PhotonAssay™: A Review of Real-World Performance on Heterogeneous Gold Ores
A review of real-world PhotonAssay™ performance on heterogeneous gold ores — including coarse and nuggety mineralisation where conventional fire assay struggles most.
A review of real-world PhotonAssay™ performance on heterogeneous gold ores — including coarse and nuggety mineralisation where conventional fire assay struggles most.
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Real-world PhotonAssay™ performance across disseminated and coarse gold deposit types
Method comparison with fire assay using the Tukey ratio plot framework across 200,000+ samples
How larger assay masses reduce total sampling variance, particularly in nuggety ore systems
Positional heterogeneity within PhotonAssay™ sample jars: physical basis and practical significance
Case studies demonstrating PhotonAssay™ accuracy and operational advantages on site
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