QEMSCAN Services

QEMSCAN is the newest, most powerful process mineralogical instrument currently available in the minerals industry. Consisting of a base scanning electron microscope, equipped with four light element energy dispersive X-ray detectors, a microanalyser and an electronic processing unit designed by Intellection, it is a powerful automated system that can acquire and process vast amounts of chemical, textural and liberation data.

QEMSCAN technology can provide significant input into strategic decisions at the acquisition, exploration, feasibility and operational levels:

Mineral Exploration and Resource Delineation
textures throughout a deposit and export this data to 3D imaging software. It can also perform automated trace mineral searches to identify precious or rare minerals like gold. As well, it can provide liberation and grain size data to geometallurgy database.

Metallurgical Testing, Operations and Plant Level
QEMSCAN data can provide a detailed snapshot of metallurgical recovery. Through routine auditing, a performance baseline can be established to monitor plant efficiency and enhance life-of-mine economics.

Mine Closure and Environmental Monitoring
QEMSCAN can assess the composition of waste rock, tailings and soils, and can be used to detect minerals containing deleterious elements such as As, Pb, Se etc.