C.F. Mineral Research Ltd. (CFMR)
Serving Mineral Exploration Worldwide as a Leader in Heavy Mineral Geochemistry

C.F. Mineral Research Ltd. (CFMR) is a Canadian based laboratory, founded in 1977 in British Columbia, Canada, which provides high-quality and low-cost exploration, mineral extraction and analytical services to mining and associated industries. It stands as a leader in heavy mineral geochemistry, serving mineral exploration activities around the world.

Integrating the collection of exploration samples with mineral extraction in the laboratory and analyses of presented samples results in high quality and cost effective services which are customized to the specific requirements of each client. The laboratory uses a variety of proprietary and standard techniques to selectively apply the best approach for each client’s requirements. The many possible pathways can easily be explored by contacting CFMR.

Heavy Mineral Concentration (HMC), executed in a precise and minimal inter-contamination process is the core of many possible mineral extraction pathways, resulting in generating sensitive and selective exploration signals from distinct samples, no matter the object of that exploration – whether that be gold, silver, platinum group elements, lithium, germanium, base metals (Cu, Pb, Zn, etc.), diamonds, diamond indicators, etc.

Over the years, CFMR has developed and refined this process, through research and practice, and extended its applications with resulting improvement to exploration detection limits together with cost reductions. As in all laboratory processes, the near elimination of cross-contamination that comes with experience is evident. The HMC process also allows examination of the complementary (‘lighter’) fractions which can be examined for any other exploration purpose (oil, non-dense minerals, etc.).

C.F. Mineral Research provides many analytical services for samples subject to Heavy Mineral Concentration or other preparative procedures. Analytical techniques and instruments available for such services include optical microscopy, electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), electron probe (WDS) analysis, laser ablation ICP mass spectroscopy, INAA, etc.

Apart from pathways considered by clients, CFMR has developed more specific integrated processes. The extraction of any diamonds of varying sizes together with the associated fully classified indicators is such an example. Another is the ability to survey together a given territory for the possibility of several mineral propensities such as diamonds, gold, PGM, lithium, germanium and base metals in one efficient HMC process.

To enquire into, or pursue, any of these approaches to mineral exploration, please feel free to contact C. F. Mineral Research Ltd. at www.cfmresearch.com or ph. # 1-250-860-8525 or fax # 1-250-862-9435.

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