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Welcome to placer gold in Nova Scotia Canada

The Northern Refineries of Nova Scotia Canada is a full service refiner of all precious metals, especially placer gold. We buy, refine, and assay all forms of placer gold. We provide services to businesses in Nova Scotia Canada and surrounding areas such as jewelers, pawn shops, dentists & dental labs, trade & machine shops, photo & chemical labs, salvage companies, the health care industry as well individuals who just want to convert old gold and silver into cash placer gold. Click here for a complete list of industries we service.

In the field of placer gold refiners, Northern Refineries, family-owned and operated for 4 generations, surpasses the competition by providing our customers with honest, dependable, state-of-the-art placer gold refining services in our modern facilities. Northern Refineries has had an A+ rated BBB accredited business since 2020

Our Four Step placer gold Refining process

When we receive placer gold, we follow the four steps to ensure quality:

1. placer gold is weighted
2. placer gold is smelted in induction furnace, a gas blast furnace or by blowtorch
3. Materials such as a borax and soda ash are mixed into the placer gold to absorb impurities
4. A sample of the mixture is tested to determine the amount of precious metal contained in placer gold

Shipping placer gold in the mail

Before sending your placer gold from Nova Scotia Canada to Northern Refineries remember to:

1. Weigh your placer gold and note the price of gold on the expected delivery day of your package.
2. Do not ship any placer gold in a regular envelop with a stamp. You don’t want to be caught by the post office machine and scattered through the post office.
3. Make sure to insure and track your shipment from Nova Scotia Canada to Northern Refineries.
4. Do not write the contents of package on the outside of it. Do not write placer gold on the package
5. Expect to receive between 85%-92% of recovery value for your placer gold. The amount would depend on the type of placer gold you have.
6. Expect to receive between 90%-96% of recovery value for your placer gold. The amount would depend on the type of placer gold you have.
7. Expect to receive 90% of recovery value for your placer gold. The amount would depend on the type of placer gold you have.
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