As new alloy compositions are developed for industrial purposes—combining gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, and others—traditional valuation techniques often fail.

This creates a tension between the need for speed in transactions and the requirement for meticulous, often slow, laboratory analysis.

Inaccurate valuations cause financial ambiguity, leading to costly disputes, broken deals, and a reluctance to innovate or trade in the most in-demand alloys.

Key stakeholders—traders, refiners, and manufacturers—must choose between accepting risk or slowing operations.

Precious metal assays and traditional evaluation methods struggle with small batch or high-mix alloys, lacking standardized digital valuation protocols.

Underlying this is the absence of robust, interoperable data sharing and analytical frameworks that can keep pace with market speed and alloy innovation.