June 2026 OREAS CRM Releases

Newly Released Gold Certified Reference Materials Now Available

We are pleased to announce the release of 13 new Certified Reference Materials (CRMs), including the return of the highly sought after gold CRM OREAS 240c (5.51 ppm Au), now available to replace its predecessor OREAS 240b (5.65 ppm Au).

This latest release ensures continued supply of a widely used gold reference material for laboratories requiring robust quality control in ore-grade gold analysis.


About OREAS 240c

OREAS 240c has been prepared from a blend of gold-bearing ore sourced predominantly from the Frogs Leg Gold Mine. The material represents quartz–carbonate vein-hosted gold mineralisation within mafic–ultramafic greenstones, providing a well-characterised matrix suitable for routine assay validation and method performance monitoring.

Fifty-three commercial analytical laboratories participated in the interlaboratory program used to certify the reported elements, ensuring a robust statistical foundation for assigned values and associated uncertainties.

Explore the full details of newly released materials by selecting the product codes in the table below.

 

OREAS Releases

OREAS ID

Description

Replaces

238c

Metasediments, Orogenic gold, (3.17ppm Au)

238b

240c

Greenstone, Orogenic gold, (5.51ppm Au)

240b

243b

Greenstone, Orogenic gold, (12.08ppm Au)

243

265

Siliclastic sediment and basaltic scoria, Orogenic, (1.08ppm Au)

253c

 

270

Metasediment/granite, Orogenic gold, (14.9ppb Au)

260

 

612

Rhyodacite, Low sulphidation epithermal, (62.3ppb Au)

NEW

613

Rhyodacite, High sulphidation epithermal, (5.21ppm Au, 299ppm Ag, 1.03% Cu)

603c

614

Rhyodacite, High sulphidation epithermal, (1.50ppm Au, 494ppm Ag, 2.08% Cu)

604b

615

Rhyodacite, High sulphidation epithermal, (1.79ppm Au, 1009ppm Ag, 4.99% Cu)

605b

 

340

Quartz-apatite-garnet (BHT), (Zn-Pb-Ag tailings)

NEW

909

Carbonate, Skarn, (Au-Cu ore)

NEW

 

63

Andesitic volcanics, Low sulphidation epithermal, (4.29ppm Au, 220ppm Ag)

NEW

64

Andesitic volcanics, Low sulphidation epithermal, (665ppm Ag, 16ppm Au)

NEW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming Soon

OREAS ID

Description

Replaces

702

W-Mo-Bi-F ore (0.25% W, 0.06% Mo, 0.03% Bi, 0.22% F)

NEW

703

W-Mo-Bi-F ore (0.56% W, 0.1% Mo, 0.06% Bi, 0.5% F)

NEW

 

80

Ni-Co-PGE Sulphide ore (0.24% Ni, 92ppm Co, 55ppm Cu)

70b

81

Ni-Co-PGE Sulphide ore (0.7% Ni, 134ppm Co)

72b

84

Ni-Co-PGE Sulphide ore (10.8% Ni, 1607ppm Co)

77a

 

13c

Ni-Cu-PGE ore (0.23% Ni, 0.24% Cu)

13b

680b

Ni-Cu-PGE ore (2.15% Ni, 0.91% Cu)

680

683b

PGE ore (208ppb Au, 1756ppb Pt, 836ppb Pd)

683

 

188

Ni-Co Laterite ore (1.64% Ni, 340ppm Co)

189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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