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On 1 July 2025, we were approached by a party operating through a Swiss entity claiming ownership of 500 kilograms of “Cu 99.99999% ultra fine copper powder” allegedly stored in the Embrach Free-Zone and “worth” over €1.15 billion. They requested USD 450 million in non-recourse financing against the goods.
The valuation implied a price that sits wildly outside transparent benchmark pricing for copper, including exchange-referenced pricing such as LME Copper and published commodity benchmarks such as the IMF Primary Commodity Prices. When the claimed collateral value starts life at multiples of public benchmarks, lenders do not “get creative.” They verify, or they walk.
This was not a complicated request. Any metals-backed credit process begins with basic custody, title, and quality evidence. If you want the clean version of what lenders expect in metals collateral cases, start with warehouse receipt financing and the operating assumptions behind metals and minerals trade finance.
If a party will not upload a single warehouse-controlled document, there is no collateral to lend against.
In real commodity flows, verification is typically carried by recognised inspection networks such as Intertek Minerals , SGS Minerals , Cotecna Assay and Testing , or Bureau Veritas Commodities. Unknown “institutes” with unverifiable standing are not lender-grade.
The party referenced an “SKR” and a verifier described as “ISE in Lucerne (Institute of Rare Earth & Metals).” They stated they had seen the key documents “in original,” yet none were shared. No assay. No warehouse release. No inventory statement. No custody confirmation. Nothing a lender can underwrite.
If you have seen this pattern before, you are not imagining it. It overlaps heavily with the tactics described in our own breakdown of common commodity and instrument scams , and it matches the same failure points we document in cases like SKR-linked “warehouse” stories in base metals.
When a party requests large, non-recourse financing against alleged metals collateral, lenders treat it like structured credit, not a casual loan request. The documentation and enforceability questions are not optional. That is why serious collateralised lending relies on defined legal mechanics, including repo-style and secured lending frameworks. For repo market context and standard documentation references, see ICMA’s public materials around the Global Master Repurchase Agreement (GMRA).
In plain terms: if collateral is exotic, priced far outside benchmarks, or supported by unverifiable third parties, legal opinion and third-party verification become mandatory before the file touches a serious credit committee.
There are two realistic outcomes when you see claims like this.
Sometimes it runs two or three layers deep. A broker sits in front of a “mandate.” The “mandate” points to a “warehouse.” The “warehouse” points to a “lab.” Each layer is presented as proof, and each layer collapses the moment you ask for documents that a bank can verify directly.
We kept the process clean and standard. We issued an engagement package, required a documented file, and flagged that enhanced due diligence would apply given the valuation and the lack of verifiable custody. Instead of producing evidence, the party refused the verification path and shifted the conversation into grievance language about process and terms, while still providing no documents.
At that point, there is no “deal friction” to negotiate. There is simply no collateral file. The correct move is to close the case and stop wasting lender attention.
If you are holding real inventory and want financing, make it easy for credit to say yes. Start with warehouse-controlled evidence, recognised inspection, and a defensible pricing reference tied to transparent benchmarks. Then structure the facility around bankable collateral controls. If you are pursuing a dedicated capital solution in commodities, review how we frame mandate-ready cases under our commodity finance mandate.
Share the warehouse details, title path, inspection certificates, and your requested structure. We will tell you quickly whether it is underwritable, and what needs to change to make it lender-grade.
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