Senior Resource Geologist
Australia, Western Australia
Fulltime: 40 hrs a week
Experience: 4-6 Years
Mining
Job Descriptions
As Senior Resource Geologist, you will be responsible for:
- Developing and maintaining 3D geological models and Mineral Resource Estimates.
- Undertaking resource estimation, model validation and geological interpretation.
- Reviewing and improving resource models to support operational and long-term planning requirements.
- Working closely with site geology teams on grade control, resource definition drilling and QA/QC programs.
- Investigating reconciliation between resource models, grade control models and actual production results.
- Identifying geological uncertainty and communicating associated risks to key stakeholders.
- Providing technical input into mine extension projects, budgeting, forecasting and life-of-mine planning.
- Supporting resource reporting and maintaining geological modelling and estimation processes.
Job Requirements
To be successful, you will ideally bring:
- A tertiary qualification in Geology, Geoscience or a related discipline.
- Experience in mining or exploration geology, ideally within gold operations.
- Hands-on experience in geological resource modelling and Mineral Resource Estimation.
- Strong knowledge of geostatistics and resource estimation techniques, including linear estimation methods.
- Experience with geological modelling and estimation software, ideally Datamine or Leapfrog.
- Demonstrated experience in resource model validation, reconciliation and geological interpretation.
- Strong understanding of drilling, sampling, QA/QC and analytical procedures.
- Knowledge of Western Australian gold deposits and geological mineralisation controls.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical and operational teams.
Experience with recoverable resource estimation, nonlinear estimation methods or conditional simulation would be highly regarded.