MAY 2025 – OREAS CRM RELEASES

Product Spotlight:

Canadian Glacial Tills – back in stock soon!

After a long hiatus, we’re pleased to announce our popular Canadian glacial till Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are coming back online. OREAS 48 and 49 and replacements for OREAS 46 and 47.
 
OREAS CRMs 48 and 49 are prepared from glacial till sourced from the Rainy River District in northwestern Ontario.
 
Derived from a mix of local Precambrian Shield bedrock including granitoid, metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks—and Paleozoic sediments, these materials capture a broad suite of felsic to mafic lithologies. OREAS 49 includes minor additions of ore materials (BM, PGE, REE, and Li) to elevate concentrations to anomalous levels. The till’s combination of local and long-range glacial inputs makes it a reliable matrix for geochemical exploration, particularly for QAQC applications targeting background levels of gold, PGE, REE, lithium, and base metals.
 

OREAS Releases

OREAS ID

Description

Replaces

 

407

Fe hematite ore

(Kiruna, Sweden)

NEW

 

601d

 

Au-Cu-Ag ores (Mt Carlton, AU)

601c

602c

602b

509

Cu-Au ore (porphyry), Northparkes AU

504d

520c

(Rework of 520b)

Cu ore (IOCG Type) Ernest Henry, AU

520

 

408

Hawks Nest - Hematite ore

NEW

411

Hawks Nest - Magnetite ores

NEW

412

NEW

413

NEW

415

NEW

 

313

SEDEX Zn-Pb ores

(Mt Isa, AU)

136

314

137

319

139

 

353c

Pb-Ag Concentrate (Cannington, AU)

353b

48

Glacial Tills

46

49

47

993b

Cu-Au-Ag Concentrate (Cadia, AU)

993

349

Zn Concentrate

350

996

Cu Concentrate

994

999b

Li (spodumene) Concentrate

999

180b

Ni-Co ores

180

181b

181

182b

182

196

194