Senior Geologist

Key Accountabilities or Activities

• Technical management and supervision of exploration programs including drilling, mapping, soil sampling, etc.
• Technical analysis of data and results, interpretation, and planning, optimization, and prioritization of drilling programs.
• Monitoring of drilling progress and “real-time” updating of the 3D deposits models.
• Plan and implement high quality, clearly focused, systematic technical programs to ensure that decision points are rapidly achieved. Rapid advancement of targets to drill status.
• Ensure holistic approach, ensuring full integration of all datasets incorporated into planning and targeting.
• Ensure exploration industry best practices are carried out by the team at all times during the course of the programs.
• Ensure creativity and innovation are routinely discussed and implemented during course of program.
• Supervision, mentoring and coaching of technical team, significantly raise the standard of technical capability.
• Conducting property/project evaluations for potential business development opportunities.
• Coordinate the compilation of exploration results and review project progress for reporting to senior management.
• Technical reporting – weekly, monthly, annual.
• Reporting to management, preparing and giving presentations.

Skills

• Computer literacy – MS Office products, QGIS or Mapinfo, Leapfrop, Maptek or Geosoft Target.
• High level technical exploration skills.
• Highly organized with excellent planning and execution skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership and drive exploration programs forward and deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with technical team, senior management, external parties, etc.
• Very strong conceptual, visualization, and analytical skills with the ability to be creative and innovative.

Knowledge

• Strong knowledge of sediment hosted Cu systems in the Congolese Copperbelt.
• Thorough knowledge of Exploration industry best practices.

Experience

• 10+ years of exploration experience
• Minimum 5 years base metal exploration experience.
• African experience mainly experiences in the Katanga Copperbelt.
• Experience in range of exploration projects from conceptual to grass roots to resource estimation and development.
• Technical supervision of teams.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Geology,
• MSc or PHD would be highly valued
• Driver’s license
• French and English or Mandarin language skills would be highly valued.