Mineral Resource Manager at African Industries Group (AIG)

Job Purpose

• To undertake and collate AIG’s Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves estimation and reporting; and participate in due diligence reviews.
• The role has overall accountability for estimation and timely reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves in compliance to the Group’s standards and chosen international codes such as JORC, NI43-101 and SAMREC codes, ensuring accuracy in the estimation of orebodies grade and resource tonnages using statistical and geostatistical methods.

Principle Accountabilities

• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of employees and equipment to comply with both legal requirements and the company policy.
• Database design and input validation.
• QAQC validation.
• Modelling of orebodies and geology.
• Mineral Resource estimation.
• Competent Person's sign off of Mineral resource estimations
• Competent Person technical report writing.
• Provide leadership in Mineral Resource/Reserve/Mine production reconciliation studies and due diligence investigations (internal and external, as well as local and abroad).
• Anchor operational excellence across the exploration teams, through continuous improvement initiatives and establishment of quality as a way of life, especially in the adoption and application of industry’s best, efficient and most cost-effective mineral resource management standards.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Professional Geologist designation and Competent Person (CP) in Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation and reporting in multiple mineral commodities
• Must possess a BSc (Hons) in geology and an MSc/MEng or equivalent statistical and geostatistical training.
• Must have minimum 15 years geology/mining related experience of which of 7 years must be in geological modelling and Mineral Resource estimation of high-value minerals including copper and other base metals; gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals; rare earth and energy minerals, and bulk mineral commodities such as iron-ore and coal.
• Strong geoscientist extensive geological orebody modelling and estimation experience with high proficiency in softwares such as Datamine Studio RM, Supervisor, Strat3D, Leapfrog, and data management software (e.g. DAP, Datashed, acQuire).
• Good knowledge of ore forming systems, exploration models and structural controls to mineralisations.
• International/Africa experience in diverse geological environments.
• Excellent communication skills, oral, written, presentation and authoring of technical reports.

Main Interface:
Internal:

• Manager & Peers: Head of Exploration; Group Head of Mining; Exploration Manager; Principal Geologist: Principal Geochemist, Principal Geophysicist: Provide updates on project mineral resource management, collaborate on strategy and alignment with the company’s strategy, receive inputs and action decisions as required.
• Direct reports: Receive updates on various aspects of exploration operations, mineral resource modelling and estimation, providing input and making decisions as required.
• Indirect report: Maintain consistent contact for alignment, support and execution of all exploration activities and feedback.

External:

• Government (Geological Survey & Mining Cadastre Departments: liaison and networking for mineral resource/geo-data acquisition and mineral intelligence updates)
• Mineral Resource Managers of other Mining and Exploration Firms: Networking, collaboration, and benchmarking against industry’s best practices.
• Geological Consultants, Contractors and Organisations: collaborate and manage for specialised expertise in addressing specific technical challenges and needs.