How evidence driven testing underpins confident decisions, optimised recoveries, and better mining outcomes
In today’s mining environment, reliable laboratory data is essential. Whether determining ore viability, validating flowsheets, or optimising plant performance, operators rely on accurate, timely results to make informed decisions that directly influence recovery, efficiency and profitability.
Gekko Systems’ Assay Laboratory, based in Ballarat, and associate Metallurgical Laboratory testwork service in Perth and North America support clients and mining operations globally. Backed by world-class technical expertise, strict quality control, and advanced instrumentation, our laboratory services provide the analytical foundation for exploration programs, operational optimisation and innovative pre‑concentration strategies.
Gekko Systems Assay Laboratory
Assay Laboratory: Certified accuracy for exploration and operations
Gekko’s Assay Laboratory is NATA‑certified to ISO‑17025, ensuring every result meets internationally recognised standards for quality and reliability. The lab specialises in:
- Coarse Nuggety Gold Testing – including Leachwell 500–3000™, Screen Fire Assay, and FaT Fire Assay.
- Geochemical & Multielement Analysis – using AAS, ICP‑OES, and ICP‑MS for up to 40 elements.
- Sample Preparation – high‑grade and low‑grade facilities, Terminator/Boyd crushers, and LM series pulverising mills.
- Environmental Testing – cyanide speciation and water chemistry
Fast turnaround times ensure exploration programs stay on schedule, while strict QA/QC, including certified reference standards in every run, guarantees dependable results.
Metallurgical Testwork: Evidence-driven recovery optimisation
Mineral recovery is a scientific process, and Gekko’s gravity separation amenability test programs are designed to replicate, test, and optimise every step. Gekko offers standard and customised test programs for:
- Gravity Separation –Industry standard GRG testing and modelling as well as Gekko specific CGR testing. Simulates BCC and IPJ performance.
- Intensive Cyanide Leaching – including continuous and batch ILR test work.
- Electrowinning & Ion Exchange – for gold and silver recovery from solution.
- Python Pre‑concentration Testwork – determining suitability for Gekko’s Python Processing Plant using 400–500 kg ore samples.
Every test is supported by Gekko’s global expertise in continuous gravity separation and modular plant design, ensuring lab-scale insights translate into real-world performance.
The strength of Gekko’s test work offering lies in its integration with engineering, flowsheet design and modular plant development. Lab results feed directly into:
- Pre‑concentration strategies
- Gangue rejection modelling
- Recovery optimisation
- Flowsheet refinement
- Plant commissioning and continuous improvement
This lab-to-plant connection ensures operators receive not just data, but actionable insights that improve recovery, reduce energy use, and support more sustainable mining practices.
Learn more about how Gekko’s Assay Laboratory and associate Metallurgical Laboratory testwork services can support your mining operation: CLICK HERE
