About this role
Job Description
- The purpose of the job is to undertake long term planning, preparation, verification and implementation of the Division’s mandates that includes: detailed geochemical exploration, trenching and rock chip sampling to define anomalies for target mineral(s); Policy Interpretation for Mineral Resource Development; Designing and execution of exploratory drilling to extract subsurface rock cores for sampling, analysis and modelling of 3-D geometry of the ore body to estimate grade and tonnage
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct field exploration for rocks and mineral deposits of economic value;
- Identify drilling sites;
- Supervise implementation of plans for drilling operations including: Core logging and core sampling;
- Conduct geological site investigations;
- Generate and interpret prospect-level maps including: lithological, structural, mineral resource and cross-section seismic profiles;
- Generate additional geological, geochemical or geophysical data;
- Undertake post-drilling analysis and evaluation;
- Undertake chemical, mineralogical or microscopic examinations of exploration samples; and
- Compile, interpret and present exploration data for usage
Requirement for Appointment
- Person shall be qualified for appointment as the Geologist if that person meets the following minimum requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in the following disciplines: - Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Engineering Geology or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;
- Professional Qualifications / Membership to professional bodies Registered by the Geologists’ Registration Board (GRB) and in good standing;
- Supervisory Course lasting not less than two (2) weeks from a recognized institution;
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