For importers

You bring material into your market. How defensible is your supply?

Source material from verified exporters.

Every exporter and mine is verified. List what you need and qualified supply comes to you — with chain-of-custody data attached to every relationship.

  • Source confidently from verified producers.
  • Reduce procurement risk with one-step-upstream provenance.
  • Build long-term relationships with trusted exporters.
  • Discover new supply opportunities before your competitors.
The problem

You bring material into your market. How defensible is your supply?

How Lithos helps

A daily shortlist of new opportunities from verified mines and exporters that match your standing sourcing needs — with tier, country and one-step-upstream provenance shown up front.

Why join

Built around how the industry actually trades.

Source confidently from verified producers.

Verified mines and exporters · Traceable provenance

Reduce procurement risk with one-step-upstream provenance.

Verified mines and exporters · Traceable provenance

Build long-term relationships with trusted exporters.

Verified mines and exporters · Traceable provenance

Discover new supply opportunities before your competitors.

Verified mines and exporters · Traceable provenance

"We stopped chasing brokers. We list what we need on a Monday and by Friday three verified exporters have responded with material that actually fits."

Coloured-gem importer Idar-Oberstein, Germany

Illustrative composite drawn from participating organisations

What happens next

A four-step path — not just a signup form.

  1. Step 1

    Join Lithos

    Apply for access. We verify every organisation before it enters the network.

  2. Step 2

    Become verified

    We confirm the named person, the organisation and the trade roles it evidences. What we have verified is visible to counterparties.

  3. Step 3

    Connect with trusted businesses

    See who's active in your part of the trade and open commercial conversations with confidence.

  4. Step 4

    Build your network

    Introductions and deal rooms keep a record of what was agreed, available to both organisations. Lithos does not publish scores or ratings.

Relevant tools

What you'll use day-to-day.

Progression

Grow through the industry.

A daily shortlist of new opportunities from verified mines and exporters that match your standing sourcing needs — with tier, country and one-step-upstream provenance shown up front.

Source material from verified exporters.