Kobold Metals Zambia Limited is looking for highly motivated and experienced Exploration Geologists who will be part of our multidisciplinary exploration team. In this role, you will be part of the core team responsible for planning and conducting exploration programs on our properties. You will help develop targets and plans to test them. You will oversee drilling, data collection on drill core, and other field activities from soil sampling to geophysical surveys.  You will help design and implement our proprietary software tools to gain insights from these geoscience data and guide exploration programs in real-time. As part of this process, you will work closely with both geologists and data scientists in Zambia and around the world.

Responsibilities

The Exploration Geologist will:

Have a working knowledge of sediment-hosted copper deposits.
Be responsible for geological drill core/chip logging and mapping.
Be responsible for sampling and geotechnical drill core logging.
Handle day-to-day management of drilling and sampling campaigns.
Perform a range of geological analyses to generate and refine targets and geologic models resulting from the data collection programs.
Be able to work remotely depending on location of active projects.
Work collaboratively with data scientists to get field data into our proprietary system and to produce and act upon insights from our models in geologic context.

Qualifications

A great Exploration Geologist candidate will have:

A Bachelor’s degree in Geology
5 years of relevant experience in exploration geology or economic geology
Experience with various drill core procedures and processes, including core logging and sampling
Experience with drill rig supervision
An strong desire to learn about geologic fundamentals, ore systems, and mineral exploration
Strong intellectual curiosity
Good computer skills including working knowledge of GIS and Microsoft Excel
It is preferred but not required to have:

Exposure GIS and 3D modeling softwares, such as QGIS/ArcGIS, Leapfrog, Python, and/or ioGAS
A valid driver’s license