Trust & verification
Check us before you trade with us.
Eight layers of verification sit behind every ARAM offer. Here is what we check, the evidence each check produces, and how you can verify ARAM itself.
ARAM entities
- ARAM DMCCDMCC Authority Registration filed
- ARAM South AfricaCompanies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) Registration filed
Drill-core sample archive — Loppi, Finland — reference image · kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
01The verification stack
Eight questions every trade must answer.
A buyer's compliance team asks these in order. We answer them before an offer reaches you — and show the evidence.
- 01Company
Who is ARAM?
Our entities, registries, offices, policies and contracting rules are published — and the only domain and mailboxes we use.
- Entity and registration status
- Published policies
- Verify-a-message service
- 02Counterparty
Who are the supplier and the buyer?
Both sides complete KYC: registration, directors, beneficial owners, licences, bank account, sanctions and adverse-media screening.
- KYC pack
- Sanctions screening
- Licence check with the authority
- 03Origin
Where does the material come from?
Country and, where recorded, region or mine are declared on the lot, then checked against permits, transport and custody records.
- Mine-of-origin declaration
- Certificate of origin
- Chain-of-custody record
- 04Quality
Is it what the specification says?
Aromatics: COA and GC-MS per lot, samples first. Minerals: independent sampling and assay, with an umpire rule written into the contract.
- Certificate of analysis
- GC-MS profile
- Assay certificate
- 05Documentation
What paperwork comes with it?
Documents are attached to the lot or shipment they describe — never reused from another lot — and listed as available, on request or absent.
- Lot-level document index
- SDS
- Document pack templates
- 06Compliance
Can it be lawfully exported and imported?
Export bans, quotas and levies, 3TG due diligence, gold controls, Kimberley Process, CITES and radioactive-cargo rules are checked before an offer publishes.
- Export permit
- OECD Annex II questionnaire
- CITES permit where listed
- 07Logistics
How does it reach the buyer?
A corridor is chosen for the cargo, containers are inspected and sealed, and seal numbers are reconciled at every hand-over.
- Pre-shipment inspection
- Seal log
- Bill of lading
- 08Transaction
How is the money protected?
Written contract with a listed ARAM entity, payment only to an account in that entity's name, documentary terms — and no advance fees, ever.
- Commercial offer (ARAM-T-02)
- Contract
- Bank-detail confirmation by phone
02Specimen documents
The kind of evidence we expect to provide.
Worked examples of the documents that travel with an ARAM lot or shipment, laid out as the real ones are. They are sealed to registered customers. Each is marked SPECIMEN: the figures are representative, not from a real lot, and third-party issuers are named by role.
- Registered customers
COA · Aromatics
Certificate of Analysis
Confirms a specific lot meets its specification before a buyer commits to volume.
- Registered customers
GC-MS · Aromatics
GC-MS Chromatographic Profile
Fingerprints the oil's composition, flags adulteration and supports IFRA and allergen declarations.
- Registered customers
SDS · Aromatics
Safety Data Sheet — summary
Tells the receiving warehouse and formulator how to store, ship and handle the material.
- Registered customers
ASSAY · Minerals
Certificate of Weight, Sampling and Assay
The numbers a mineral contract is priced on — grade, moisture, penalties — from a party neither side controls.
- Registered customers
CO · Both
Certificate of Origin
Establishes the country of origin for customs, tariff preference and due-diligence records.
- Registered customers
CoC · Minerals
Chain-of-Custody Record
Shows every hand the material passed through, with seals, so origin can be traced back to the mine.
- Registered customers
KYC · Both
Counterparty KYC Pack — contents
Establishes who the company is, who owns it and that it may lawfully trade the material.
- Registered customers
EXP · Both
Export Document Set — contents
The full set a buyer's bank, customs broker and compliance team need to release and receive cargo.
- Registered customers
INSP · Both
Pre-shipment Inspection Report
Confirms quantity, packing, marking and sealing match the contract before the cargo leaves.
03Verification marks
Every badge is a process.
You will see these marks on listings and offers. Each one means a specific check was completed for that lot or supplier — where it is absent, the check has not been done.
- Origin declared
- Country (and region or mine where recorded) is attached to the lot record by the supplier and checked for consistency.
- Supplier verified
- The supplier has passed ARAM KYC: registration, owners, licences, sanctions and bank account.
- Documentation available
- At least one lot-specific document (COA, assay, SDS) is held and can be released to a qualified buyer.
- Independent assay
- Grade is confirmed by an inspection company or laboratory appointed under the contract, not the seller alone.
- Export pathway assessed
- Export permits, quotas, bans and levies for the producing country were checked for this material and route.
- Buyer verification
- Offer details and supplier introductions are released only to buyers who have passed business verification.
- Sample-first
- Evaluation quantities are offered from the lot before any volume commitment.
- Lot-level records
- Stock, documents and custody events are recorded against an identified lot, not a product in general.
- Compliance review
- An ARAM reviewer approves the offer against the gates that apply to the material before it publishes.
Your checks on us
Forward any email, offer or invoice that claims to be from ARAM and we will confirm whether it is genuine — before you pay, sign or send documents.