Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

The Gold Sniffer is a visible light optical device that can detect gold and other minerals with a single 90 second measurement on ax000D
variety of samples such as drill core, crushed rock, pulps, sand and similar materials. The device detects micron-sized gold, goldx000D
alloys, pyrite, chalcopyrite, and other minerals. It determines metal and mineral concentrations, particle size and shape, andx000D
mineral association by taking a set of 20 MP digital pictures of a 3 mm x 4.5 mm area which is analyzed with a proprietaryx000D
algorithm that detects particles as small as 1.6 microns.x000D
The project will investigate how the Gold Sniffer can measure the two-dimensional surface concentration of gold alloys andx000D
minerals, and use this information to provide an estimate of the metal and mineral concentrations of a sample. If it can bex000D
demonstrated that the Gold Sniffer can provide useful estimates of the concentrations of metals such as gold, copper, zinc, andx000D
molybdenum, the company will be able to sell their products and services to the mining and mineral exploration industries byx000D
demonstrating to customers the capabilities of the Gold Sniffer. The Gold Sniffer measurements can be used to providex000D
exploration geologists with data in the field that will increase the efficiency of exploration programs, to provide data to geologistsx000D
and mining engineers at the mining face that will increase the efficiency of mining, and to provide data about the composition ofx000D
ore to metallurgists that will facilitate optimization to increase metal recovery from mineral processing.