Main function of the laboratories is to test, assay, inspect and analyze the samples taken appropriately from a product group through the preparation process and to see whether they meet the criteria for required quality and assurance.
World Trade Organization (WTO) asks member countries to ensure maintaining the process of their compliance assessment, technical competencies and transparencies. Therefore, approval by a specialized independent authority of the laboratories engaged with assessment of compliance assures integrity of test and analysis reports. A laboratory can only be deemed to be ready for an accreditation by fully complying with the Standard no TSE EN ISO 17025 and additional criteria.
Koza Gold Operations, which has been operating since 01. January 2006 lodged its application with TURKAK for accreditation of Analysis Laboratory at Ovacik Gold Mine in 2007 and continued its efforts for two years to fulfill technical and general requirements as specified by Standard TSE EN ISO 17025.
Firstly, analyses to be included into the accreditation were defined. Personnel have been provided with necessary trainings enabling them to accurately and reliably conduct these analyses and to attain the competency by analysis-related method validation works.
General documentations, which also included procedures, instructions and forms were prepared in pursuant to the general requirements of TS EN ISO 17025 standard, All completed documents and records attached with application file for accreditation were submitted to TURKAK in May, 2008. Having sighted and assessed the application, TURKAK considered that there had been no issues hampering the progress of application and decided to visit site laboratory for inspection on 25/26 May, 2009.
Following completion of site inspection, Ovacik Gold Mine Analysis Laboratory was accredited for "Gold in Ore" and "WAD-Cyanide Total in Liquid" analyses with Accreditation number "AB-0268-T". Our laboratory team that comprises 2 senior chemical engineers, 3 chemists and 6 laboratory technicians aims to achieve wide range of accreditations for various types of analyses.
Our laboratory consists of 4 main sections, which are sample preparation, analytical analysis, instrument analysis, and fire analysis. Our laboratory handles the analysis of gold and silver in ore, multi element analysis, analysis of gold and silver in dore and cyanide analysis.