Slide 1: Citi Mining Exploration Day (27 June 2016)
For personal use only Assay Laboratories Pharmaceutical New Technologies Click to edit subtitle Citi– Mining Exploration Day (27 June 2016) Brian Williams Group General Manager - Global Mineral Services Right Solutions • Right Partner www.alsglobal.com 1 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 2: Important notice and disclaimer
Important notice and disclaimer For personal use only • This presentation has been prepared by ALS Limited, (ALS or the Company). It contains general information about the Company’s activities as at the date of the presentation. It is information given in summary form and does not purport to be comp
Slide 3: ALS Business Streams
ALS Business Streams FY2016 Revenue For personal use only Environmental $2.6bn Cyclical Non-Cyclical Food Market Pharmaceutical Capitalisation Engineering Inspection Life Sciences Consumer Products Metallurgy 11,500 Geochemistry Minerals Geochemistry Employees Coal Mine Site Environmental Industrial
Slide 4: ALS Locations – A Strategic Asset
ALS Locations – A Strategic Asset For personal use only Revenue 4 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 5: The Hub and Spoke Model in Action
The Hub and Spoke Model in Action For personal use only Overview • Global LIMS • Single global database • Standardized methods, equipment and quality • Logistics tracking Efficiency & optimal performance (scalability – up & down) Lower cost base & globally consistent service 5 Right Solutions • Righ
Slide 6: Weathering the Storm
Weathering the Storm For personal use only Global Geochemistry Sample Flow (trailing 52 week running average) and Global Exploration Spend 6 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 7: Global Mineral Exploration Market
Global Mineral Exploration Market For personal use only Market Trends USD$ billion 400 20 value Expenditure rebased to 100 350 300 15 DOLLARS 250 200 10 150 price 100 5 generic innovative SERVICE 50 0 0 ALS continued investment to maintain technical capabilities and feed innovation $ Grassroots $ La
Slide 8: Extracting greater value from Analysis Dollars
Extracting greater value from Analysis Dollars – Easier to find the Haystack than the Needle! For personal use only Super Ultra Trace Analysis for Soils and Sediments Selective Extractions • Ionic LeachTM • Clay Fractionation • Vegetation Analysis/BioGeochemistry • HydroGeochemistry Isotopic Analysi
Slide 9: Super Trace Analysis for Soils and Sediments
Super Trace Analysis for Soils and Sediments For personal use only Advancements in ICP/MS Technology – Partnering with Instrument Manufacturers: • Increased Sensitivity • Improved Sample Introduction Techniques • Higher signal-to-noise ratios • Engagement of Collision/Reaction Cell Technology • Lowe
Slide 10: Super Trace Analysis by ICP-MS
Super Trace Analysis by ICP-MS Advancements in ICP/MS Technology – Partnering with Instrument Manufacturers: For personal use only • Increased Sensitivity • Improved Sample Introduction Techniques • Engagement of Collision/Reaction Cell Technology The precision of a measurement depends on detection
Slide 11: Ionic Leach – A 'Selective' Concentration
Ionic LeachTM – A ‘Selective’ Concentration For personal use only Differentiating Metal Transport Mechanisms: · Mechanical Means · Chemical/Ionic Transportation · Weakly bound metals can be characteristic of underlying mineralization 11 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 12: Leach Method and Target Mineralogy
Leach Method and Target Mineralogy For personal use only Digestion methods target different components of a soil or sediment pending strength of the leaching media. Ionic LeachTM is designed to extract commodity and pathfinder species that are weakly bound to oxide surfaces or within carbonate miner
Slide 13: Case study: Ionic Leach and Aqua Regia
Case study: Ionic LeachTM and Aqua Regia For personal use only Ionic LeachTM Results of orientation survey comparing Ionic LeachTM with aqua regia digest Blue band = known Cu-Ag (Au) mineralization. Both Ionic LeachTM and aqua regia show excellent anomaly/background contrast. Aqua regia Co-incident
Slide 14: Clay Fraction Separation – A 'Physical' Concentration
Clay Fraction Separation – A ‘Physical’ Concentration For personal use only Standard Soil Prep Bulk fraction 80 mesh screen for analysis Sonicating Sonicate with water disaggregates & dispersant and suspends clay size particles Faster than wet screening, this Centrifuge to procedure has remove silt
Slide 15: Vegetation Analysis – A 'Natural' Concentration
Vegetation Analysis – A ‘Natural’ Concentration For personal use only 15 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 16: HydroGeochemistry - Water as an Exploration Medium
HydroGeochemistry - Water as an Exploration Medium For personal use only Drill-Hole Hydrogeochemical Anomalies Much like vegetation, water as a sampling media has some unique advantages: • Sample is influenced by a large volume of subsurface material • Samples deeper horizons than soils • Subsurface
Slide 17: Isotopic Analysis – Exploration Applications
Isotopic Analysis – Exploration Applications For personal use only Stable isotopes are useful for: • Understanding sources of fluids • Understanding water-rock reactions • Determining sources of metals • Determining temperature of alteration Radioactive and radiogenic isotopes are useful for: • Fing
Slide 18: Pb Isotope Analysis
Pb Isotope Analysis For personal use only Real samples from massive sulfide mineralization. Drill core data shows mixing trend between low Pb ratios (non- Stable isotopes radiogenic) fromare theuseful for: ore to higher Understanding Pb •ratios sources (more radiogenic) in theof fluids • Understandi
Slide 19: Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in Carbonates
Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in Carbonates For personal use only Stable isotopes are useful for: • Understanding sources of fluids • Understanding water-rock reactions • Determining sources of metals • Determining temperature of alteration • Isotopically • Isotopically unaltered altered • Visually • V
Slide 20: Hyperspectral Mineralogy
Hyperspectral Mineralogy For personal use only The value of Spectral Mineralogy is widely understood and adds valuable information to all phases of mineral exploration and development projects. Skills required for data acquisition To Date uptake Complexity in interpretation of spectra has been Quant
Slide 21: Family of Hyperspectral services
Family of Hyperspectral services For personal use only Applications: • Exploration Pathfinder • Extractive Metallurgy • Blend Characterization • Plant Performance Optimization 21 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 22: Family of Hyperspectral services
Family of Hyperspectral services For personal use only Spectral mineralogy collected on TerraSpec core 1-1.5 meters Results binned for entire hole HyLogger Mineralogy at the centimeter scale 10-25 mm High resolution GeoSpectral ImageTM - each pixel = 1 mm TCI - TerraCore core scanning 1 mm 22 Right
Slide 23: Visualization with ALS CoreViewer
Visualization with ALS CoreViewer™ For personal use only 23 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 24: Visualization with ALS CoreViewer
Visualization with ALS CoreViewer™ For personal use only 24 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 25: Traditional Mineralogy Services
Traditional Mineralogy Services For personal use only Mineralogical examination services • XRD, QEMScan, MLA & Microscopic examinations. • Mineralogical examination services provide information towards: 1. Process plant trouble shooting 2. Future ore body characterisation 3. Process flowsheet develo
Slide 26: Portable XRF Analysis
Portable XRF Analysis For personal use only A semi-quantitative scan aimed at quickly identifying anomalies. Key exploration elements are reported at detection limits relevant to aiding in drilling decisions. Why offer portable XRF in labs? 1. Sample homogeneity by running the analysis immediately a
Slide 27: Instrumentation & Equipment
Instrumentation & Equipment For personal use only Robotic Fusion, Robotic Sample TGA and XRF Preparation Analysis 27 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 28: Advances in Instrumentation
Advances in Instrumentation For personal use only Microwave Plasma ICP/MS Synchronous Dual View Torch Technology • No flammable gas • Reduced run time (Radial + Axial View) • No compressed gas • Environmental & Geochemistry applications 28 Right Solutions • Right Partner
Slide 29: Thankyou
For personal use only Thankyou More details on all services available in Technical Notes at www.alsglobal.com 29 Right Solutions • Right Partner