GRADE CONTROL GEOLOGIST

BACKGROUND

Kurmuk Gold Mine PLC (KGM) is a subsidiary of Allied Gold Corp, a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with mining operations in multiple countries including Ethiopia, Mali, and Côte d’Ivoire. KGM holds a Large-Scale Gold Mining License and three contiguous Exploration Licenses for its Ethiopian project. These licenses are located in western Ethiopia, approximately 750 km from Addis Ababa and about 90 km northwest of Assosa, in the Benishangul-Gumuz Regional State. KGM is currently engaged in both mine development and exploration activities at the site. 

KGM is searching for a Grade Control Geologist with a minimum of 7 years of experience, duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Analyse Geological test holes and RC planned & drilled as per the strategy.
   
• Conduct Weekly updates of the test holes and RC grade control model.
   
• Conduct Weekly reconciliation of actual feed grade against mining block grade.
   
• Establish an ongoing update of all geological grade control procedures and work instructions, a minimum of two per month.
   
• Ensure RC Drilling and Test holes database management and control, and zero backlog.
   
• Ensure that all Geological Maps are as planned, for example, Structure plan, Pit bench face geological mapping, and Ore type pit contact marking.
   
• Performing Geological drill-hole test holes implementation, enforcement, and interpretation.
   
• Ensuring that all pit geological data are collected, recorded, interpreted, and communicated to the mining team to form part of the technical mining decision.
   
• Conduct data management and data assurance in regard to all grade control geology activities including the assurance of the laboratories, Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) programs and data and process validations.
   
• Ensure 100 percent Ore mining blocks pit visit/inspection before and after blasting then waste and ore physical block demarcation. Mine Planning blocks access implementation.
   
• Physical measurement of mining dilution and mining ore-loss, and reporting.
   
• Implementation and management control of systems.
   
• Ensure that 100% trench digging is done to mark geological contacts, waste mining cut marking using spray paint; reef shovel operating running board, and area planning.
   
• Collaborate with Mining Engineer and Planners to agree on how best to extract and utilize the ore reserve.
   
• Responsible for the material destination assignment to either RoM Ore stockpile or waste dump.
   
• Responsible for the Geology daily supervision management control as per shift given responsibilities.
   
• Ensure stockpile identity boards exist, RoM pad management and control, and RoM pad infrastructure management.
   
• Reconcile plant feed plan grade with the actual mining feed grade and implement continuous improvement action plans to achieve budget. 
   
• Participate in the evaluation of discipline-specific principles and practice
   
• Establish, manage and sign-of subordinate IDP’s.
   
• Participate and commit to KGM’s formal Mentorship and Coaching programmes ensuring effective skills and knowledge transfer to local peers and/or subordinates.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science with Honours Degree in Geology.
• At least seven (7) years of open-pit mining commodity Geology experience of which four (4) years as a grade control production geologist, preferably at remote sites in Africa.
• Be in possession of an international driver’s licence.

Competencies

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to adapt and change with a growing company, including integration of new projects and operations.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• Strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Coaches, mentors, and guides development of employees.
• High level of integrity and dependability.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member in a multi-cultural environment.

Required Skills

• Ability to respond quickly to business needs/agility, flexibility, continuous learning, innovation and proven ability to experiment on creative business solutions.
• Ability to be inclusive, eagerness for multiple skills, embraces multiple cultures, accepts different approaches and be human-centric/empathetic.
• Results oriented, quality driven, excellence, entrepreneurial abilities, efficient and effective.
• Geoscience
• Earthworks
• Site Investigation
• Drilling Rigs

How To Apply

Interested applicants who fulfil the above requirements are invited to send their application, CV and credentials within seven (7) consecutive days from the date of this announcement through to the company‘s e-mail address: kurmuk.hr@alliedgold.com

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