Geologist 3 - Grade Control Evaluation

About the role

AngloGold Ashanti is hiring a Geologist 3 for its Geology department at the Geita Gold Mine in Tanzania. The role ensures that reliable grade control models are produced in time so that open pit and underground mine planning and design can be carried out efficiently, supporting the annual gold production budget and the Gold Mine Strategic Business Plan.

Key responsibilities

• Foster compliance with site HSE policies through toolbox meetings and monitoring of leading indicators such as Take5, workplace inspections and safety observations.
• Develop the skills of the grade control modelling team by assigning work, monitoring quality and recommending training.
• Lead the team to comply with SOPs and QAQC requirements for open pit and underground grade control workflows, and set standard ways of working.
• Review grade control models, validate laboratory and drillhole data, interpret wireframes and geostatistical parameters, and run internal peer reviews before release.
• Release models on time according to the mining sequence and keep Resource Planning and Integrated Planning models up to date.
• Analyse model performance against resource models and mine design, establish recovery and resource conversion factors, and evaluate designs so that more than 90% of declared grade control resource is included.
• Assess ore movement to stockpile and ROMPAD, recommend perimeter and stope adjustments, and give planning engineers inputs on material type, tonnes, grade and metallurgical recovery.
• Inform the Evaluation Superintendent of risks and propose mitigations, and prepare weekly evaluation meetings and monthly mine-to-mill reconciliation reports.
• Manage subordinates, hand over completed work to Mine Planning, support performance appraisals and escalate KPI breaches.

Required profile

• Bachelor of Science in Geology or Applied Science majoring in Geology; a Diploma in Geology or Earth Science may be accepted with 5 to 8 years of operational experience.
• 5+ years of mining geology experience, preferably underground.
• 2+ years in 3D and 2D geological interpretation, modelling or estimation.
• Experience planning drill-out exploration and grade control drilling programs.

Required skills

• Non-linear estimation methods for gold and QAQC best practices and reporting.
• Datamine, Leapfrog, Supervisor and/or MP3; Fusion Database.
• Core logging, underground mapping, report writing and intermediate Microsoft Office.

What we offer

• Medical insurance, employee assistance programmes and wellbeing initiatives.
• Pension or provident fund contributions supported by the company.
• Annual leave, sick leave and public holidays in line with company policy.