Reed Laboratories - Lab Policies and Terms
TERMS OF WEBSITE USE
The purpose of this passive website is advertisement of assay services. This website is not directed toward any specific geographic location and is offered for informational purposes. No credit card or other information is accepted through this website and no records are kept of visits to this website. In choosing to view this website the viewer irrevocably agrees that North County of San Diego, California, shall be the sole and exclusive venue and jurisdiction in all cases and the viewer agrees to withdraw or dismiss actions and indemnify us for all expenses, costs, and fees incurred if action is brought elsewhere.
LABORATORY TERMS
We accept samples by mail, UPS, Federal Express, DHL, or other carrier. We require clear written instructions, payment with samples, and a valid mailing address for mailing our report. We pulverize sufficient sample for our analysis and we provide a written report by return mail regardless of whether other electronic delivery is requested. Clients remain responsible for sample delivery and shipping costs to and from the lab. Clients must keep a portion of their sample for their records. Appointments for client drop-ins, lab walk-throughs, report pickups, etc., are not available.
Prices and lab turnaround time may change without notice. Lab turnaround may vary depending on sample quantity, complexity, calibration standards, and availability of supplies, among other factors. Client-imposed deadlines are not binding.
All tests are destructive, and samples may be pulverized, powdered, drilled, dissolved in acids or melted during analysis. Submitting a sample to us constitutes an agreement that our entire liability to anyone under all circumstances is limited to the price paid to us for our services. Our assays are based solely on the content of the sample submitted. Each party to a transaction should select for themselves their own samples and independent assayers. Assay reports are one-party, nontransferable reports which are confidential to the extent allowed by law.
Sample Storage
Sample pulps are stored for 30 days; rejects are discarded. Clients should submit part of the sample and retain the balance for reference or future testing. Clients are responsible to notify us at the time of ordering whether samples are to be returned and include additional payment for sample return; up to 4 oz. of sample pulp is returned; rejects and excess are discarded. Incomplete orders and untested samples are stored for 30 days after delivery.
Order Acceptance
All prices shown are for routine analysis of soil including rock, sand, drill core, sediment, hand samples, and gold pan concentrates or other materials specified by price. Prices for umpire or control assays, and production concentrates are negotiated on a case by case basis after sample delivery. We do not perform forensic tests or provide chain of custody documentation. Orders lacking adequate instructions, payment or sample material after 30 days from delivery may be cancelled by us without notice. We reserve the right to adjust price, services or decline to analyze substances that are hazardous, consume excessive time, or require tests not offered.
Sample Selection
Clients remain responsible for determining data usefulness, sample selection, and sample suitability for analysis. We assume no express or implied obligation to detect sample alteration, tampering, or other scheme.
Report Purposes
Reports are prepared solely for the use of the client named on the report and are no assurance of sample origin, authenticity, extractability, reproducibility, future results, or investment safety. Reed Laboratories and its assayers make no express or implied representation regarding such matters.
Report and Data Storage
Reed Laboratories will retain client analytical data for 3 years from the file date of the report.
Non-soil materials
If analysis of a product, alloy, or non-soil material, is requested, we may require the client to provide two calibration standards or at additional cost we may obtain or prepare calibration standards at client's expense.
Standard of Care
We perform analyses, obtain findings and prepare reports in accordance with the type of services ordered and proprietary analytical techniques which include generally accepted analytical methods. We reserve the right to alter procedures as necessary or appropriate in our sole judgement due to the nature or composition of the sample, to comply with regulatory requirements or client requests, or in assigning work to associate laboratories.
Disclaimer
Sample submission to us constitutes an irrevocable agreement by client and all report users that, to the fullest extent allowed by law, the entire liability of Reed Laboratories and its officers, owners, assayers, employees, agents, associates, and suppliers, arising from all acts, errors or omissions, shall be limited to the amount paid for our services or at assayer's option, we may refer the sample material for analysis by another lab at the client's expense, with report users to assume all other risks and liabilities. No other liability, obligation or responsibility of any kind shall exist for losses, costs, expenses or other damages, including without limitation special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages, whether disclosed in advance to us or foreseeable and regardless of circumstance. If any state law implies terms into this Agreement that cannot be modified or excluded, then any action involving us shall be brought at least 90 days before such law becomes effective or the sole remedy of any party shall be refund of the sum they paid to us. Client shall, in the event of any other party's claim or demand, unconditionally release and indemnify Reed Laboratories, its officers, owners, assayers, employees, agents, associates, and suppliers, for all actions, claims, proceedings or demands, including all costs and expenses incurred in answering and defending in respect to any loss or damage, whether direct or indirect, alleged in any manner in relation to the assayer's services or report.. No terms or provisions of this document may be modified or amended by oral representation, waiver, agreement, or custom.
Any decision to invest should be made only after the potential investment value of the claim or deposit has been determined based on the results of assays of multiple samples of geologic materials collected by the prospective investor or by a qualified person selected by the investor and based on an evaluation of all engineering data available concerning any proposed project. Investors should consult an experienced mining attorney for advice before investing in any private offer from an unlisted mining company or the purchase of a mining claim.