DRC field checks

Eyes on the ground in Katanga, before you send money

Most copper scams in the DRC sell cargo that isn't where the seller says it is, or isn't theirs. If you can't get to Lubumbashi or Kolwezi yourself, our field partner goes for you and sends back what they actually saw.

DRC site visit

$450 · Is the cargo where the seller says it is?

A visit to one warehouse, yard, plant or mine site in Haut-Katanga or Lualaba
Dated, located photos and video of the material, the bags or cathode bundles, markings and trucks
Who actually controls the site and the material, and whether it matches what you were told
Any warning signs: refused access, someone else's stock, numbers that don't add up
A written report, usually within 3 to 5 working days of the seller agreeing a time

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DRC company check

$149 · Is this DRC company real, and is it who it says it is?

Trade register (RCCM) and national ID number checked at source
Mining titles looked up with the mining cadastre (CAMI), where the company claims a mine or permit
The registered address visited, with dated, located photos of what's there
Who the directors are, and whether the person you're dealing with is one of them
A short written report, usually within 3 to 5 working days

Order a company check

Covers Haut-Katanga and Lualaba (Lubumbashi, Likasi, Kambove, Kolwezi, Kipushi, Kasumbalesa and Sakania). Full refund if the check can't be done. Free account, and your ID checked first (free, a few minutes on your phone).

How it works

One order, no middlemen

1
Order and pay through Copper Supply
Tell us the company or the site, and who to contact to arrange it. You pay Copper Supply, never anyone on the ground.
2
Our partner arranges it
Our field partner in Lubumbashi contacts the seller as "the Copper Supply field partner". Your name and your deal are never shared.
3
They go and look
Registers and the mining cadastre for a company; for a site, the material itself, its markings, the trucks, and who really controls it.
4
You get the report here
Dated, located photos, video and a written report in your account, usually within 3 to 5 working days.

What a visit often shows

Warning signs our partner reports

The seller won't agree a visit, or keeps moving the date
Someone asks for money for access, for the visit or for an inspector
The material on site belongs to someone else, or the warehouse doesn't know the seller
The quantity, bag markings or truck numbers don't match the documents you were sent

A field check is an independent visual and local check by our field partner, reported as seen on the day. It isn't an inspection: there's no sampling, assay, weighing or certificate, and it doesn't prove ownership, grade or that a trade is safe. For any lot you pay for, appoint an inspection company too.

Check it before you pay for it

Pair a field check with an expert review of the seller's documents: one tells you the cargo is there, the other that the papers are right.

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