Go Green,It Stays Clean.
KWE Metals bridges the industrial and environmental gap — extracting the copper, cobalt, nickel, gold and silver that power the clean-energy economy while building clean water and sanitation for the towns and Native communities beside our sites.
Metals & Minerals
Copper & Iron Ore
Billions of dollars in high-grade, untouched industrial deposits ready to build global infrastructure — power grids, rail, and structural steel.
Cobalt, Nickel & Antimony
Essential battery-grade materials powering the global green-energy transition and the next generation of electric vehicles.
Gold & Silver
High-value asset reserves with daily spot pricing — long-term stability anchoring our generational portfolio.
Precious Stones
Jadeite, opal, blue amber, diamond, ruby and sapphire — ethically sourced, traceable from vein to certificate.
Honduras & Central America
- HondurasPrimary
- Central AmericaRegional
- New concessionsIn review
Spec sheets, assay reports & logistics terms on request.
A Message From Our Founder
"When I founded this company, I did so with a clear vision: to prove that unlocking the Earth's richest resources does not have to come at the expense of our planet, or its people. Our greatest asset will always be the trust of the communities we operate in."
We are stewards of a generational portfolio of ground assets — critical infrastructure minerals like copper and iron ore, tech-essential elements like cobalt and nickel, and timeless precious metals. We don't just follow government regulations — we exceed them, converting mineral wealth into immediate, life-changing surface infrastructure: clean drinking water and modern waste sanitation.
Sincerely — The Founder & Executive Team, KWE Metals LLC
We exceed the regulations we're required to meet.
Beyond extraction, we build deep roots with local towns and Native populations — delivering clean drinking water and modern waste sanitation so our legacy is one of health, prosperity, and sustainability.
Tailings reprocessed to recover residual metals, cutting waste and reopening value.
Elected local and Indigenous oversight boards with real decision authority at every site.
From the ground up
Mining → refining → assaying → minting → delivery
Every KWE Metals line is cast, stamped and serialised in 1 troy oz, 1 kg and 10 kg formats — from ruthenium, platinum, palladium, gold, copper, silver and tungsten through aluminium, cobalt, nickel, pig iron and titanium, to magnetite and hematite iron products.
Short film following KWE Metals from open-pit extraction in Honduras through hauling, crushing and XRF assay to serialised bullion.
Studio film of refined KWE Metals product bars — gold, cobalt, aluminium and pig iron in 1 troy oz, 1 kg and 10 kg formats.
Brand reel presenting KWE Metals refined product lines, cast surfaces and serial marks, closing on the company mark.
Field walkthrough of a Honduran concession: graded access road, timbered adit portal and bagged ore staged on the collection pad.
Run-of-mine rock crushed and spread on tarpaulins to dry at the collection pad, with filled sacks staged for assay sampling.
A covered storage bay holding run-of-mine ore, including green copper-stained rock, staged under roof before haulage.
Animated KWE Metals mark and wordmark over a gold-and-graphite mountain range: global mining in copper, gold and silver.
Aerial overview of a KWE Metals operation in Honduras: working benches, process plant and water management pond.
Loading run-of-mine ore, a walk of the working face with the KWE team, and 22.75 grams of recovered gold weighed on the field scale.
Copper ore loaded at the face, hauled to the plant, crushed onto the stockpile, and finished as cathode sheets ready for shipment.
From conveyor feed at the Honduras operation through the pour floor to refined gold bars stacked in the vault.
Bulk bags moved by forklift, a handheld XRF read of 96.56% Cu on concentrate, and conveyors building graded stockpiles at the shed.
Tracked excavator digging a run-of-mine muckpile and loading a haul truck staged on the collection pad, with the crew spotting the load.
Graded rock lifted over the trailer body and dropped into the bed until the truck is loaded and ready to run to the processing yard.
A hand sample of banded vein quartz turned in daylight, showing sulphide bands and bright metallic flecks — the field indicator the crew samples on.
A handheld XRF analyser read against a bagged copper-oxide sample, with the on-screen grade table showing Cu, Fe and Cr percentages logged at the pad.
Inside the processing hall: crushed copper ore riding the belt line toward the crusher and screening deck under the overhead gantry crane.
Hand preparation of a soft ore sample on the lab bench — breaking the lump down, separating coarse fragments from fines, and setting the split aside for assay.
A forklift lifting stacked plate stock across the yard pad, with bulk ore sacks staged in rows behind and the conveyor gantry on the ridge line.
A geologist hand-trenching a hillside showing in Honduras, cutting through red laterite to expose bright green copper staining ahead of sampling and assay.
Branded overview reel: aerial pit and conveyor operations, graded stockpiles, and bulk sacks of copper ore, cuprous cement, concentrate and cathode staged for export.
Karat to payout per gram
Enter the day's gold spot price and your payout rate to see melt value and payout per gram for every karat, then size a final estimate for your lot.
| KARAT | PURITY | MELT / GRAM | PAYOUT / GRAM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24K | 99.90% | $77.08 | $69.38 |
| 22K | 91.67% | $70.73 | $63.66 |
| 18K | 75.00% | $57.87 | $52.08 |
| 14K | 58.33% | $45.01 | $40.51 |
| 10K | 41.67% | $32.15 | $28.94 |
| 9K | 37.50% | $28.94 | $26.04 |
Your estimate
- Melt value / gram
- $45.01
- Payout / gram (90%)
- $40.51
14K · 10 g · spot $2,400.00 / troy oz
Estimates only. Final settlement follows assay results and the LME/LBMA fix on the day of delivery.
Stand With the Land
Sponsor a water system
Fund a complete spring box and filtration line for a single community — certified on site within a season.
SPONSOR →Community scholarship
Support education for youth in the towns beside our sites, from primary school through university.
SPONSOR →Reforestation pledge
Adopt a rehabilitation plot and track its regrowth through our seasonal field reports.
SPONSOR →Let's build the
clean economy.
Offtake agreements, joint ventures, sponsorships and community partnerships across the region.
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Global metal markets & daily indexes
Every KWE lot is priced against published exchange benchmarks. These are the daily references we and our buyers use for copper, iron ore, nickel, cobalt, gold and silver settlement.
- LME · LONDONLondon Metal Exchange (opens in a new tab)Official daily settlement and 3-month prices for copper, nickel, zinc, lead, tin and aluminium.
- SMM · SHANGHAIShanghai Metals Market (SMM) (opens in a new tab)Daily China spot indexes for copper, nickel, cobalt and battery-metal feedstock.
- COMEX · CMECME Group — COMEX metals (opens in a new tab)Futures and daily settlements for copper, gold and silver contracts.
- LBMA · LONDONLBMA precious metals (opens in a new tab)Twice-daily LBMA Gold Price and daily Silver Price auction benchmarks.
- PLATTS · IODEXS&P Global Platts IODEX (opens in a new tab)The 62% Fe iron ore index that underpins seaborne iron ore contracts.
- SGX · SINGAPORESGX iron ore derivatives (opens in a new tab)Daily settlement for cleared 62% Fe iron ore swaps and futures.
- FASTMARKETSFastmarkets MB (opens in a new tab)Independent cobalt standard grade, nickel sulphate and minor-metal assessments.
- SHFE · CHINAShanghai Futures Exchange (opens in a new tab)Chinese benchmark futures for copper, nickel, tin, gold and silver.
- KITCO · LIVEKitco live quotes (opens in a new tab)Free real-time spot charts for gold, silver, platinum and base metals.
External sites. Prices shown by these providers are indicative and may be delayed; contract pricing is confirmed in writing at time of sale.
The KWE Metals family of companies
KWE Metals LLC is a mining company, operating alongside sister companies in lawn and garden supply and off-grid housing — the same ownership, the same standard of stewardship.
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