Assaying

The ABC Refinery laboratory’s independent certification of its assay process maximises client value because it guarantees consistently accurate data on every refining batch.

ABC Refinery is the only independent LBMA accredited gold & silver refinery in Australia and reaffirms the position of the ABC Bullion brand as a cornerstone of the Australasian physical gold & silver trading system.

ABC Refinery is the first Australian refinery laboratory to have been awarded National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation for the laboratory analysis of gold and its alloys. The ABC Refinery laboratory is also accredited as a Public Testing Service compliant with ISO (International Organisation for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Standard 17025:2017 for the analysis of gold and its alloys. In addition, ABC Refinery is accredited as compliant with Australian Standards (AS) and ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation).

The LBMA certified ABC Refinery laboratory offers a range of analytical technologies including: 

• Fire & Wet Chemical Assays
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry (ICP) analysis
• Arc/Spark Optical Emission Spectrometry analysis
• X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Spectrometry analysis