Fuche Hamidou A.
Founder & CEO
Structures operations across the Africa ↔ Gulf corridor. Leads relations with state channels, sourcing compliance and financial governance, from purchase at the counter through to settlement with the refiner.
The house
One house, two ends,
a single requirement.
Oreol Resources is established in the DMCC free zone in Dubai and operates a corridor between Africa and the Gulf. Choosing Dubai was not a tax decision: it is where the refineries, the buyers and the metal's banking channels are.
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Born of the field
Oreol Resources FZCO is a trading house established at the DMCC in Dubai — at the exact point where West African commodities meet Gulf capital, refiners and standards. We are not one more intermediary in an opaque chain: we operate, physically, on both sides of the corridor — at the buying counter as at the refiner's table.
Our conviction is simple: African value deserves channels worthy of its quality. Too much legitimate gold sells poorly for want of documentation; too many serious buyers walk away for want of verifiable counterparties. We build the short, legal, documented path between the two — and we walk it ourselves, every week.
Trust is not declared.
It is documented.
The company is led by Fuche Hamidou A., founder & CEO — a track record built in international trading and trade finance, a real network across West and Central Africa, and one constant demand: never separate performance from compliance.
The corridor, seen from both ends.
Why this corridor
West African gold moves up to Gulf refineries; refined products move back down to national markets. The same axis, two directions, one documentary discipline.
Why West Africa first
Because legal state channels there are identified, structured, and because the sector is formalising there at speed. And because our network is real, not declarative.
What sets us apart
A physical presence at both ends, cash settlement at the counter, and a chain of custody that exists before anyone asks for it.
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Leadership
Lionel Guinebert
Business Development Manager
Develops and qualifies the sourcing network across the corridor, and leads relations with Dubai refineries.
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Governance
- Weekly executive committee · monthly risk committee · fortnightly investment committee
- Strict separation of duties: custody of the metal, payment authorisation and accounting entry are never combined
- Dual authorisation on any settlement above USD 50,000
- DMCC free zone — annual external audit obligation
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Operating model
- 01Seller presented
- 02Weighing & assay
- 03Daily quotation
- 04Cash settlement
- 05Entered in the register
- 06Lot consolidation
- 07Secured transport
- 08Contradictory assay
- 09Refiner settlement
- 10Capital recycled
The producer is paid in cash at the counter; capital only returns after assay and refiner settlement. That constraint sizes the entire model.
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Presence
- Dubai, UAE — head office in the DMCC free zone, Jumeirah Lakes Towers. Refiner relations, treasury, compliance.
- West Africa — registered buying office and counters across the Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea basins.
- Central Africa — extension in preparation, on the same compliance foundation.