offering Fairtrade certif…

Foreign hallmark

Many countries have their own system of hallmarks for precious metal items. While these…

Gilt or Gilded

A thin covering of gold. Correct English translation for "doré", but little used in rea…

Gold

Gold (chemical symbol Au) is a shiny yellow precious metal with high chemical stability…

Gold mine development

Gold mine development is the second stage of the gold mining process. It involves the p…

Gold panning

Manual extraction process, without any mechanization. …

Gold plating or "gold cap"

A gold plating on watch cases and watch bracelets with a minimum thickness of 200 micro…

Gold premium

An additional cost above the market value of gold per kilogram that is used to finance …

Gold refining

Gold refining refers to processes used to extract and separate the precious metals in m…

Gold rush

A gold rush or gold fever is a new discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other pre…

Grandfathered gold

Gold investment products (ingots, bars, coins and grain in sealed containers) held in b…

Green gold

Term coined by Valcambi: "Green Gold is traceable gold. Valcambi Green Gold is a premiu…

Hallmark

The term" punch "refers both to the steel rod used to print a sign, mark, decoration or…

Illegal gold

Gold produced by miners or mines operating illegally. …

Illegal mining

Illegal mining refers to mining or processing activities which run contrary to national…

Imitiation

The following articles are considered to be imitations under the Precious Metals Contro…

Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance

The Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) is the answer to a global demand…

International Convention Great Lake Certification

The purpose of the International Convention Great Lakes Certification Mineral Tracking …

International Council on Mining & Metals

Developed with extensive input from NGOs, international organizations, customers and ac…

International Tin Supply Chain Initiative

The International Tin Supply Chain Initiative is part of a traceability and due diligen…

Jewelry bar

Silver, gold, platinum or palladium bars produced by refineries, weighing between 1 and…

Karat

Karat or k in its abbreviated form (not to be confused with carat, a unit of weight for…

Laminated Gold

Indication relating to the type of precious metal covering on plated works and relating…

Large-scale mining

Large-scale mining refers to gold mining operations that are not considered to be artis…

LBMA certification / accreditation

The global OTC (over-the-counter) market for precious metals is based on the fungibilit…

LBMA Fix (London Gold Fix)

The London Gold Fix (or LBMA Fix) is set twice a day and is the price reference for gol…