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Advanced technology ensures fast and accurate results

With one of the best equipped precious metals assay laboratory in the southern hemisphere, our team is trusted to deliver results for the world’s largest precious metals producers.

Analytical services

The Perth Mint refinery hosts a London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) accredited laboratory, with the highest standard of bullion analysis accuracy, reliability and integrity.

Our team of highly trained chemists and technicians pride themselves on delivering fast, flexible and responsive service while providing consistent, reliable and accurate results.

We use state-of-the-art equipment including high performance simultaneous Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and spark optical emission (OES) spectrometers as well as wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescent (XRF) spectrometers.

Our services

Our team offers the following services:

  • Bullion assaying
  • ICP base metal scans on doré (instrumental analysis) 
  • High purity precious metals
  • Concentrates and slag analysis
  • Onsite consultation to assist in technique development and troubleshooting solutions.
  • UMPIRE or independent Mine Check Analysis for other refiners and international precious metals producers throughout the world.

Assay services provided by The Perth Mint refinery.

Fee schedule

Our fee schedule represents the standard charges for the analyses most frequently requested. However, we are not limited to this list, so please contact us as special rates may be negotiated for samples in large numbers or on regular consignment.

Fire assay of bullion

Category
Mine check assays
Umpire analysis
Category
Gold and silver
Mine check assays
AUD 180
Umpire analysis
AUD 250
Category
Gold only
Mine check assays
AUD 150
Umpire analysis
AUD 180
Category
Silver only
Mine check assays
AUD 150
Umpire analysis
AUD 180
Category

Sweep material

Mine check assays
Umpire analysis
AUD 500

Instrumental analysis

Cost

Instrumental analysis

ICP base metal scan

Cost
AUD 150

Instrumental analysis

High purity gold (99.99%)

Cost
AUD 250

Instrumental analysis

Fine silver (99.9%)

Cost
AUD 250

Instrumental analysis

High purity platinum (99.95%)

Cost
AUD 250

Instrumental analysis

Platinum (Lemel and Doré)

Cost
AUD 200

Instrumental analysis

Palladium (lemel and doré)

Cost
AUD 200

Instrumental analysis

Platinum and palladium (lemel and doré)

Cost
AUD 250

Why choose The Perth Mint

We’ve been refining gold for more than 120 years

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At the forefront of refinery process technology

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Dedicated to ethically sourced precious metals