As the Assaying & Refining Conference 2025 approaches, and with so much more still to be announced, here is an overview of everything you can look forward to so far.
Expert Speakers and Insightful Presentations
The theme for this year's Conference is: Sampling and Analytical Methods for Improved Precious Metals Evaluation. To help deliver this, we are proud to feature two keynote addresses from Russ Calow (President, Calow Laboratory Consulting Ltd) and Kim H. Esbensen (Senior Consultant & Professor, KHE Consulting), plus an expanding lineup of exciting speakers, including:
- Amanda Hefer (Senior Manager - Technical Assurance, Rand Refinery Limited) who will be presenting on Ultrasound Testing on LGD Bars;
- Nicolò Lo Presti (Deputy Head of Spectrometry Area, MKS PAMP) who will be presenting on Precious Metals Distribution in Lead Buttons, an application study with SPARK optical emissions spectrometry; and
- Mike Hinds (Consultant, MHinds Analytical Consulting) who will be presenting A Closer Look at Gold Bullion Fire Assay.
l-r: Amanda Hefer, Nicolò Lo Presti, Mike Hinds
If you are interested in presenting at the Conference, you now have until Friday, 17 January 2025 to submit your papers.
Kim H. Esbensen
An Authoritative Sampling Workshop
We have an exciting workshop taking place at the end of Conference on Wednesday, 19 March from 09:00 to 12:30 GMT, led by our esteemed keynote speaker Kim H. Esbensen, on the Theory of Sampling. This will include:
- Principles of the Theory of Sampling;
- What happens in the critical 'before analysis' domain;
- Which errors matter and what to do; and
- Resolution - the universal standard DS3077:2024 (3. ed.).
More information on the Sampling Workshop is available via the event microsite.
Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
The Assaying & Refining Conference presents a unique opportunity for companies that service and support assaying and refining within the industry to promote themselves.
This is the eleventh Conference in our popular series and attracts a range of delegates working across the precious metals value chain - including senior lab technicians, refinery managers and operations executives - interested in assaying, refining and production of precious metals.
If you are interested in putting your brand, products and services in front of leaders across the precious metals value chain, take a look at our sponsor and exhibitor packages.