WELCOME TO THE BENTHEIM GROUP

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For centuries, the House of Bentheim and Steinfurt has protected traditional values such as honor, decency and loyalty. Our company is committed to these values. We have influential relationships around the world and use them in positive ways. 

With the mission to be a global leader in ethical and sustainable mining, the Bentheim Group is committed to transparency, innovation, and long-term value creation for its stakeholders. Its employees and partners across multiple continents reflect the vision of empowering people and enriching communities while delivering high-quality gold products worldwide.

1. Mining gold from our gold reservoirs. These gold reservoirs are very large and exclusively available to our company, so we are unrivaled in these areas.

2. Trade in gold (purchase, sale, export). We buy gold from certain areas on exclusive terms that are favorable to us and export it with our mined gold in order to sell it on the world market. Our customers are diverse - from large industries (e.g. technology sector) to large banks. 

Like other African countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) also boasts rich deposits of various mineral resources. Despite these abundant mineral resources, the majority of the local population suffers from poverty and a substandard standard of living. The Bentheim Group is the first and only company in the world to own all mining rights in the Kwango region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One of the most important reasons for these exclusive agreements with the Bentheim Group is the mutual trust that has developed over the years, our excellent relationships, and the promise of "holistic sustainability."

For us, sustainability is not an empty promise – we commit ourselves and our contractual partners and trusted partners in the mining regions to consistently practice sustainable mining from start to finish. For us, holistically sustainable mining means not only that mining itself is sustainable ("sustainability in the narrow sense"), but also that the standard of living of the entire population in the regions surrounding the mining areas is significantly improved ("sustainability in the broad sense").

The Bentheim Group is distinguished by the fact that, unlike many other mining companies, they do not operate purely economically from the point of view of profit maximization and place less emphasis on improving the living standards of the local population, as they do not see this as their task and consider it an additional cost factor. For such companies, sustainability is only a necessary evil, limited to a minimum, associated with effort and costs, which is necessarily communicated to the public, but is usually not implemented completely and correctly. 

• No child labor and no child mercenaries.
• Workers are paid according to EU standards.
• Workers are treated fairly, safely and equitably.
• Workers and their families are provided with dignified housing, food and medical      care.
• Land areas are recultivated after mining.

1. Our company helps the country to develop economically.
   
2. Our company helps the population and communities to significantly improve the      standard of living (e.g. road construction, schools, infrastructure, medical facilities, digitization).
   
3. Our company involves the population in the value chain so that their prosperity can be built up in a decentralized and transitive manner.

The company is always consulting with government officials, community leaders and other relevant stakeholders to discuss and address the key needs of the regions. Due to the significant increase in living standards in all areas, life in these areas becomes worth living and enjoyable - people can live with dignity in their countries and no longer have to flee to other countries for a better life.

Under "family gold" we understand our task and obligation to fully fulfill holistic sustainability. "Family gold" implies the promise that precious metals have been mined according to the principles of holistic sustainability. "Family gold" means that we mine and trade gold on an ethical basis. Our customers can buy our gold with a clear conscience. Our investors can share in our company's profits with a clear conscience.