Point and shoot for accurate mineralogical results in seconds

By: Philippine Resources August 26, 2021

Explore with confidence using ASD’s handheld TerraSpec Halo

Mining and Exploration

Today, it is crucial to have an in-depth and well-defined understanding of the geological region when targeting and developing prospective sites. Extensive field work is essential to identify economically significant deposits prior to any extraction operation. This includes comprehensive geologic sampling and analysis, which is costly and time consuming when performed with traditional laboratory-based methods.

The TerraSpec Halo, portable mineral analyzer, by ASD, a Malvern Panalytical company, has made a great impact on mining exploration. Many geologists across Australia, South East Asia, the Americas and more are embracing the TerraSpec Halo because of its real-time mineralogical analysis, hence allowing geologists to make more informed decisions; lowering field and drilling costs. When used at an outcrop, at the drilling site, in the core shack, or in the open pit, the TerraSpec Halo mineral analyzer provides the mineralogical information needed to understand the relationship between the potential economic deposit and the local geology and provides the means to use that relationship to better target exploration efforts. As a rapid and reliable analytical technique that requires no sample preparation, it has proven to be an essential tool for field geologists and mine operators.

Advantages:

  • Rapid and Accurate Results. Results are presented within seconds and are available for analysis through a range of spectral analysis software. It has 350-2500 nm range which gives full accurate analysis on minerals.
  • Point and Shoot, Ease of Use. Handy and can easily bring to the field. Non-technical operators can have used the unit.
  • Portable. Both the TerraSpec Halo mineral analyzers are portable devices well-suited for both field, drill site and laboratory analysis.
  • Widely Used. TerraSpec instruments are the most widely used spectrometers for alteration zone and gangue mineralogy mapping, whether it is for early-stage target generation or late-stage geometallurgical studies. In production, the TerraSpec Halo mineral analyzer is optimal for a wide range of operations including ore sorting, blending, feed control and tailing monitoring for both heap leach and mineral processing
  • Sample Flexibility. Working with a full line of accessories, TerraSpec analyzers are suitable for measurement of outcrops, hand samples, tailings, drill cores, cuttings and pulps
  • Non-Destructive Analysis. Materials are analyzed in their original state, intact and unprocessed.

Applications

Exploration

  • Geological/deposit field mapping
  • Indicator mineral identification
  • Mineralogical parameters related to thermal and chemical zonation
  • Drill cuttings analysis
  • Core logging

Laboratory Analysis

  • Acid consumption determination
  • Swelling clay assessment
  • Gangue mineral concentrations
  • Blast chip analysis

Extractive Metallurgy

  • Ore sorting and blending
  • Block model development
  • Improved site mapping
  • Agglomeration optimization
  • Heap leach optimization
  • Flotation feed control

Smart Features

  • Minerals and Scalars which includes mineral library and easy to export to 3rd party software such as Aesiris and TSG
  • Audio Notes which recording of voice notes while in the field
  • Viewing of Spectra which includes viewing of peaks with full range of wavelength numbers to    see the difference of minerals analysis
  • Getting your Data which includes synchronization of collected data from Halo to the computer for post processing of results

In Summary,

The ASD TerraSpec Halo and Terraspec 4 Hi-Res and QS7000 line of mineral analyzers provide portable, rapid and non-destructive analysis of minerals in the lab or the field. Exploration geologists appreciate the ASD TerraSpec mineral analyzer’s portability and ability to rapidly identify key minerals. When used as an ore analyzer, results are presented in seconds to speed ore processing decisions.

TerraSpec 4 Hi-Res for High-tech Mineral Exploration

The TerraSpec 4 Hi-Res spectrometer is a portable, rugged analyzer for field mineral mapping and analysis that represents a new generation of high-speed, high-performance field portable analyzers. It provides mineralogy of altered rocks and hence assists in classifying ore systems, identifying alteration patterns and vectoring to areas of potential interest. The ability to rapidly identify and determine key alteration minerals, and in many cases, the thermal and chemical environs of their formation, makes the TerraSpec an ideal tool for field mapping in mineral exploration.

TerraSpec Halo

Terraspec Halo is portable full-range handheld spectrometer that is fast, accurate, and easy to use for the exploration geology market.

QualitySpec 7000 for Measurement of Material Moving on a Conveyor

The QualitySpec 7000 analyzer embodies state-of-the-art spectroscopic technology capable of accurately measuring material as it is transported on a conveyor belt. This stationary unit is designed to produce real-time, accurate data in a non-contact manner for process control. The QualitySpec 7000 system saves significant cost in material sorting and quantifying gangue mineralogy. The QualitySpec 7000 has a spectral resolution of 3nm @ 1400/2100nm. It is used for various types of mineral analysis from nickel, to iron and more. In copper production, the system monitors ore entering the agglomerator to predict and potentially reduce acid usage, and measures swelling clay content for proper hydration.

Summary  

The ASD TerraSpec Halo  and TerraSpec 4 Hi-Res and QS7000 line of mineral analyzers provide portable, rapid and non-destructive analysis of minerals in the lab or the field. Exploration geologists appreciate the ASD TerraSpec mineral analyzer’s portability and ability to rapidly identify key minerals. When used as an ore analyzer, results are presented in seconds to speed ore processing decisions.

Go Watch the Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYy_fJ4ukxo and visit our www.malvernpanalytical.com/ASD or contact DKSH Philippines, Inc. to know more Andressa.SanGabriel@dksh.com, Sales Manager, BU Technology,  +63 998 960 0252


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