The journey of a gemstone from the hand of an artisanal miner through the later refinement stages of the supply chain is difficult to trace accurately:

Material is often traded through an intransparent web of local merchants before reaching the global market.

The vast majority of our inventory is sourced directly from artisanal miners & cutters that operate from the northern areas of Pakistan. Due to our narrow focus on this local market and regular trips to the mines, we can trace each gemstone & mineral in our inventory to a specific mining community & location. This also allows us to track and match the specific coordinates of the mining sites our gems are sourced from in the majority of cases.

Our end-customers are then given a statement of provenance which is embedded in the Provenance Proof Blockchain, and includes accurate information about the origin and sourcing history of a gemstone or mineral specimen.

For our business customers, the Provenance Platform and our on-mine verification allows them to utilize our rough material for further refinement into cut gems or jewelry, while being certain of fair sourcing and accurate labeling.