Chrysos Managing Director and CEO Dirk Treasure presented at Mining Forum Americas 2026 in Colorado Springs on 28 September 2026. He outlined how PhotonAssay™ compares with traditional fire assay on speed, accuracy, and safety, and where Chrysos is taking the technology next.
In this presentation, Dirk covers:
- Why PhotonAssay™ is a faster, safer alternative to fire assay
- What miners are doing with near real-time data on site
- Taking lead out of the lab, and what that means for operator safety
- How a single PhotonAssay™ result compares with fire assay to extinction
- PhotonAssay™’s lower CO₂, hazardous waste, and energy use
- How the Chrysos lease model works to ease adoption by miners and commercial laboratories
- What’s on the horizon: automated sample preparation, fully auditable data, and more units on mine sites
Click here to view the full feature article on Chrysos Corporation from Mining Forum Americas 2026.
