Reaffirmed 2023

1. Scope

1.1 This standard specifies the technical requirements of refined gold and silver bars for good delivery by refiners.

1.2 The bars shall be produced by the refiners as per the guidelines laid down by the certifying agency.

2. References

The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standard indicated below:

IS No. Title

1418 : 2009 Determination of gold in gold bullion, gold alloys and gold jewellery/artefacts — Cupellation (fire assay) method(third revision)

2113 : 2014 Assaying silver in silver and silver alloys — Methods (third revision)

16901 : 2019 /ISO 15093 : 2015 Jewellery — Determination of precious metals in 999‰ gold, platinum and palladium jewellery alloys — Difference method using ICP — OES

16900 : 2019 /ISO 15096 : 2014 Jewellery — Determination of silver in 999‰ silver jewellery alloys — Difference method using ICP — OES