At African Gold Reserves, we are fully equipped with an in-house furnace to provide both our trade and public customers with a reliable and trustworthy melt and assay service. The full melt and assay process is completed on the same day, usually within two hours.
All the melts are carried out by our senior smelter who has a wealth of experience with melting gold and silver items. All customer melts are aimed to be completed within the same-day that we receive the items, ensuring that our customers are paid out on the same day with a payment method of their choice.
We operate a state-of-the-art testing laboratory. Our essaying & testing technique ensures that our customers are provided with an accurate and fair assay result.
All sampling and testing activities are performed by independent certified precious metals assayers in compliance with internationally accepted rules and procedures.
Our highly qualified professional team carries out a whole range of analyses to ensure that we always meet both production and environmental standards of excellence.
Our laboratory employs a comprehensive range of testing techniques as e.g. traditional Fire Assay, potentiometric methods, XRF, SPARK and ICP spectrometry. Testing methods are applied on a case-by-case basis and may include various testing techniques, applied singly or in combination, as appropriate.