Core & Lump Testing
Testing BuiltAround Your Needs
Not every project needs the same testing program. Minpraxis offers flexible per-metre sample testing for projects requiring targeted geotechnical, geometallurgical or broader orebody characterization.
Work with the Minpraxis team to identify the sections of core and data most relevant to the mine or mill decisions you’re trying to make.
Supports
- Targeted Borehole Investigations
- Mine and Mill Design Studies
- Geological Characterization
- Comminution Analysis
- Geotechnical Analysis
Ways to work
Flexible Deployment
Send us core, run a trial at your site, or bring the MPT into your own operation.
Core Testing Services
Send us your core. We test it at our Richmond facility in BC, Canada, deliver the data, and forward the samples to your assay lab.
On-site Trials
High-volume trials at your site, on your own core.
Lab / Mine Installations
Purchase or lease an MPT, installed at your site or a partner assay lab, and integrated with your assay workflow.
How it fits
Part of Assay Preparation
The MPT integrates into an existing crushing stage, generating engineering data from core already being prepared for assay. No separate testing stream.
No cross-contamination between samples, confirmed in a blind test
- CoreDrilled and boxed
- LoggingGeology recorded
- MinpraxisStrength, hardness and density
- AssaysCrushed sample continues to the lab
- Orebody ModelEngineering data linked to geology and assays
- Mine and Plant DesignBetter-informed decisions
Samples
What We Test
Drill core and other mine samples, tested during crushing.
Drill core
Half-core from assay preparation
Engineering data from core already headed to the assay lab, across the full length of each hole.
Dedicated geotechnical or metallurgical core
Core drilled for geotechnical or metallurgical programs, tested to expand datasets and target conventional testwork.
Lump samples
Lump samples from the mine
Short-term ore classification and throughput forecasting.
Applications
In Practice
How mining companies are applying Minpraxis data.
Geotechnical
Block Cave Projects
Better understand how rock strength, veining and natural defects affect caveability, fragmentation and ground stability. Minpraxis provides detailed geotechnical data to support cave mine design, while helping identify areas where fines generation could increase the risk of inrush.
Underground Mine Design
Strength data for stope and ground support design, including fault zones where standard tests were not an option.
Geometallurgical
Mill Throughput Forecasting
Half-core tested during assay preparation feeds orebody models and mill throughput forecasts. Lump samples from the mine support short-term ore classification, so the mill can adjust ahead of variability.
Mill Retrofit Design
Expanded comminution data to find ore types that can take a coarser grind while keeping target recovery, for higher throughput.
Talk to Our Team
Tell us about your project, drill core or testing requirements.