SGS announced a joint venture with Golden Compass, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest exploration and mining consultancy and service providers, to open and operate a new geochemistry laboratory in Saudi Arabia.
The lab will be located in Jeddah, is expected to open in Q4 2024, and will provide sample preparation, including drying, crushing, pulverizing and sieving; fire assays with AAS and gravimetric finish; multi-element testing ICP-OES ICP-MS Carbon; and sulphur analysis. It will have the latest equipment and follow SGS’s quality assurance and quality control standards, SGS reported.
The JV will maximize the strengths of SGS’s analytical experience and services across the mining lifecycle, SGS said. “We are excited to build on SGS’s established presence in Saudi Arabia by adding geochemistry services, especially at a time when there is significant growth in the mining and minerals industry,” said Lawrence Ng, global vice president, geochemistry. “Together with our joint venture partner, we look forward to helping exploration and mining companies identify, quantify and realize the full potential of their mineral deposits.”
