Built to Capture the Economics Behind Gold
C3 Bullion originates secured loans to producing Latin American gold mines and is repaid in discounted physical gold. Accredited investors can own equity in the company behind the loans, fees, and spread.
Structure
Preferred Equity
Minimum
$25,000
Target Raise
$20 Million
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Preferred shares in C3 Bullion, Inc. — equity in the company that originates the loans, earns the fees, and captures the spread, not a purchase of gold itself.
Investment Structure
Preferred Equity
Offering Exemption
Regulation D, Rule 506(c)
Investor Eligibility
Accredited Investors Only
Minimum Investment
$25,000
Target Raise
$20,000,000
Geographic Focus
Latin America
Full offering terms, including share price and distribution timing, are set out in the formal offering documents provided to verified accredited investors.
How C3 Bullion Works — the Loans, the Mines, and the Gold That Moves Through Both
C3 Bullion originates secured loans to producing gold mines. Every potential loan passes through a six-pillar underwriting committee and requires a unanimous vote before a single dollar moves.
How capital and gold move
- 01
Secured Loan Originated
- 02
Six-Pillar Underwriting
- 03
Tranche Deployment
- 04
Gold Repayment at a Discount
- 05
Company-Level Income
Once approved, capital is deployed in tranches, not as a lump sum. Our teams supervise the mine's operations directly on the ground throughout the loan term. As the mine produces, it repays the loan in physical gold, at a set discount to market price, plus royalty upside.
Real assets, real production: loans are made against producing mines with existing output — not exploration concepts or development-stage promises. Focus begins later in the mining lifecycle, where a resource is already being mined.
Geology
Resource quality, documentation, and technical validation of what is actually in the ground.
Operations
Mine plan, processing capability, and the operator's ability to produce consistently.
Government Relations & ESG
Permitting, community standing, and environmental and social compliance.
Lending Readiness
Whether the operation is structurally prepared to take on and service secured debt.
Financial Modeling
Cash-flow modeling, repayment capacity, and stress testing of the facility.
Unanimous Committee Vote
No capital moves without a unanimous vote from the underwriting committee.
The distinction that matters most: when you invest in this offering, you are not buying gold. You're buying equity in the company that runs this entire process — the origination fees, the spread captured on every ounce delivered, and the royalty income across every loan the platform originates.
Gold Is Surging, the Regulatory Tailwind Is Real, and C3 Bullion Is Deliberately Keeping This Raise Small
Several forces are converging on this opportunity right now.
Gold Above $4,500/oz
Sustained institutional buying has pushed gold to record levels, widening the spread between mine production cost and market price — the spread C3 Bullion captures on every loan repayment.
A Regulatory Tailwind, Not Just Sentiment
Under Basel III, physical gold now qualifies as a Tier 1 asset for bank capital purposes, while paper or unallocated gold carries a capital haircut.
A Structurally Under-Allocated Market
U.S. investors remain well below global norms for gold allocation, and that gap is a large, largely untapped source of future demand for a platform like this one.
A Deliberately Small Shareholder Base
C3 Bullion's leadership has made a clear decision to limit the company's shareholder base, since every additional shareholder dilutes future dividends.
A Structurally Under-Allocated Market and a Business Model Built on Recurring Fee Income
C3 Bullion's revenue model is built on three compounding sources of income, all captured at the company level.
Origination Fees
Earned on every loan the company underwrites and deploys.
Delivery Spread
The discount between the price C3 Bullion pays mines for delivered gold and its market value at delivery.
Royalty Income
Ongoing upside captured across the life of each loan relationship.
Company-level economics: origination fees, delivery spread, and royalty income are all captured at the company level, where shareholders sit. Equity value is tied to loan volume, mine relationships, and capital moving through the platform.
As a shareholder, your equity value is tied to this same economic engine — designed to compound as more capital, more mine relationships, and more loan volume move through the platform.
[Specific dividend timing, share price, and return projections are currently being finalized and will be confirmed prior to investment. This section should not be published with unconfirmed figures.]
Built on Process. Backed by Experience.
C3 Bullion is not asking investors to take this on faith. Every major claim is backed by something checkable.
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The Underwriting Process Is Real
- Every loan passes through a six-pillar committee: geology, operations, government relations, lending readiness, and financial modeling
- Unanimous vote required before any capital is released
- Capital deployed in tranches, with direct on-the-ground supervision — never a lump-sum handoff
02
The Regulatory Rigor Is Established
- C3 Bullion previously qualified with the SEC under Regulation A Tier 2 — a rigorous, reviewed process most private companies never go through
03
The Track Record Already Exists
- Approximately $1.7 million already raised at this same $25,000 minimum over the past year and a half
Relationships, coverage, and service providers
Meet the Leadership Team
The credentials below are as stated by the company. LinkedIn profiles for Emilio and Rodrigo are pending confirmation.
Luciano Duque
Chief Executive Officer
Seasoned global business executive and entrepreneur with 20+ years across US and international capital markets and fintech. Former International Client Advisor for Morgan Stanley; experience structuring investment funds and a US Broker-Dealer. Extensive LatAm deal origination, structuring, and placement network. FINRA licenses: 79, 66, 7, 3, and 24. Mechanical Engineer.
Emilio Doens
Chief Mining Officer
Mining engineer with a postgraduate degree in geothermal technology (geophysics and geology) from the University of Auckland. Integrates mining engineering with environmental and ESG management — carbon credit projects, GHG inventories, water footprints, and sustainability audits aligned to international reporting frameworks. Bridges operational mining reality with the demands of regulators and capital markets.
Rodrigo Calles
Chief Geologist
Certified Professional Geologist with 35+ years in mineral exploration, geological modeling, resource evaluation, and project management across base and precious metals, lithium, borates, potash, coal, and industrial minerals. Worked in Mexico, Argentina, the US, Turkey, Serbia, and Spain. Author of multiple NI 43-101 technical reports and Qualified Person under Canadian reporting standards. Former senior roles at Tocvan Ventures, Servicios Geológicos IMEx, SRK Consulting, and Rio Tinto.
Every Investment Carries Risk. Here Is Ours… and Here Is How We Manage It.
We believe investors deserve a clear, honest picture of the risks involved. Here is ours.
Illiquidity
There is no public market for these shares. This is a long-term, illiquid investment, and investors should be comfortable with that before committing capital.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any projections we share are illustrative estimates, not guarantees. Actual results may differ materially.
Key-Person Risk
Mitigated by a named leadership team with real depth across disciplines, rather than dependency on any single individual.
Tax Treatment
Tax treatment on any future gold-related distributions is still pending a formal opinion from tax counsel and should not be assumed.
Raise Size Is a Moving Target
The total raise amount is tied to capital flowing into a separate, related fund vehicle. If that vehicle is capitalized ahead of schedule, this raise could close earlier or below its stated target.
Early-Stage Platform Risk
Scaling loan origination and mine relationships requires sustained execution. The six-pillar underwriting process and tranche-based deployment are specifically designed to manage this risk at the loan level.
All investments include a degree of risk. Do your due diligence before investing. This is not an offer to sell securities. Any offer is made only through official offering documents. Forward-looking statements, including any projected returns, are estimates only and not guarantees of future results.
Questions Serious Investors Ask
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