Laboratory Facilities
GeoBiotics' corporate laboratory, McIntyre Labs, is located in Golden, Colorado. This lab is fully equipped to implement a comprehensive testwork program for complete evaluation of concentrates and ores for suitability to GeoBiotics' GEOCOAT® or GEOLEACH™ Technologies. The lab is managed by Dr. Tom Clark, GeoBiotics' Manager of Research and Development.
McIntyre Lab Capabilities
- Culture adaptation and preparation, using client or GeoBiotics-maintained microbial cultures
- Microbial enumeration by phase contrast microscopy
- Amenability testing for concentrates and ores
- Biooxidation using mesophiles, moderate thermophiles, and extreme thermophiles
- Evaluation of client source water or PLS for microbial toxicity
- Small scoping temperature-controlled biooxidation columns for rapid assessments with limited sample availability
- 2-meter and 5-meter bed height temperature-controlled biooxidation columns
- Full metallurgical support, mineralogical/petrographic support and solution chemistry
