Exploration Geologist at African Industries Group (AIG)

Job Purpose

• To execute exploration projects within country.
• The role has responsibility for the execution of all exploration activities on a given project including the generation of quality data and maintaining exploration budgets on the project.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of employees and equipment to comply with both legal requirements and the company policy.
• Execute exploration projects and ensure standard operating procedures and technical standards are implemented and followed.
• Conduct exploration activities including soil sampling, geological mapping and sampling, supervising drilling, drillcore/chip logging and sampling, basic geological modelling to achieve the exploration goals on time and within budget.
• Utilise geological software to analyse geological/geochemical/geophysical/drillhole data to develop geological models and create maps to guide exploration.
• Active generation of quality and adequate data according to the data management protocols and standards for reporting of mineral resources to the company’s chosen international reporting code (JORC).
• Manage timeous internal and external exploration/geological reporting mandates.
• Mentor, train and develop geological assistants.
• Adopt operational excellence across all exploration activities, through continuous improvement initiatives and establishment of quality as a way of life.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Must possess a B.Sc (Hons) Degree in Geology, M.Sc Degree in exploration geology or a related a geoscience field is advantageous
• At least 4 years of field experience, 2 of which must be in a executing greenfields exploration activities over a range of mineral commodities.
• Good knowledge of mineral exploration techniques and their applications.
• Experience in diverse geological environments is advantageous.
• Good communication skills, oral, written and presentation.
• Professional and enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• Good at mandatory record keeping, exploration documentation, and developing and authoring technical reports.