Mineraleslab, S.A. de C.V.

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Mineraleslab S.A de CV has defined policy that ensures that all staff working in our laboratories are competent to perform the work required. New employees are trained to perform specific tasks and their ability to perform these tasks is formally assessed. Staff is routine evaluated and up-to-date training and performance records are maintained. Furthermore, our employees have to sign a confidentiality agreement in order to preserve our customers’ anonymity and analytical results secured.

Personnel

Mineraleslabs in-house methods are fully validated before being used on client samples. Standard material and reagent lists are also maintained. Validation is carried out by our chemist who is a member of the Order of Chemist of the province of Quebec and along with this QA/QC protocol and Canadian Certified Reference Material Products (CCRMP). Duplicates are performed every 10 samples and blanks are randomly inserted within each lot of analysis. 

Test methods and

method validation

All equipment is brand new and from Canada. We are maintaining a preventive maintenance schedule and calibration of equipment used in the laboratory. We also have a list of ‘’Approved Vendors’’ that were selected for their reliability and the quality of their products and services.

Equipment and merchandises

Records of calibration and performance parameters are maintained for both testing and measuring equipment.

Traceability

All samples (pulps and rejects) are stored in our warehouse to preserve integrity of the samples until return to the customer or disposal.

Storage

Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) form an integrated part of the analysis performed and of the work of Mineraleslab S.A. de CV as a whole. Mineraleslabs’ Quality System monitors all steps and phases of our operations. Our Quality System outlines comprehensive details concerning our facilities, personnel qualifications and processes used. A brief description is given hereunder.

Mining Analytical Laboratory fire assay and atomic absorption spectrophotometry