African Barrick Gold Vacancies - Senior Resource Geologist

African Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu Gold Mine seeks to employ an experienced Senior Resource Geologist to systematically collate, validate and interpret all relevant geological data and use this to generate and comprehensively document accurate mineral resource estimates for mineralization in and around the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine ensuring that the resource estimate is continually improved.

KEY RESULT AREAS/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide leadership to ensure that all Geology and Diamond Drill personnel adhere to safety standards that exceed industry practice and any applicable legislative provisions

• Effectively train and develop Tanzanian Geologists with a strong emphasis on safety, high technical standards and continuous improvement

• Develop a sound understanding of the geological controls of mineralization in the Bulyanhulu area and build on this understanding to further refine target generation and improve the accuracy of resource estimates

• Update the geological model & calculate the mineral resource for the mine bi-annually. Mid- year will be for internal company reporting, with the results of the end of year resource calculation being reported to the market through company channels

• Ensure all data and documentation required to support and validate the Bulyanhulu resource (and it’s method of calculation) is kept in a logical and systematic manner thereby making the process of auditing the resource (by internal and external parties) a thorough and efficient exercise.

• Meticulously prove and document any alterations to resource calculation parameters as and when they are made

• Create and update short term grade control models as required in order to provide the production team with the most current and reliable information to enable efficient and cost effective mining designs

• Reconcile all mining and milling production against resource/reserve models, explain variances and develop strategies to minimise these

• Complete project work & presentations to a professional standard as and when required

• Plan and manage Resource and Reserve definition drill programs from both surface and underground as required

• Assist the Superintendent Resource Development and Geology Manager in reviewing every aspect of departmental operations to identify and implement opportunities to add value to the operation & company

• Supervision of junior staff, drilling personnel, core logging, sample preparation and assay QA/QC to ensure clean, verified data capture

• Maintain an error free Geological Database

• Maintain a high degree of cost control at all times

PROFESSIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Applied Science, majoring in Geology. Preferably with a post graduate qualification, eg. Honours

Experience Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years of mineral resource evaluation and generation experience in an operational underground mining environment

• A significant portion of this experience will have been spent within precious metal mines, where a variety of mining techniques, including narrow vein conventional mining are utilized

• Knowledge of Diamond drilling techniques, including exposure to semi-directional and/or directional drilling

• The incumbent should be familiar with the practice of estimation within deposits of a ‘nuggety’ nature

• Strong modeling, geo-statistical & grade estimation skills

• Advanced Datamine skills

• Intermediate/Advanced knowledge of Access/SQL databases

• Clear and concise communicator – both written & verbally

• Supervisory experience is essential

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Senior Resource Geologist