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There is great mystery surrounding the Danish company Northcapital, which has address in Copenhagen.
the Company has claimed for years to own the gemstone for several billion dollars, but now will be there for sat big question about Northcapital at all to rely on.
In Brazil, the danes accused of lying about, that they should have bought one of the world’s largest smaragdminer. And it is not only in south America, that people are wondering.
Watchdog Danes accused of lying about the big emerald-my
For, though the Northcapital calls itself one of Europe’s largest investors in gemstone, it is completely unknown among his colleagues at home.
– We know nothing of them. Nothing, says Jens Møller, director of the trade association Guldsmedebranchen in Denmark.
Also not in the well-known diamanthandler Katerina Pitzner calling the name of a bell.
– I know them not at all, she says.
– Is it realistic that a Danish company can have precious stones for many billions, without you know it?
– It would surprise me very much, says Katerina Pitzner.
the Extra Leaf has been in contact with several other traders of diamonds, cutters and goldsmiths, who do not know anything to Northcapital.
In a concise email to Ekstra Bladet corresponds to the company’s chief financial officer, Kim Hersland:
‘You have seen our website and have thus the opportunity to get a knowledge. With the knowledge you would know that f.ex Katarina Pitzner working with diamonds and we with gemstones (precious stone, red.)’, write Hersland, which, incidentally, is not something completely unknown name.
He is a statutory auditor and in 2016 is stripped of its approval to revise after having been sentenced to several fines by the Revisornævnet. The decision was however appealed to the courts.
In the aftermath of the finansdirektørens opinion concedes Katerina Pitzner, that she indeed is an expert in diamonds.
– But ædelstensbranchen is so small, and if there really should be a very big Danish actor, so we should know it, she says.
Earlier in the year claimed Northcapital on its website that the company had bought one of the world’s largest smaragdminer, Belmont mine in Brazil. And the agreement should be signed already in december 2018.
the News of the acquisition of the big mine was also passed on to the Danish business authority, shows a document, as the Extra Leaf is in the possession of.
But there’s just one problem: In the south american country can you not recognize the story.
– It is, as people have written, have created a lot of problems. For people think that the mine is sold. We have negotiated, but nothing is dropped in place. Belmont-the mine belonging to the continue to my family, ” says Marcelo Ribeiro, director of smaragdminen and the grandson of its founder. He is also an internationally recognized name in the ædelstensbranchen.
So, it is not true, when Northcapital writes that they have bought the mine in 2018?
– No. There have been negotiations, but due to various circumstances it is not dropped in place. And I do not even know if it’s going to happen, says the brazilian, adding that he repeatedly has asked the Danish company to remove an image of the mine from its website.
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Belmont mine in Brazil is one of the world’s largest smaragdminer. Photo: Andrew Lucas/PR-photo
Ekstra Bladet has asked a number of questions about the case to Northcapital, as the company has answered. However, writing the company’s owner and ceo Werner Schmidt in an email to Ekstra Bladet.
– with regard To the information on the website and in the financial statements, are of course, correct.
Northcapitals big plan is to create an investment product based on the price movements in the precious stones, such as pension funds and the other can shoot the money in.
And should you believe the company’s website, it has branches in Brazil, USA and Germany, while the headquarters is located in Copenhagen.
But when the Extra Magazine is aimed at the company’s address, Havnegade 39, close to Nyhavn, it turns out to be a serviced office.
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Northcapital have address in this serviced office close to Nyhavn. But here one can not take the leadership, telling a receptionist. Photo: Ekstra Bladet
And here it is not not possible to take Northcapitals management, tells a receptionist.
– We only receive their mail. They have no office here, she says.
Northcapital has not answered Ekstra questions about why the company does not have any physical office.
