The long delays for testing are attributed to Chrome only……
"......The preliminary results that we do get quickly, quite often need to be retested for overlimits on some of the elements, copper, nickel, platinum, palladium and gold. This takes only a few more days before the lab goes final. "
"......However if the batch or workorder contains chrome in excess of 1% we also rerun those samples using INAA that involves the use of a nuclear reactor at MacMaster University……This latter assay methodology is considered to be the best in the world for determining elemental Cr and Cr2O3, so we will continue to use it, and need to live with the timeline. "
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