A cooperative built on the seam, not above it
COOP-CA ARTEL №1 is a registered gold-mining cooperative in Bertoua, East Region of Cameroon.
COOP-CA ARTEL №1 is a registered gold-mining cooperative in Bertoua, East Region of Cameroon.
We unite local miners under one licensed, accountable structure — turning informal artisanal work into organised, safe and traceable production.
Every gramme we recover is logged, assayed and declared. Profit returns to the people who dig it and the communities that host us.
Legality
Operating strictly within Cameroonian mining law and our granted permits.
Traceability
Ore tracked from pit to assay, with documented chain of custody.
Community
Local hiring, fair pay and reinvestment into the East Region.
Société Coopérative ARTEL №1
Who you're dealing with
No anonymous middlemen. A registered cooperative with named, accountable people — production on the ground in Bertoua, and a European desk for refinery buyers.
Société Coopérative Avec Conseil (COOP-CA №1) · buying & export office authorized by the Ministry of Mines (MINMIDT)
Patrice Lankeu
Bertoua · East Region, Cameroon
Named gérant of the cooperative's mineral buying-and-export office in the MINMIDT authorization. Leads sourcing, on-site assay and declared export through the official national channels. He is also a recognized notable (traditional dignitary) of the Bantoum chiefdom in Cameroon's West Region.
Nikolai Krause
Dresden, Germany
Co-owner of the business and European point of contact for refinery buyers. Coordinates contracts, KYC, insured logistics and assay verification between the Bertoua site and buyers across the EU and the Gulf.
Our trade desk in Europe
Contracts, logistics and settlement for buyers in the EU and the Gulf run through our European partner.