Testing labs in Bayswater North, VIC

Ore Research & Exploration Pty Ltd (OREAS) is the world's leading producer and supplier of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) for the mining, exploration, and analytical sectors. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, OREAS maintains the largest inventory of mineral CRMs globally, with over 500 certified products and stock exceeding 500 tonnes. The company serves as a critical quality-control partner for laboratories, mining operations, and geochemical exploration teams across 130+ countries, providing reference materials used to validate analytical methods and ensure data integrity during grade control, ore processing, and exploration sampling. OREAS specializes in precious and base metal CRMs, with particular depth in gold materials (160+ certified products across multiple analytical methodologies). Their product range encompasses SuperCRMs® formulated with up to 180 analytes per product, custom matrix-matched CRMs tailored to specific ore deposits, pressed-pellet formats, black mass CRMs, and specialized concentrates for polymetallic, gold gravity, and tailings applications. All materials are sourced from natural ore deposits and undergo rigorous inter-laboratory round-robin characterization using fire assay, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, INAA, atomic absorption spectroscopy, photon assay, and X-ray methods to achieve certified accuracy. The company holds ISO 17034:2016 accreditation (General Requirement for Competence of Reference Material Producers) and ISO 9001:2015 quality management certification, with compliance to cGMP standards. OREAS CRMs are certified in accordance with ISO guides 31, 35, 16269, and 16476, with over 85% of their product range carrying full multi-method elemental suite certification. Gold materials feature separate fire assay certification across numerous analytical methodologies, and homogeneity testing is performed on sub-gram samples using instrumental neutron activation analysis to ensure coefficient of variation below 1% for typical 30g fire assay sample sizes. OREAS serves the world's largest mining operations, including Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Barrick Gold, Glencore, and Newmont, as well as analytical laboratories, junior exploration companies, and government geological surveys. Their materials enable grade control during mine operations, quality validation in geochemical exploration data, and proficiency testing for analytical facilities. Batch sizes extend to 12,000 kg for supply continuity, with flexible unit packaging from 10g single-use packets to 200kg drums, nitrogen-sealed or vacuum-sealed depending on application requirements. The company guarantees minimum 10-year shelf life for all certified materials. OREAS offers custom CRM services, producing matrix-matched or site-specific reference materials derived from client-supplied ore samples, enabling laboratories and mining operations to validate methods against materials chemically representative of their specific deposits. Non-radioactive CRMs are sterile and non-hazardous; specialized radioactive variants with low uranium and thorium isotope levels are also available for isotope geochemistry applications. The company's comprehensive technical documentation, round-robin characterization data, and accredited production processes position it as a trusted reference material partner for geochemical laboratories, analytical service providers, and quality-assurance functions within global mining operations. As a Certified Reference Material producer rather than a testing laboratory, OREAS does not perform analytical testing but instead provides the validated standard materials upon which laboratory testing and method validation depend. Their role is foundational to analytical quality assurance across the mining, exploration, and geochemical sectors, supporting the precision and traceability of geochemical data worldwide.