Ok I understand your predicament as well, Russian buyer will never do your way, nor will a bank.
This show me yours and I will show you mine, no one knows the seller or the buyer. Is exactly why Swiss gold procedure is followed. All AU business has two major requirements and its not 25000 US. I will ask the same , deposit with me 50,000 US in case all this offer of Au is NOT real and similar to a 419 Scam to get ID information , passport information, bank details and capability and use as copy ID fraud.
Question what can I gain by knowing the hallmark and the bank so my bank can check . How can I exploit that . You see if you want to sell something in the international world , explaining this is Thailand is not a worthy answer. Thai's sell and buy lots of gold , have much experience , but not 50MT and more at a time. I told you only Countries and banks buy large volumes, for reserves and especially banks to form markets. They take NO RISK. If you want to step into the big boys world , you never put yourself in a position of danger mate. be straight and honest and CAREFUL.
If you are real and now you say its real, then your way is never my friend going to get a real buyer. asking for 25,000 US proves nothing , No one pays to see an item for sale, A checkable BCL is proof enough.in this case we can offer better , THE ACTUAL BANK.
Before we can legally buy from you need to show 1 , your a legitimate supply , with power to transfer title. Two you need to show it exists. Now you explain more , I understand more and the only buyers I know will want you to follow their procedure , It is safe and real. You must talk to your seller if you are in that position and they must be prepared to take their POPS, banking details to the buying bank itself , this is why its essential you have Kasikornbank as the confirming bank. Contracts will be agreed and signed in the bank. There is a swift mechanism of introduction that the seller will sign and agree to. This can be done for much larger volume then 2.4MT but first make sure , your seller understands they will go direct to the bank not to any broker. I will require for my exceptional service and window to such organizations a independent commission of 1% from the seller, which I will share with you 50/50.
You must be sure KASIKORNBANK, will have full responsibility authority by the owner. I will speak to London tomorrow to arrange a short Hong Kong procedure for your people , the owners can take all their documents actually into the bank, as the bank will be the buyer in Hong Kong. The banks will sign , and make arrangements for the Au to be assayed by a first class Assay company. The bank will pay accordingly to the assay conclusion. You should ask for bullion officers from your side to attend as independent observers. However the company the bank will use is a very established assay company which deals in Billions( Heraeus Ltd) check them out on Google. . payment met to the confirmation of assay report as 999.5 and over.
You make a good point about BOGUS brokers. So far in 7 days , I have heard 5 different stories , The Au is in Singapore , then Hong Kong, then on an army base in Bangkok, Then I have heard prices from 700,000 to 1.2 million which is staggering bearing in mind they want 60 million baht commission leaving the actual buyer a 30,000 THB mark up per Kilo. I agree totally with you about bogus. So please confirm in writing that this is acceptable for your seller to work direct with the purchasing bank. I will contact London today but wont get a reply until tomorrow, thanks. Nicky. ( Russians not suitable for your deal) bank very suitable.