Event Details
IPMI Precious Metal Sampling and Analytical Symposium IV
October 13-16th, Colorado School of Mines
There are still rooms available at the Table Mountain Inn which is just a short walk to the conference room. Other accommodations are available here.
Preliminary Agenda
Sunday, October 13th
6:30 pm
- Meet and Greet reception at the Table Mountain Inn
Monday, October 14th
- SAC Committee Updates and Round Robin Discussion
- "Machine Learning to Identify Precious Metals from Scrap Waste", Manish Mishra, Colorado School of Mines
- "The Liberation Factor: A Great Academic Achievement - A Highly Confusing Concept for the Daily Routine Practitioner", Keynote Speaker, Dr. Francis Pitard, sampling consultant
- "Gold/Precious Metal Test Work and/or Flowsheet Development", Tyler Crary, SGS
- "Development of an Assay Method for Ag, Fe, Pb, and Zn in Sulfide Ore by ICP-OES via Microwave Digestion", John Randall and Niall Snapp, SVL Analytical.
- "Auto Catalyst Reclamation: State of the Markets, Sampling and Analysis Panel Discussion", Moderator: Zachary Henneman, BASF
- More presentations are in the works for this day
- Late afternoon networking and/or college tour
- Dinner banquet at Fossil Trace Golf Club
Tuesday, October 15th
- "Impact of Cu and Ni on Ag Loss of Doré Samples in Fire Assay", Cody Burke, Axium Scientific
- "Precious Metal Dissolution Techniques", Cold Block Technologies
- "Precious Metal Impurity Methods by GD-MS", Jason Thornton, Materion
- "iSpark Plus Analysis of Precious Metals", Christopher Schaffer, Thermo Fisher Scientific
- More presentations are in the works for this day
- Afternoon networking
- Brewery tour and tasting at The Mountain Toad Brewery
Wednesday, October 16th
- Experimental Mine Tour in the morning
- Afternoon golf at Fossil Trace Golf Club
Come join us in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains
In addition, Dr. Pitard's short course on Sampling Theory, Sampling Practices, and Their Economic Impact will be the week before the symposium on October 7 - 11, 2024 at the School of Mines, come on out early and make it a great week of education, discussion and networking!
