Researchers develop a mobile unit which helps exploration companies to test for gold on site

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HONG KONG: Researchers at the University of Adelaide are developing a mobile unit which would allow exploration companies to test for gold on site.
Instead of utilising x-ray technology, the prototype uses LED and laser lights to detect gold mineralisation in the soil removed from a drill hole.
It is believed this technology will greatly speed up the process for exploration companies on the hunt for the valuable mineral.
While mobile x-ray testing units are available, most companies currently truck their samples back to laboratories for testing.
This project aims to unveil a new mobile machine, which is 100 times more sensitive than what is currently available.
At the university’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, Dr Agnieszka Zuber explained the process which could detect gold at 100 parts per billion.