Resource Geologist

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Requirements:

• Tertiary qualification in Geology or Earth Science.
• Extensive experience experience in mineral resource evaluation (>20years), working in both open pit and underground mining environments.
• Extensive knowledge of a copper and gold deposit types; ideally including one or more of  ferrous, phosphate and critical metal / mineral deposits types in Australia, Canada or LatAm.
• An understanding of geometallurgy and mineral resource estimation with respect to orebody / deposit knowledge.
• Proficiency in mineral source modelling software platforms and data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to convey complex geological concepts to diverse audiences.
• Familiarity with mining regulations and reporting standards in Australia (JORC) and Canada (NI43-101).
• Leadership qualities to manage a growing team of geoscientist.
• An open motor vehicle driving licence.
• No criminal convictions that will restrict international travel; e.g. ESTA (US) & eTA (Canada).
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% of the time.
• Ability to work in remote mine sites with significant diversity.
• No restrictions on the wearing of standard mine PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).

Responsibilities:

• Lead an expanding resource geology team, providing expertise on resource evaluation methodologies, and ensure the quality control of all resource models and geometallurgical models.
• Audit the clients mineral resource (Kriging) models and Stratum’s generated models.
• Assist in the audit and analysis of complex mine site databases composed of varied geological and geochemical data to evaluate critical issues.
• Collaborating with Stratum’s ML engineers and the clients mine planners and metallurgist to ensure optimisation of the models.
• Provide input technical input to enhance the sales team’s capabilities.
• Implementing rigorous audit and quality control procedures for clients data, new collection procedure (if required) and the Stratum resource models to ensure model accuracy and reliability.
• Ensuring adherence to all relevant mining regulations regarding resource reporting and disclosure.
• Assist in the preparation of technical reports and presentations.
• Providing guidance and training to more junior resource geologists and geometallurgist within the developing team.