Mineralogical Services Summary

SGS Minerals Services has a wide range of technical capabilities in mineralogy.

Equipped with a wide variety of tools including:

• Reflected and transmitted light microscopes
• Siemens D5000 X-ray diffractometer
• JEOL 733 Superprobe
• JEOL 35C scanning electron microscope
• CLEMEX optical image analysis system
• QEMSCAN and complimentary sample  preparation and processing facilities

This state-of-the-art department assists many projects.

Our mineralogical professionals have extensive experience providing service to field exploration programs, ore characterization, piloting campaigns, flowsheet development and optimization, and mineral processing and industrial product characterization, quality control/quality assurance and forensic needs.