Posts Tagged ‘Mining’
Monday, January 8th, 2018Bureau Veritas Minerals to Exhibit at the Mineral Exploration Roundup Conference & Trade Show, Vancouver January 22-25, 2018
Vancouver, January 8, 2018 | Bureau Veritas Minerals’ senior management team will be at Roundup 2018 to discuss a broad range of solutions and services available to the mining community including:
- Assaying and Geochemical analysis
- Metallurgical & Mineralogical Services
- Technology and Innovation
- Mine Site Laboratories
During the convention you will also have the opportunity to meet with experts from our sister company, Maxxam, the Canadian market leader in environmental analytical services. Maxxam support mining operations through a range of services including:
- Environmental Chemistry
- Ultra-Trace Metals
- Tissue Analysis
- Ecotoxicology
- Acid Rock Drainage
- Radio-Chemistry
- Ambient Air Quality
We look forward to seeing you at Roundup 2018
Monday, November 6th, 2017Bureau Veritas to exhibit at 2017 Yukon Geoscience Forum & Tradeshow in Whitehorse,YK
Bureau Veritas Minerals & Maxxam team are proud to be exhibiting at the 2017 Yukon Geoscience Forum & Tradeshow in Whitehorse, November 18-21, 2017. The mining industry will have the opportunity to stop by our Booth #3.1, to discuss how we can help to optimize operations and exploration projects in Yukon and across the entire country.
Meet the Bureau Veritas Minerals Team at AMA Fall Convention in Anchorage, Alaska
Bureau Veritas Team is exhibiting at the AMA Fall Convention in Anchorage, Alaska from November 7-9.
Visit us at Booth #93 and meet the Bureau Veritas Minerals’ team, whether you want to discuss the latest in analytical technologies
or a broad range of services and solutions available to the mining community in the US.
Monday, November 6th, 2017Meet the Bureau Veritas Minerals Team at Minerals South in Cranbrook, BC.
Andrea McLaren, our B
D Manager Canada & Karen Malanowich from Maxxam Analytics are exhibiting at 13th Annual Minerals South in Cranbrook, BC.
Stop by our booth from November 8 & 9 for a quick hello & any questions you may have regarding our services!
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017Bureau Veritas Minerals will be attending the “23rd Convencion International de Mineria” in Guadalajara, Mexico from 25-28 October 2017.
This convention is the largest mining event in Mexico, it has been characterized as a forum for innovation and linkage for all members of the Mexican Mining Sector.
Bureau Veritas Mexican management team will be available to discuss a broad range of services and solutions available to the mining community including: Assaying, Geochemical analysis, Metallurgical & Mineralogical Services, Technology, Innovations and Mine-Site Services.
The mining industry will have the opportunity to stop by our Booth #933-938 to discuss how we can help to optimize operations and exploration projects in Mexico.
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017Join Jamil Sader, (Bureau Veritas’ Corporate Geochemist) during Exploration ’17 for some insightful conversations and technical presentations.
Tuesday 24 October 2017 – 11:55-12:15
Advances in ICP-MS Technology & the Application of Multi-element Geochemistry
There have been several advances in ICP-MS analytical technologies in the last decade (2007 to 2017). Collision/reaction cell ICP-MS and triple quadrupole ICP-MS instruments can produce lower detection limits for select elements that experience interferences with a standard quadrupole instrument (i.e., Se and As). Triple quadrupole ICP-MS instruments in particular, can eliminate virtually all polyatomic or isobaric interferences for highly accurate measurements of some element isotopes systematics that are of great interest in mineral exploration, namely Pb/Pb. Laser ablation ICP-MS has become more popular as an effective analytical tool to measure mineral grain trace elements, which could assist in vectoring to mineralization or exploration drill targets. The ablation of a spot on a Li-borate fused glass disk paired with XRF analysis has also gained popularity as an alternative to total whole rock characterization packages that employ several separate digestions and analytical methods. While there have been several advancements in ICP-MS technologies in exploration geochemistry in the last decade, they have not been widely accepted or implemented. This slow adaptation could be due to the extended recession in the mining industry over the last 5 years, which is not currently over. It is also possible that standard ICP-MS data (i.e., no collision/reaction cell) is still fit for purpose. This stands in stark contrast to implementation of ICP-MS in the previous decade (1997 to 2007), which was transformational for the industry.
Consideration of all elements from large multi-element ICP-MS analytical suites for mineral exploration can be an extremely powerful tool in the exploration toolkit. The discovery of the White Gold district, Yukon is a prime example of how the utilization of soil geochemical data, when plotted spatially, can vector to gold mineralization. The presence of Au+As+Sb soil anomalies were key to delineating mineralization, especially when accompanied by publicly available geological, geographical, and geophysical data. Additionally, elements and element ratios not typically considered in Au exploration including Ni and U were utilized to determine the lithological and structural controls on mineralization. The availability of multi-element ICP-MS data was also useful in the discovery of the Cascadero Copper Taron Cesium deposit. Ore grade Cs was discovered only because Cs was included in the multi-element ICP-MS exploration geochemistry suite. Before the availability of ICP-MS, it is unlikely that this deposit would have been discovered.
Wednesday 25 October 2017 – 11:05-11:25
Advancements in Analytical Geochemistry at Bureau Veritas Minerals
Several analytical firsts have been developed at Bureau Veritas Minerals. Among those is the implementation of laser ablation ICP-MS analysis paired with XRF for routine geochemical analysis. Benefits include the elimination acid-related digestion issues, no upper limits, and total whole rock characterization with detection limits lower than many acid digests. Secondly, Artificial Neural Network modelling of data collected from various spectral devices such as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), has enabled prediction of geochemistry, geomet, mineralogy, mine data and other physical properties at extremely low sample costs. Lastly, BV has developed an innovative software application, MineDSI, which allows visualization of, and interaction with, several types of down-hole data in one location.