Quality Control

For an effective exploration and mining project, you need quality analytical results that you can rely on to make important business and project decisions. Our world-leading geochemistry quality control program ensures precise, high-quality analytical results that support exploration, project development, and business decisions. With strong professional and technical standards, processes, and procedures, we perform highly accurate tests that help you manage your project across the mining lifecycle.

Why choose geochemistry quality control from SGS?

With our quality control program, you benefit from:

• A strong framework followed by all our laboratories globally and tailored to the needs of your project
• A customized SGS Laboratory Information Management System (SLIM) to ensure our laboratories around the world have consistent processes and outcomes. It includes:
  • Standard operating procedures
  • Work instructions (WI)
  • Structured record keeping protocols
  • Validated methods
  • Standardized data acceptance/data rejection criteria
  • Standardized statistical process control system
• A comprehensive validation system that enables our trained analysts to quickly confirm the validity of the data. It includes:
  • Data flagging
  • Sample preparation blanks
  • Reagent blanks
  • Preparation duplicates
  • Sample replicates
  • Certified Reference Materials (CRM’s)
• Laboratories accredited to applicable ISO/IEC 17025 standards

Why SGS?

We are the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company, recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity.

Contact us today to find out more about our strong quality control procedures.