C3 Bullion in the Field
A Glimpse into Our Global Journey and Team in Action
Explainer videos
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How C3 Fund Generates Return
How C3 Fund Generates Return
How C3 Fund Selects Its Mining Partners
Discover How C3 Fund Stands Out Among Gold Related Products
Understanding C3 Fund's Investment Strategy
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Our Global Journey
Take a behind-the-scene quick look at our global activities, events and the day to day life at C3 Bullion
Building relationships with governments and mines.
C3 Bullion engages with mine owners, local operators, and sovereign entities to expand throughput and ensure enforceability. Our recent meetings with Ecuadorian officials show growing interest in structured repayment solutions to unlock near-production potential responsibly.
C3 Bullion meets with Ecuadorian Parliament to discuss Gold investment opportunities
Traditional gold investments leave gaps. Until now.
Investors seeking gold exposure have faced the same limited options for decades:
Paper Gold (ETFs)
Small entry amounts but no physical delivery or yield.
Physical Bars
Real gold but idle capital, no income or production upside.
Mine Shares
Potential dividends, but high risk, requires mining expertise, and payouts are in fiat, not gold.
Even wealthy investors have been excluded from accessing mine-level gold flows, unless they commit millions to direct mine equity and accept full operational risk.
Without a structured path, most have stayed on the sidelines, missing out on real, gold-paid returns.
A gap that’s existed for years…
And the key that finally bridges It
From Capital to Vaulted Gold, Step by Step
Step 1
Structuring the Loan
We structure secured loans for production-ready mines, engineered for repayment in gold and designed to align investor goals with mine production timelines.
Step 4
Increasing Production, Lowering Cost
C3 Bullion’s oversight helps mines scale output efficiently while reducing unnecessary spending, improving margins, and accelerating repayment capacity.
Step 2
Enforcing the Lien
We register first-priority liens on mine assets, reserves, and equipment, giving us full control over collateral and ensuring gold-based repayment terms are enforced.
Step 5
Receiving, Refining, and Vaulting Gold
Mine repayments occur monthly or quarterly in physical gold—discounted, LBMA-standard, and securely vaulted by Brinks under C3 Bullion’s control and custody.
Step 3
Supervising On-Site
Our team works directly on-site, auditing output, guiding operations, and maintaining alignment between throughput, cost controls, and the mine’s repayment obligations.
Step 6
Revenue to C3 Bullion
Each gold repayment triggers fixed fees and performance royalties, creating ongoing revenue streams for C3 Bullion and generating long-term value for shareholders.
The gold market has changed
And timing is everything
Gold prices have consolidated after years of rapid gains, leaving many investors wondering where the next wave of opportunity lies.
History shows that when gold stabilizes at higher levels, capital seeks the next new source of physical supply.
Production-ready mines, those proven but not yet fully operational, are positioned to capture immediate demand while benefiting from elevated prices.
C3 Funds Operational Diagram
Scaling:
The Model applied to Investor Pools
C3 Bullion applies the same lending and repayment principles described in Direct Lending, but at a larger scale within capital pools like C3 Fund I. Rather than using only C3 Bullion’s internal capital to issue a few loans, these pools bring together investors worldwide, giving C3 Bullion more resources to deploy across multiple near-production mines simultaneously.
By pooling capital, C3 Bullion can extend 10–20 loans at once, each structured with enforceable gold repayment at a discount, just like individual direct loans. This enables the same attractive economics per loan while spreading risk across multiple projects.
For investors in the pool, this creates diversified exposure to a portfolio of secured loans, reducing risk compared to a single mine while preserving the upside of C3 Bullion’s proven model.
How does C3 Bullion earn revenue from these pools?
2% Annual Management Fee: Charged on the size of the fund (the total capital invested), compensating C3 Bullion for structuring and managing the pool.
20% Performance Fee: Applied to profits the fund generates beyond a target return, sharing in the upside created by C3 Bullion’s ability to boost mine performance.
Example: In a fund with a size of $50 million, the 2% annual fee alone would generate $1 million in yearly revenue for C3 Bullion, before considering any performance fees earned on the fund’s returns.
Important Note: While C3 Bullion’s per-loan profit margin in the pool is lower than if we funded the loans directly with our own capital, since the majority of profits go to pool investors, the key difference is scale: by funding 10–15 loans through a pool instead of 1 or 2 direct loans, total profits can be significantly higher for C3 Bullion thanks to increased throughput.
Managing multiple loans within a fund only requires modest additional resources compared to a single loan. Larger pools, therefore, create economies of scale. This means C3 Bullion’s revenue can grow significantly without proportionally higher costs, benefiting both our shareholders and fund investors.
C3 Fund I is ready, authorized by regulators, and will open for investors in Q2 2025.
The Future:
A Tokenized Gold Savings Account
Looking beyond pools and sovereign funds, C3 Bullion envisions creating the world’s first tokenized gold repayment product, a token that acts like a gold savings account, backed by physical gold delivered from mine repayments. This token could pay interest in gold as mines repay their loans, giving investors a way to grow their holdings in vaulted metal over time.
With enforceability secured by C3 Bullion’s boots-on-the-ground system and repayment tied to real production, this token wouldn’t just represent gold, it would be guaranteed by it, with gold delivery possible to investors.
The potential of a tokenized, interest-bearing gold asset is immense. It could unlock a new era of gold-based savings for investors worldwide. This approach merges the security of vaulted bullion with the flexibility of digital finance. And while this may sound far-off, it isn’t decades away; the technological and operational rails for this product already exist. Once our business model proves itself through C3 Fund I and expanded pools, the time will come to bring this vision to life.
“The possibilities are real, and the potential is so big it’s almost intimidating, and once our track record is firmly established with C3 Fund I and expanded pools, we are committed to bringing this groundbreaking product to life, step by step.