Optimet Laboratories provides high quality metallurgical testing and consulting services to the Australian and International mining industry, supported by the extensive experience of its senior staff and a well equipped laboratory.

Services offered by Optimet include: 

• Flotation testing of:

• Simple sulphide ores (eg. Cu, Ni, Au)

• Complex sulphide ores (eg. Cu-Pb-Ag-Zn)

• Oxide and oxidized sulphide ores using controlled potential sulphidisation (CPS)

• Non-sulphide metal minerals (eg. cassiterite)

• Industrial minerals (eg. graphite, feldspar)

• Cyanide leaching of gold ore

• Particle size analysis

• On-site metallurgical testing

• Hire of flotation column unit  

• Project management

As an operating division of AMMTEC Ltd, Optimet is in the unique position of being able to offer personalised service within its specialty areas while also utilising the additional capabilities of AMMTEC when required.These capabilities include comminution, pilot plant (either laboratory-based or on-site), hydrometallurgy and magnetic separation