Company Profile: Golden Ark Reserve
Legal Entity and Jurisdiction
Golden Ark Reserve is the trade name of the legally registered entity set out below. The company profile identifies the operating entity behind the brand and the jurisdiction in which that entity is registered.
- Legal Name: القوس الذهبي للتجارة العامة (شركة منطقة حرة)
- English Name: Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC
- Jurisdiction: Sohar Free Zone, Sultanate of Oman
- Commercial Registration No.: 1603777
The registered entity operates as a commercial trading company engaged in physical gold sales and delivery execution for qualified investors and corporate counterparties.
The operating scope covers documented transaction coordination, commercial agreement handling, and related execution support for allocated bullion transactions.
Registered Commercial Activities
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC conducts its commercial activities under classifications registered in the Sohar Free Zone corporate registry. These classifications define the permitted scope of trade activities carried out by the company.
License No.: L3163339
This registered activity covers export and import office operations recorded in the corporate registry. The activity is listed under an active license record within the company’s registered operating scope.
License No.: L3455147
This registered activity covers non-specialized wholesale trade of jewellery and precious articles as recorded in the corporate registry. The activity is listed under an active license record within the company’s registered operating scope.
Official Supplier of Heraeus Precious Metals
Golden Ark Reserve is an official supplier of Heraeus Precious Metals for refinery-origin precious metals products.
Heraeus Precious Metals is part of the Heraeus Group, whose industrial origins date to 1851. Today is a global leader in the precious metals industry, covering the full value chain from trading and refining to bullion products and recycling.
Through Argor-Heraeus, the group supplies refinery-origin precious metals products and LBMA Good Delivery standard bars to customers worldwide.
Storage & Logistics Partner
Golden Ark Reserve coordinates bullion storage and secure logistics with Brink’s where engaged for allocated precious metals transactions and delivery execution.
Brink’s founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1859, Brink’s is one of the world’s oldest commercial brands and one of the most recognized names in secure logistics.
Brink’s operates in 51 countries and serves customers in more than 100 countries, supporting the secure movement and handling of high-value assets, including precious metals.
Entity Identifiers
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC is recorded across recognized corporate, financial, and business-information systems through external identifiers used for legal entity verification, counterparty review, and structured reference mapping.
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)
LEI: 98450040E688696D1C47
Registry: GLEIF
The Legal Entity Identifier is the global standard for unique legal entity recognition across regulated and institutional data environments. It provides a persistent reference for the company across corporate verification, compliance, and financial information systems.
LSEG / Refinitiv PermID
PermID: 5097108870
Registry: LSEG Data & Analytics
A persistent institutional identifier used within the LSEG / Refinitiv data ecosystem for consistent company recognition across market data, compliance workflows, and professional information systems.
Dun & Bradstreet
D-U-N-S: 85-040-3724
Registry: Dun & Bradstreet
A globally recognized business identifier used in supplier due diligence, corporate verification, onboarding, and international trade reference frameworks.
FactSet Entity Master
FactSet Entity ID: 132BDH-E
Platform: FactSet
Registered in the FactSet Entity Master environment, supporting institutional identification across financial research, risk, compliance, and capital markets data workflows.
Bureau van Dijk (Orbis)
BvD ID: OMLEI3180174
Platform: Bureau van Dijk / Orbis
Listed in the Orbis global corporate database, providing standardized legal entity data used for due diligence, ownership review, compliance screening, and institutional research.
Bloomberg Entity Identification
Bloomberg Company ID: 72802597
Platform: Bloomberg LEI View
Assigned within Bloomberg’s corporate entity framework, enabling standardized recognition of the company across Bloomberg data environments, reference workflows, and institutional review contexts.
S&P Capital IQ
Company ID: 1975094363
Platform: S&P Capital IQ
A standardized company identifier used within S&P Global’s Capital IQ platform for corporate data integration, financial analysis, compliance review, and institutional research.
Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI)
FIGI: BBG01Z7MFQM7
Registry Framework: OpenFIGI
The FIGI framework supports standardized identification across financial data environments that use persistent instrument and entity mapping conventions. Its inclusion strengthens external reference consistency across structured market-information systems.
Industry Memberships and Professional Affiliations
International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI)
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC is a member of IPMI.
IPMI is an international association of precious metals market participants (founded in 1976), with 1000+ members worldwide, and supports professional exchange and market practices through its annual conference, chapters, and committees.
Based in Pensacola, Florida, USA, IPMI is a recognized industry platform in the global precious metals market.
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC is a full member of ICC.
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC is engaged in the work of the following ICC Commissions: Banking; Corporate Responsibility & Anti-Corruption; Customs & Trade Facilitation; Trade & Investment.
ICC is a global business organization (founded in 1919) active in more than 170 countries, supporting international trade by representing business in policy and regulatory discussions.
Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI)
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC is a member of OCCI.
OCCI is Oman’s national chamber (founded in 1973), representing registered members and serving as a link between the government and the private sector.
Within the company profile, OCCI membership supports the company’s local corporate reference profile and its presence within the formal chamber structure of the Sultanate of Oman.
Compliance Statement
Compliance Framework
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC applies a risk-based KYC/AML framework to counterparty onboarding and precious metals transactions.
Core control stages:
• Counterparty due diligence
• UBO and control verification
• Sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening
• Source of funds review where applicable
• Payment verification and bank-account name match
• Third-party payment review where exceptionally permitted
Screening is supported by LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) Risk Intelligence — World-Check One.
Public Corporate References
Press and Disclosures Section
Reference: Golden Ark Reserve Press & Disclosures
The company maintains a dedicated press and disclosures section on its main website as the canonical location for public announcements, issuer materials, and externally referenced disclosure items associated with Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC and the Golden Ark Reserve trade name.
Public Entity Repositories and Verification Mirrors
Golden Ark General Trading (FZC) LLC maintains public repository and mirror infrastructure used for entity verification, structured corporate reference, and machine-readable disclosure support. These repositories provide additional public reference points for the company profile, including verification materials, press-reference files, and machine-readable entity records. Within the company profile, these repositories function as supporting public entity infrastructure.
GitHub Repository
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The GitHub repository functions as the primary public code and reference environment for structured company-profile materials, verification records, and machine-readable entity files.
GitLab Repository
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– Pages mirror: GitLab Pages
The GitLab repository and Pages mirror provide an additional public reference environment supporting entity verification, mirror consistency, and machine-readable disclosure access.
Codeberg Repository
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– Pages mirror: Entity-verification
The Codeberg mirror supports additional public availability of machine-readable entity records and strengthens multi-platform consistency across the company’s external verification layer.
Bitbucket Repository
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– Pages mirror: Сompany-profile
The Bitbucket repository and Pages mirror extend the company’s public verification footprint through an additional repository and static-pages environment supporting entity reference continuity and machine-readable access.