Mining and Metals
Application Notes
Our App Notes are designed to demonstrate the accurate results of sample digestions that have been performed by the ColdBlock R&D Lab. Each note outlines the methodology and results achieved, demonstrating how ColdBlock performs against industry CRMs. Digestions of mining samples are completed with speed, accuracy and precision.
App notes for the Mining and Metals sectors:
Click the App Notes below to see the results of ColdBlock digestions on samples from the Mining and Metals sectors:
Multielement
- Base Metals by Aqua Regia
- Manganese Ore – OREAS 171
- Multi-Element – CDN-ME-1709
- Multi-Element – CDN-ME-1805
- Multi-Element – CDN-ME-1902
- Multi-Element – GBMS304-4
- Nickel-Cobalt-Sulfide – OREAS-78
- Ore Grade Base Metal – GBM909-15
- Porphyry Copper-Gold – OREAS 503c
- Strong Acid Digestion
Concentrates
- Black Mass
- Copper Concentrate – AMIS-0566
- Copper-Gold-Silver Concentrate – ORAS-990B
- Geostats – GCr-06 – Chromite
- Lead Concentrate – AMIS 0618
- Lead Concentrate – OREAS-353
- Spodumene Concentrate – OREAS 999
- Spodumene Concentrate, Brazil – AMIS-0656
- Zinc Concentrate – AMIS 0620
- Zinc Concentrate – OREAS-354
Lithium
- Pegmatite Lithium Ore – OREAS-750
- Pegmatite Lithium Ore – OREAS 751 & 752
- Spodumene-rich Pegmatite Ore – OREAS 149
Gold
- Gold by Aqua Regia (large sample size)
- Gold Ore – Greenstone Belt – AMIS-0559
- Gold Ore – Greenstone Belt – AMIS-0571
Alloys
ColdBlock In the News
July 30, 2024 – Canadian mining company New Gold Inc. finds that ColdBlock benefits lab operations with a single assay process for both gold and copper.
June 3, 2024 – “Our ultimate objective is to minimize costs and reduce digestion time and ColdBlock facilitates this seamlessly.”