Analytical methods across precious & base metals.
Every method is operated to documented procedures with blanks, duplicates, and certified reference standards in every batch. Choose a service for its methods, detection limits, and sample requirements — current pricing is in the downloadable price book.
Fire Assay
Gold by classical lead-collection fire assay on 30 g charges — fused, cupelled, and finished by AA, ICP, or gravimetrically. The workhorse method for exploration and grade control, with the AA finish inside the lab's ISO/IEC 17025 accredited scope.
Learn more Au-TPMTotal Pulp Metallics
Whole-sample screened fire assay for coarse-gold mineralization, where any single 30 g scoop can miss — or wildly overstate — the nugget effect.
Learn more OG-AAOre Grade Assay
Percent-level assays by multi-acid digestion with an AA finish — for mineralized intercepts, concentrates, and ore that read past the range of trace geochemistry.
Learn more GEO-AAGeochemistry Trace
Single-element trace determinations of copper, lead, zinc, and silver by four-acid digestion with AA finish — plus a water-and-solutions package — for programs that need specific pathfinders rather than a full scan.
Learn more ICP-34ICP-34 Multi-Element
34 elements in one scan by four-acid digestion and ICP-OES — the cost-effective first look at lithogeochemistry and pathfinder elements, commonly paired with fire assay gold.
Learn more LI-ICPLithium Package
Lithium, niobium, tin, and tantalum in a single scan — the LCT-pegmatite suite by four-acid digestion and ICP-OES on a 1 g charge.
Learn more PREPSample Preparation
Drying, crushing, splitting, and pulverizing for rock, core, soils, tills, and sediments — with documented cleaning between clients to control carry-over.
Learn moreEvery rack carries its own controls.
Analytical and method blanks, duplicates, and certified reference materials from CANMET, CDN, OREAS, and GEOSTAT are inserted into every sequence of client samples, and control results are reviewed before data goes out. The lab participates in the CANMET round-robin proficiency program and holds ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation through CALA, with fire assay gold and ore-grade base-metal assays inside the accredited scope.