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Right Solutions • Right Partner alsglobal.com SCHEDULE OF SERVICES & FEES Geochemistry USD ALS GEOCHEMISTRY APP 2021track samples & receive alerts. Table of Contents Mine Site Laboratory Services . 2 Advances in Gold Technology . 3 Digital Solutions . 4 Hyperspectral Imaging & Processing . 5 SAMPLE PREPARATION Core Services . 7 ALS CoreViewer™ . 7 Sample Submission . 8 Storage . 8 Specific Gravity & Bulk Density . 9 Sample Preparation Packages . 9 Individual Sample Preparation Methods . 10 pXRF on Prepared Pulps . 11 PRECIOUS METALS ANALYSIS Gold by Fire Assay, Metallic Screening . 13 Silver, Platinum Group Elements . 14 Gold Cyanidation, Process Samples, Bulk Leach Extractable Gold . 15 Super Trace Gold and Aqua Regia Multi-Element Methods . 16 Precious Metals in Concentrates and Bullion . 17 GENERATIVE EXPLORATION Four Acid Super Trace Analysis and Portable XRF for Lithogeochemistry . 19 Aqua Regia Super Trace Analysis . 20 Halogen Analysis and Ionic Leach™ . 21 Hydrogeochemistry, Super Trace Au and Pathfinders . 22 Biogeochemistry . 23 TARGETED EXPLORATION Ultra Trace Methods . 25 Trace and Intermediate Level Methods. 26 Halogens and Loss on Ignition. 28 Isotopic Analysis and Geochronology . 28 WHOLE ROCK, LITHOGEOCHEMISTRY, SULPHUR & CARBON . 30 SPECIFIC ORES AND COMMODITIES Copper and Iron Ore . 35 Bauxite, Laterites & Other Commodities . 36 Lithium . 37 Uranium, Rare Earths, Uncommon Metals & Potash . 38 Ore Grade Basemetals . .. 39 ARD AND CONCENTRATES Acid-Base Accounting . 42 Concentrate Methods & Industrial Minerals . 43 ALS Mineralogy . 44 Quality Accreditations . 45 Terms & Conditions . 46 Global Geochemistry Locations . 47 ALS reserves the right to alter listed prices at any time . ALS Geochemistry is the world’s most trusted testing service dedicated to high-value geologic data support for the exploration and mining community. ALS is committed to supplying verifiable, traceable, and defendable data using reliable testing methods and effective data-workflow solutions for our clients. SAFETY IS A PRIORITY EXCEEDING DOING IT CLIENT BETTER EXPECTATIONS HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BELIEF IN OUR ABILITY HARD WORK AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PEOPLE CELEBRATING DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS Mine Site Laboratory Services No matter how remote, on-site laboratories are digitally connected to the ALS lab network allowing for unparalleled monitoring . Supply of mine site labs: Key features that set ALS’s laboratory information management system (LIMS) above competitors are: › Containerised preparation facilities › Global interconnectivity to allow for offsite quality › Customised analytical laboratories and management and oversight . methods › Webtrieve™ access for real-time tracking and monitoring . Core services in-lab or on-site: › Client specific Application Program Interfaces (API) to automate routine data transfer tasks. › Core sawing & sampling › Process Control Alerts™ to monitor routinely › Core photography collected and analysed samples . › Hyperspectral mapping & interpretation › Overlimit Alert™ for notifications when results trigger a user defined overlimit assay. › CoreViewer™ Partnering with ALS on a mine site laboratory project provides peace of mind that design, commissioning and daily laboratory operations will be completed to the high standards characteristic of ALS . Advances in Technology Fire Assay for Gold ALS brings new, advanced technology to an › Consistent and low detection levels, down to 1 ppb Au ancient method . With the implementation of › Interference free and robust for variable sample matrices . in-house developed technology, significant › Applicable to all scales of projects from exploration to mining. precision and accuracy improvements have › Flexible capacity, easily scalable as demands change . been achieved . › Useful assays on fully pulverized samples that allows for additional analyses . Sample Detection › Reliable outcomes regardless of climate extremes or remoteness. ALS Method size (g) limit (ppm) Au-ICP21 30 0.001 Au-ICP22 50 0.001 Au-AA23 30 0.005 Au-AA24 50 0.005 Au-AA25 30 0.01 Au-AA26 50 0.01 Unrivalled Detection Limits ALS continues to lead the way with innovations in ICP-MS methodology to provide leading edge detection limits for gold and key pathfinder elements; allowing for superior discrimination of anomaly versus background. Aqua Regia Au + Multi-element Methods with new, Lowest Detection Limits for Au from improved Industry Leading Detection Limits Cyanide Leach / ICP-MS Detection Detection Methods Sample size (g) Analyte Methods Sample size (g) Analyte limits (ppm) limits (ppm) Au 0.0001 Au-CN43™ 25 Au 0.00002 As 0.01 Au-CN44™ 50 AuME-ST43™ 25 Bi 0.0005 AuME-ST44™ 50 Re 0.0002 ALS’s lowest Au detection limit is possible due to the stability of Au-CN complexes coupled with ICP-MS Se 0.002 instrumentation optimised for Au sensitivity . Te 0.001 Tl 0.0005 Selected analytes listed . See page 16 for full multi-element listing . USD 2021 | SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICES | GEOCHEMISTRY | 3 Digital Solutions to Simplify Your Life Build a bridge between Webtrieve™ and your data repository with a customised API (Application Program Interface) for routine data transfer. API Response Webtrieve™ ALS Webtrieve TM API Client App API Requests › Real time data loading with no need to check for › Standardised workflow updated data . › Automated sample submittal directly to ALS . › Reduced requirement for production staff to load › Extra security for sensitive data new results . An API is a software intermediary that makes it possible for application programs to interact with each other and share data. Contact your local client services representative to arrange for a meeting to discuss options. Sample tracking at your fingertips with the ALS Geochemistry App Track samples and receive alerts with the ALS Geochemistry App that includes: › Process Control Alert™ where user-defined limits can be set up to Secure access monitor grade control, mill processing and environmental samples . An out of bound result prompts an alert so that the situation can be Custom alerts addressed quickly. › Overlimit Alert™ delivered by SMS and/or email when a sample triggers an overlimit assay . Results available graphically with overlimits highlighted . › Dashboard with workorder progress. › Geochem results, workorder info and mine control data. › Access to the Geochemistry Schedule of Services and Fees . › Lab locator and contact info . DOWNLOAD ALS GEOCHEMISTRY APP <<< App Store | Google play >>> CUTTING EDGE Hyperspectral Imaging & Processing TerraCore is the only company in the industry with commercially available LWIR spectral imaging as well as the standard VNIR & SWIR spectral range to deliver the full spectrum required for rock characterisation. Results are delivered via CoreViewer™ and IntelliCore® . CODE DESCRIPTION PRICE Core cleaning, core box preparation, and labour may be Various By Quotation provided by ALS or TerraCore . COREIM-10 VNIR-SWIR or SWIR hyperspectral imaging of core boxes $6.40 / foot COREIM-11 and chip trays using TerraCore Core Imaging Systems . $20.80 / metre COREIM-12 Pricing applies to in-lab services . $5.75 / chip sample COREIM-10L LWIR and VNIR-SWIR hyperspectral imaging of core boxes $8.55 / foot COREIM-11L and chip trays using TerraCore Core Imaging Systems . $28.10 / metre COREIM-12L Pricing applies to in-lab services . $8.10 / chip sample *Minimum charge of $6750 .00 Skeletonised core boxes have custom pricing. Please enquire. *Chip trays must be black plastic. ALS can transfer samples to black trays for a fee. Services include high resolution true colour RGB core photographs, mineral assemblage maps and spectral parameters as image displays, numerical mineralogical parameters and products averaged over 10cm intervals across the length of the core . Sample tracking at your fingertips with the ALS Geochemistry App aiSIRIS™ by AusSpec brings a generational leap forward in AI interpretation of TerraSpec® spectral data . Systematic collection of spectral data on dry, coarse crushed rock and drill core can be easily integrated with existing workflows with routine interpretation enabling delivery of large volumes at fast turnaround times . CODE DESCRIPTION DELIVERABLES PRICE PER SAMPLE An economical package combining TerraSpec® 4 HR scanning and TM aiSIRIS expert spectral interpretation. Raw spectral files in ASD or ASCII format, and 300 samples HYP-PKG spreadsheet with mineral assemblages and $6.40 The value of hyperspectral mineralogy in exploration and geometallurgy minimum* increases substantially with larger sample volumes . Discounts are spectral parameters related to the project geology . available for large submittals covering entire drilling campaigns . Rapid and accurate interpretation of hyperspectral scans by the aiSIRIS™ Spreadsheet with mineral assemblages and spectral 300 samples INTERP-11 $3.95 expert software. parameters related to the project geology . minimum* Spectral scan using the TerraSpec® 4 HR spectrometer . Crushed reject or Raw spectral files in T R SP E C-20 $4.30 RC chips are recommended as the optimal sample type . ASD or ASCII format . *Discounts may apply for higher volumes of samples . The original ASD files as well as the More information about aiSIRIS™, aiSIRIS™ output are reported on every Contact client services to arrange for TerraSpec® and TerraCore can be obtained access to the aiSIRIStm App. sample for one-to-one comparison . from any ALS client services group. USD 2021 | SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICES | GEOCHEMISTRY | 5 Sample Preparation Sample