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Ajeet Milliard MEG News (January, 2021)MEG STANDARDS is now under NEW OWNERSHIP and management. Ajeet Milliard, PhD. will be accepting and filling orders for geochemical standards from Elko Nevada. This will be a benefit for projects more local to northeastern Nevada and those in the vicinity of Elko who wish to pick up orders in person. Shipments and pick up from Reno / Carson City will be discontinued. Please send ORDERS for GEOCHEMICAL STANDARDS to Ajeet Milliard: Ajeet@MEGllc.org or call +1 (541) 350-8738 A new PRODUCTS WEBSITE will soon be up and running with lists of available standards and new ordering information. Stay tuned! Shea Clark Smith will continue to provide guidance through this transition and relocation. He will also continue his other services including soil gas and biogeochemical consulting through his current website. Thank you for your continued trust in MEG Standards. MEG News (August, 2019)MEG continues to create Nevada-sourced standard reference materials (SRM), with many new low grade standards to be available soon. Please refer to Gold Standards to see the most recent inventory. Proprietary mercury soil gas analysis (GAS'm) and phytogeochemical sample preparation are currently very active services as Nevada exploration companies kick into high gear with increasing gold prices. If you are unaware of the impact these methods have had in past exploration campaigns, please read the various case histories compiled under "Presentations". |
Shea Clark Smith / MEG, Inc.
President and Chief Geochemist
Shea Clark Smith
Mr. Smith has over 35 years of experience in applied mineral exploration geochemistry, starting in 1977 with a MSc. from the Colorado School of Mines. He directed geochemical projects and geochemical research for Houston Oil & Minerals, Phillips Petroleum / Strategic Minerals Division, American Selection Trust, and British Petroleum (Minerals Division) / Kennecott. In 1984 he founded Minerals Exploration & Environmental Geochemistry. Throughout, the underlying focus has always been on methods that detect blind mineralization through several tens to hundreds of feet of barren overburden. As a result, he has been involved with hundreds of projects in the desert southwest, including Nevada, Arizona, California, Utah, Mexico, and Alaska. Many concluded in mineral discovery. The preferred geochemical methods in these arid environments have proven to be phytogeochemistry and soil gas geochemistry. More recently, he has taken these methods into blind fairway geothermal exploration, and community water resource development.
MEG
MEG is involved in four essential geochemical activities: sample preparation, the manufacture of geochemical standards, geochemical research and development, and geochemical consulting. This work is done under boutique lab conditions, with special attention to detail, using a small staff of trained and well guided technicians and contractors. Sample preparation includes rock, soil, sediment in one facility, while phytogeochemical samples are prepared in yet another, very separate facility. Geochemical standards have always been a part of MEG’s internal quality control, and our expertise has overflowed into the production of similar products for our mining and exploration clients. MEG R&D focuses on improvements in phytogeochemical sample collection, preparation, and analysis. MEG R&D has also developed methods for soil and soil gas, like CheLeach (a weak extraction method for soils), and Total Salt (a complimentary method for soil gas that helps define blind subsurface structures in pediment terrains). Geochemical consulting is offered in areas of analytical quality assurance, phytogeochemistry, soil gas geochemistry, survey design and implementation, and data interpretation.