{"id":338,"date":"2026-06-05T00:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meprecol.com\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:23:24","slug":"naturaleza-juridica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meprecol.com\/en\/naturaleza-juridica\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"338\" class=\"elementor elementor-338\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1d720b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1d720b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f7959f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9f7959f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97610a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97610a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legal Nature and Corporate Purpose: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43ecf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e43ecf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That COMERCIALIZADORA INTERNACIONAL DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE COLOMBIA S.A. \u2013 C.I. MEPRECOL S.A. is a legally incorporated commercial company whose main activity (ISIC 4662) is the wholesale of metals and metal ores, focusing its corporate purpose on foreign trade operations involving gold and strategic minerals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bcc21 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"97bcc21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8247c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8247c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Early Disposal Process and State Ownership: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c2663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6c2663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>That, through Resolution No. 299 of 2024, the early disposal process of the company was initiated, as it was under a forfeiture of ownership (asset forfeiture) proceeding. Subsequently, through Resolutions No. 599 and No. 601 of November 2025, the Special Assets Society (SAE S.A.S.) transferred 100% ownership of the shares to the Ministry of Mines and Energy, thereby consolidating the company as a state-owned asset.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6d78aa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b6d78aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5c1c39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5c1c39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Designation as a Strategic Asset: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26af30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e26af30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sppb-addon-content\"><p>That on November 7, 2025, the Special Assets Society (SAE S.A.S.) designated C.I. MEPRECOL S.A. as a Strategic Asset of the Nation, under the framework of the National Development Plan. This designation reflects its fundamental role in fulfilling the State\u2019s social objectives, stabilizing the gold market, promoting mining formalization, ensuring traceability, and combating illegal activities within the supply chain.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011541a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"011541a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7fead1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7fead1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Strict Compliance and Ethical Standards: <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47613f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47613f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sppb-addon-content\"><p>That the company has a robust compliance framework, having implemented the Comprehensive Self-Control and Risk Management System for Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (SAGRILAFT) and the Business Transparency and Ethics Program (PTEE), ensuring transparency and legal compliance before national authorities and international markets.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfb042c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfb042c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naturaleza Jur\u00eddica y Objeto Social: Que la COMERCIALIZADORA INTERNACIONAL DE METALES PRECIOSOS DE COLOMBIA S.A. \u2013 C.I. 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