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Precious-metals custody, with every fee in writing.
Store gold, silver, platinum and palladium with documented intake, a published fee schedule and online access to your holdings.
Choose how your metal is held
Storage is charged monthly per kilogram, with a minimum of $25 per deposit.
- Allocated StorageSpecific bars assigned to you. Serial numbers recorded. Your gold is identifiable and legally yours at all times. Most secure and transparent.
- $3.50per kg a month
- Segregated StorageYour gold stored in a separate compartment, physically apart from other clients' holdings. Not bar-specific but isolated.
- $2.75per kg a month
- Unallocated StorageYou own a claim on the gold pool, not specific bars. Lower cost but you are an unsecured creditor of the vault. Used by some bullion banks.
- $1.25per kg a month
Estimate monthly storage
Uses the same rates as the deposit form.
Monthly storage
$35.00
Intake, assay and insurance are listed in the fee schedule.
From account to release, every step recorded
Open an account
Register online in a few minutes.
Identity checks
Submit ID, proof of address and the source of your metal for review.
Deposit request
Describe your metal and accept the published fee schedule.
Intake and assay
We weigh, test and record serial numbers when the metal arrives.
In storage
A custody reference is issued and your account shows the deposit as in storage.
Release
Request collection, sale or transfer from your account at any time.
The complete fee schedule
These are the only fees we charge for vault custody. You see and accept this schedule on the deposit form, and every invoice is generated from it.
Storage (monthly)
- Allocated Storage
- $3.50 per kg (min $25)
- Segregated Storage
- $2.75 per kg (min $25)
- Unallocated Storage
- $1.25 per kg (min $25)
Intake (one-time)
- KYC processing
- $75.00
- Intake handling
- $250.00
- Armed escort (if we collect)
- $450.00
Assay (if required)
- X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
- $150.00
- Ultrasound Density Scan
- $200.00
- Fire Assay (Cupellation)
- $350.00
- ICP-OES Spectroscopy
- $500.00
Insurance (optional, annual)
- All-Risk Coverage
- 0.12% of insured value (min $500)
- Theft & Fire Coverage
- 0.08% of insured value (min $500)
- Basic Storage Coverage
- 0.05% of insured value (min $500)
Release
- Physical withdrawal
- $350.00
- Liquidation commission
- 0.5% of sale value
- Wire transfer
- $35.00
- Transfer to another vault
- $175.00
- Demurrage for late collection (after 10 free days)
- $0.75 per kg per day (min $5.00 a day)
About vault custody
Something else? Contact us.
Talk to the team before you book
Questions about a consignment, a route or a vault deposit? Call or email, and someone from the team will get back to you.
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