Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
African minerals, contracted with certainty.
Onyx Minerals FZ-LLC signs for what the group controls on the ground in Mozambique, so international buyers get frontier supply on enforceable UAE paper.
- Entity
- Onyx Minerals FZ-LLC
- FZ-LLC Licence
- No. 5038535
Own the ground. Control the cargo. Sign in the UAE.
The group holds shareholdings and operating roles in mines across Mozambique, runs the route from pit to terminal, and contracts every international sale through this entity. No reseller layers between the buyer and the source.
Simpler commodities establish delivery discipline early; copper and lithium carry the strategic book over the long term.
Sodalite material at source, from the group's operating imagery.
Copper
Ore and concentrates
Long-term book
Lithium
Ore
Long-term book
Manganese
Ore
Near-term cargoes
Iron ore
Lump and fines
Near and long term
Fluorite
Met grade
Near-term cargoes
Quartz
Pink and white
Near-term cargoes
Why this jurisdiction, why now
Four structural reasons the portfolio sits where it sits.
Breadth in one jurisdiction
Copper, lithium, manganese, iron, fluorite and high-purity quartz inside a single legal and logistical framework.
Frontier upside
Lightly explored terrain where meaningful positions can still be taken early, rather than bought late.
Supply security
Buyers are actively diversifying away from concentrated origins; traceable Mozambican supply answers that demand.
Geography that works
Indian Ocean routing puts the portfolio naturally in line with Gulf capital, logistics and trading desks.
Engagement
Trust is sequenced, not assumed
Every relationship, buyer or investor, moves through the same three stages. Each stage earns the next.
Prove
A single on-spec cargo of a simpler commodity, quartz, fluorite or manganese, executed with full documentation and independent inspection. Small enough to move fast, complete enough to judge us on.
Commit
With execution demonstrated, volume scales: multi-year off-take across one or more commodity lines, prepayment or financing tied to contracted production, Incoterms fitted to the buyer's chain.
Partner
For capital seeking more than supply: equity in producing or developing assets, project-level joint ventures, or off-take-linked financing that pairs asset alignment with delivery rights.
The asset base behind the paper
Contracts are only as good as the ground beneath them. The group's Mozambican portfolio spans six provinces, from producing positions to research licences.
158,000+
hectares under licence
- Licence positions
- 15
- Prospecting and research licences
- 9
- Mining concessions
- 5
- Mining certificates
- 1
13 positions in force, 2 pending allocation or approval.
Tete
Core cluster
Copper, gold, uranium, manganese, iron, graphite, coal, quartz
Manica
Copper-gold
Copper, gold and associated minerals
Niassa
Gemstones and gold
Aquamarine, corundum, emerald, ruby, tourmaline, gold, quartz
Zambézia
Critical minerals
Lithium, tantalite, beryl, rare earths, copper
Cabo Delgado
Pipeline
Positions pending cadastre confirmation
Nampula
Northern extension
Lithium-tantalite exposure extending from Zambézia
The full register lives in the data room
Holders, licence numbers, tenure, status, areas and mineral descriptions are maintained to diligence standard and shared under NDA, together with site imagery, logistics routing and cadastre documentation.
The gold desk
A disciplined route for Mozambican gold
Alongside the minerals book, the entity operates a gold desk for qualified, licensed UAE buyers: small recurring parcels, independently assayed, priced against a published benchmark.
Material
22-24 carat, 916-999 fineness
Mozambican origin, documented chain of custody
Cadence
500 g weekly
Approximately 2 kg per month, scaling on performance
Pricing
LBMA AM less 2%
Settled on final assay and payable gold content
Delivery
CIF Dubai International Airport
Insured, manifested air shipment; buyer clears UAE import
No shipment moves until both sides are verified: export permits and certificates of origin on the Onyx side; trade licence, importer code, KYC with UBO disclosure, proof of settlement capacity and a nominated refinery or assayer on the buyer side. The desk operates in line with UAE AML and CFT obligations, goAML registration and OECD-aligned sourcing guidance.
- Import authority
- KYC and UBO
- Settlement capacity
- Assay and refinery
- Custody documentation
Controls a bank can read
Clean documentation, verifiable origin, inspected cargo and enforceable UAE contracting. That is the whole governance promise, applied to every transaction.
Registered office
Compass Building, Al Shohada Road, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
FZ-LLC Licence No. 5038535
Traceability
Cargo is documented from source through loading, so a buyer can follow the material, not take it on trust.
Independent inspection
Quality and quantity verified at load by recognised inspectors, supporting settlement and acceptance.
Compliance controls
KYC, sanctions screening and origin documentation precede every counterparty and every cargo.
Responsible operations
Safe field practice, accountable sourcing and local-content commitments, evidenced in the data room.
minerals@onyxventures.co.mz