Principal Geochemist at African Industries Group (AIG)

Job Purpose

Generate new regional exploration targets and projects while assessing new opportunities for the company using geochemical exploration techniques. This role has overall accountability for supporting the generation and execution of exploration projects using geochemical techniques, coordinating the collection and analysis of all soil, stream sediments, rocks, drill core, and drill chips sampling programmes.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure safety, health, and wellbeing of employees and equipment to comply with legal requirements and company policy
• Lead the development of geochemical sampling protocols, analytical suites, QAQC, and interpretation of geochemical data to understand geological and mineral formation processes
• Supervise sampling programmes and coordinate data collection initiatives
• Create global, regional, and local geochemical mineral prospectivity maps for all key mineral commodities of company interest
• Compile and analyse geochemical exploration data to inform technical exploration and business development decisions
• Generate new project opportunities from analysing geochemical technical data and mineral belts reviews
• Anchor operational excellence across exploration teams through continuous improvement initiatives and establishment of quality standards
• Promote adoption and application of industry's best, efficient, and cost-effective mineral exploration targeting techniques

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Professional Geologist designation with BSc (Hons) in Geology and MSc degree in Geochemistry or related geoscience
• Minimum 10 years of experience in exploration with significant portion in Greenfields exploration
• Field experience with high-value minerals including copper and other base metals; gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals; rare earth and energy minerals
• Strong geoscientist background in relevant disciplines