26/8/2018 Game-changing mineral analysis tech for gold miners - Mining Magazine

Game-changing mineral
analysis tech for gold miners
MinAnalytical, a subsidiary of mining services company Ausdrill,
has recently installed a Chrysos photon assay machine at its
facility in Canning Vale, Western Australia, to help improve
turnaround times in mineral analysis

Chrysos PhotonAssay technology provides rapid, accurate and fully automated analysis of ore grade

Surface Mining > Chrysos Corporation was formed in 2016 in partnership between CSIRO and RFC
Technology- Ambrian for the purpose of commercialising the photon assay technology.
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Ausdrill, in turn, has invested in Chrysos Corporation and is assisting in

Comments commercialising the company's technology.

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Ausdrill, through the minerals laboratory MinAnalytical, is the rst company in
Sta Reporter the world to o er the technology to mining companies. The rst machine has
the capacity to analyse up to 50,000 samples per month, with a further
commitment made to install the next two units into Kalgoorlie.

The technology behind the Chrysos, developed by CSIRO, can reduce the time it
takes to analyse a drilling sample from up to 48 hours, to less than 10 minutes.

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The photon assay process combines speed with a high degree of reliability and
is an alternative to the traditional re assay process.

According to Ausdrill, it represents a

chemistry-free approach to material
analysis that gives accurate results in
minutes, and it also delivers higher
accuracy than re assays, with
signi cantly reduced sample
preparation.

A further bene t is that the new

process enables the sample to be
tested repeatedly if required - unlike
re assay, which involves the
destruction of the sample.

 "For Australian mining companies, this technology delivers such a fast

turnaround that has never been available to the market before, and does so
with less sample preparation and in a non-destructive fashion," said Ausdrill's
chief operating o cer - Australia, Andrew Broad.

"This opens up a whole range of possibilities for our clients to review their
processes to take advantage of the accessibility to results, which ultimately will
deliver cost savings to their business.

"This is game-changing technology, and it has certainly generated a lot of

interest in the industry, with several major companies supplying samples for the
validation process that we are currently working through."

While gold is currently the focus for the technology, it may be used to analyse
other minerals in the future.

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