The NTR Metals mint utilizes only the finest precious metals from our Commercial Refining Division to create pure bullion products.
Designed for the precious metals investor, all NTR Metals’ bullion products are guaranteed for purity, weight and quality.
Precious metals bullion minting by a reputable precious metals company
As a precious metals refiner, market maker, and bullion mint, NTR Metals is one of the most fully-integrated precious metals companies in the world. By managing the entire metal lifecycle, NTR Metals is able to maintain high quality control. As part of the minting process, we refine, cast, extrude, roll, blank, and strike our gold and silver bullion products. Our industry- recognized bullion is available in the following denominations:
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Bullion for the precious metals investor
NTR Metals bullion products are designed for the precious metals investor who seeks to hold a physical position while minimizing the capital and risk associated with premiums. As a market maker for all NTR Metals products, we provide liquidity for our customers when they are ready to exit their position.
High-quality minted products
All of our minted bullion products are hand inspected for quality and consistency prior to packaging. NTR Metals only mints pure gold (.9999 fine) and silver (.999 fine) bullion.
NTR Metals minted bars are RF heat sealed in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) casing that protects the finish from physical damage and oxidation. This unique packaging allows bars to be sold individually or in sheets of ten.
A balance of precision and efficiency
Our proprietary minting process delivers consistently high quality precious metals bullion products. All NTR Metals bullion products are guaranteed for purity, weight and quality.
A brief overview of the minting process for NTR Metals bullion:
- Silver and gold are refined to .999 and .9999 grade purity, respectively;
- Refined metal is melted into casting grain;
- Casting grain is fed into a continuous caster and formed into bars that move slowly through a series of cooling boxes;
- These newly-casted bars are cut with a shear into three-foot lengths;
- Bars pass through two steel rollers of a breakdown mill to reduce their thickness;
- Silver bars are heat-treated in an annealing furnace. Gold bars, which are soft and pliable, do not require annealing.
- Annealed silver bars are pressed a second time, through finishing mill steel rollers;
- Minting personnel measure each metal bar for precise thickness;
- A blanking press cuts the bars into blanks (bullion without an image);
- Blanks are “punched out” using a forming die and 40 tons of pressure per square inch. The unused portion is returned to the refinery for recycling.
- For coins, rough edges are removed from the blanks through a process called “rimming”;
- Blanks are burnished by tumbling with stainless steel beads of various sizes that wash and polish their surface;
- Blanks undergo pre-strike inspection and cleaning for quality, fineness, and dimension;
- Presses are used to strike blanks and imprint a design on the metal’s surface.
NTR Metals carries out this meticulous process with the utmost precision and care to produce bullion that adheres to the highest minting standards.
