What geology, exploration and laboratory services does Manhattan Corporation offer?

Manhattan Corporation provides two front-end service lines for mining projects: Geology Exploration & GIS and Laboratory Test Work. The first covers expert geological analysis of resource reports and bankable feasibility studies; the second covers managed testwork campaigns run through a network of accredited laboratories and process specialists. Both are aimed at giving clients the data they need to make decisions about a company or venture before committing to plant design or equipment.

Geology Exploration & GIS

Manhattan describes this service as expert geological analysis of resource reports and bankable feasibility studies. The stated purpose is to let clients make the best decisions for their company or venture based on the data available.

In practice, that means the geology side of the business is positioned as an interpretation and review function rather than a drilling contractor. If you already hold resource data, historical reports, or a feasibility study in progress, this is the service line that applies.

What it is suited to

• Reviewing and interpreting existing resource reports
• Supporting bankable feasibility studies with geological input
• Feeding exploration-stage data into later process and plant decisions

Laboratory Test Work

Manhattan manages extensive testwork campaigns for both exploration and bankable feasibility study stages. It does this through a network of accredited laboratories and process specialists, rather than through a single in-house lab.

The scope is deliberately broad: the same testwork capability is offered for early exploration programmes and for feasibility-level studies, which means a project can move from initial sample characterisation through to the metallurgical data a feasibility study requires without changing provider.

What it is suited to

• Exploration-stage sample testing
• Feasibility-stage metallurgical testwork
• Campaigns that need accredited laboratory results plus process interpretation

How these services connect to the rest of the offering

The geology and laboratory work sits upstream of Manhattan's engineering and plant services. The company also offers process plant design, fabrication and engineering, equipment sales, and turnkey projects covering design, manufacture, delivery and commissioning. Testwork and geological analysis are the inputs that inform those later stages — for example, deciding on a flowsheet for a crushing and screening plant, a dense media separation circuit, or a leaching plant depends on what the testwork shows about the ore.

Manhattan states it has expertise across major commodities including gold (standard leaching, refractory and alluvial), copper (oxide and sulphide, plus gold heap leach operations), PGMs, lithium (spodumene and other lithium minerals), chrome, coal, mineral sands, tin/tantalum/niobium, base metals, aggregates and diamonds.

Practical points to check before engaging

• Accreditation specifics — the site states the laboratories are accredited but does not name them or list which accreditation bodies apply. Ask which labs would handle your sample type.
• Scope of a testwork campaign — "extensive" is not defined. Confirm sample volumes, turnaround times and which stages (comminution, gravity, flotation, leach, etc.) are included.
• Feasibility level — if you need bankable feasibility study support, confirm early whether the geology and testwork outputs will meet the standard your financiers require.
• Data handover — since the geology service is built around analysing reports you provide, clarify what format and level of detail the input data needs to be in.

The two services are best treated as a single front-end package: geological interpretation of what you have, followed by testwork that fills the gaps, both feeding into a feasibility study and then into plant design.