GoldPort backs tokenized gold collateral

Gold Port Corporation used a September 1 social-media post to highlight a new lending product from Arch Lending that accepts tokenized gold as collateral. The post tied a digital-asset financing tool to Gold Port’s pitch around its Guyana mining exposure, where the company owns the Groete Gold Copper Project. Arch Lending said the collateral policy covers PAX Gold and Tether Gold, two tokens designed to represent physical bullion, and offers starting loan-to-value ratios of up to 75%. (prnewswire.com) The development does not amount to financing for Gold Port itself, based on the material reviewed. (goldportcorporation.com) What it does show is that a listed junior miner is publicly aligning itself with a market in which gold-linked tokens can be pledged for credit, rather than held only as a price-tracking instrument. Gold Port says it owns the Groete project in Guyana and renewed three mining permits covering 1,384 hectares in April. ### What exactly changed at Arch Lending? Arch Lending said on September 1 that it had begun accepting PAX Gold, or PAXG, and Tether Gold, or XAUT, as loan collateral. The company described itself as an alternative-asset lending platform operated by ChainFi, Inc. and said loans start at $250,000, generally run for 12 months, and can be funded in dollars or USDC. (prnewswire.com) The same release said monthly-payment loans begin at 9.25% APR for loans between $250,000 and $750,000, including an 8.50% interest rate and a 0.75% origination fee, with pricing falling to 7.25% APR above $5 million. (goldportcorporation.com) Arch also set an 85% margin-call threshold and a 90% liquidation threshold. ### What are PAXG and XAUT supposed to represent? Paxos says each PAX Gold token represents one fine troy ounce of London Good Delivery gold held in LBMA vaults in London and custodied by Paxos Trust Company, N.A. Paxos describes PAXG as a fully backed tokenized gold product. (prnewswire.com) Tether Gold says each XAUt token provides ownership on a 1:1 basis of one fine troy ounce of gold on a physical bar meeting London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery standards. Arch Lending’s release said the XAUT metal is held in Swiss custody. ### Why would Gold Port mention this if it is not the lender? Gold Port’s website says the company is the 100% owner of the Groete Gold Copper Project in Guyana, and it has been promoting access, permitting and exploration updates through 2026. (prnewswire.com) The company’s public materials describe Guyana as a mining jurisdiction where it is trying to advance a large gold-copper deposit. (paxos.com) That makes the Arch announcement relevant to Gold Port’s audience because tokenized bullion can create another route for investors, traders or family offices to raise cash without selling gold exposure. Arch co-founder and chief technology officer Himanshu Sahay said the company was seeing demand from advisers and family offices with a “gold sleeve” that previously found borrowing against gold slow and sale-driven. (gold.tether.to) ### Is there evidence that tokenized gold is already being borrowed against? Arch Lending said demand was “documented rather than theoretical” and pointed to Aave governance data from January 29, 2026, showing $24.99 million in outstanding debt against a $25 million isolated debt ceiling for Tether Gold. (goldportcorporation.com) The release said that ceiling was later raised repeatedly as borrowing filled available capacity. Arch contrasted that activity with its own structure, saying eligible collateral is custodied by Anchorage Digital. Anchorage says it operates the first federally chartered digital-asset bank in the United States. (prnewswire.com) ### Where does the Guyana angle become concrete? Gold Port’s Guyana link is its Groete project, not the tokenized gold itself. The company says the project’s inferred resource stands at 1.57 million gold-copper equivalent ounces within 74 million tonnes, based on a 2012 resource calculation, and that a 10,000-meter drill campaign has been designed to try to upgrade and expand that resource. (prnewswire.com) On April 23, Gold Port said the three mining permits covering the Groete claim group had been renewed. That permit status, along with any future exploration updates, is where readers will be able to judge whether the company’s digital-finance messaging turns into a more direct funding or development step. (prnewswire.com) (goldportcorporation.com 1) (goldportcorporation.com 2)