Exploration Geologist

Company Description
- We have an exciting opportunity for an Exploration Geologist. The purpose of this role is to gather geological information so as to increase the confidence in the relevant mineralization in order to ensure quality data are handed over to the rest of the value chain and therefore increase Kumba’s Mineral Endowment in the Region.

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Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives", delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible - from mobile phones to medicines.

**Kumba Iron Ore**

We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects - exploration; mining; processing and blending; shipping; marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Centurion, Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.

**Job Description**:

- As our Exploration Geologist some of your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

- Planning drill borehole positions, execute drilling, maintain geological log and capture geo-data - advisory authority.
- Ensuring compliance to standards, policy and procedures e.g. core and final depth blocks management, survey and chips samples, rehabilitation of borehole areas - advisory authority.
- Ensuring that core and chip logging is done to the agreed standard and ensure that logs are captured onto relevant geological database.
- Ensuring that drill hole data is verified before it is made available to Geo-data to ensure accuracy of the data, upon completion of a drill hole.
- Ensuring drill holes are sampled and numbered as per the QA/QC protocol for chemical analyses.
- Verifying that geological descriptions correspond with analytical results.
- Validating data in the relevant database to ensure integrity of data. Once validated, ensure availability for utilisation by other sections.
- Ensuring safe record keeping of borehole information after sign-off - monitoring authority.
- Ensuring the importation of information into relevant storage and modelling software and update the model to identify areas of further exploration - advisory authority.
- Ensuring accuracy and integrity of geo-data through surveying and sampling and interpretation - monitoring/advisory authority.
- Using an updated geological model to identify areas of further exploration (position and depth of bore holes).
- Ensuring all interpretations are verified before signed off by the Specialist Exploration Geologist to be approved and sent to Geo-data for the wire framing process.
- Supervising drilling contractors to ensure compliance with exploration plan and contract - management authority.

**Safe and Healthy Work Environment**
- Managing a safe and healthy work environment where workers and contractor can deliver their outputs within a controlled risk environment.
- Keeping environmental impact within statutory requirements to ensure compliance to statutory requirements is met.

**This role is in the Discovery & Geosciences (GEO) department on a band 6.10 level reporting to the Specialist Exploration Geologist Brownfields**

**Qualifications**:

- You will be required to have the following:

- BSc Hons in Geology
- Valid Driver’s License

Additional Information
- At least 3 years operational experience within Geology in an Exploration environment, Supervisory exposure recommended.