Queensland's NATA-accredited refinery laboratory.
The Australis Refinery laboratory is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) to ISO/IEC 17025, and the refinery is certified to ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems and ISO 45001:2018 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
How a sample is taken
From consignment to result.
Once we receive your consignment at our Ormeau facilities, the process begins. Our team performs security checks and registers the consignment. The Australis laboratory then takes a sample using induction melting furnaces and dip sampling.
The sample goes through the latest technology analysis process, which uses X-ray fluorescence and fire assay to ensure that we provide you with an accurate result.
To guarantee the purity of the final product, our laboratory analyses the batch sample utilising the ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy) method. Australis Refinery has been certified with ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management Systems, ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems and ISO 45001:2018 for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.
Methods
Three techniques, cross-checked.
X-ray fluorescence
Fast, non-destructive elemental analysis of the sample.
Fire assay
The classical lead fire assay — the reference method for gold and silver content.
ICP-OES
Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, used to verify the purity of every refined batch.
Enquire
Contact Australis Refinery.
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