Ore Control Geologist

Description

Golden Queen Mining Co., LLC (the “Company”) operates a gold and silver, open pit, heap leach operation on its Soledad Mountain property, located just outside the town of Mojave in Kern County in southern California. The Project uses conventional open pit mining methods and the cyanide heap leach and Merrill-Crowe processes to recover gold and silver from crushed, agglomerated ore.

Golden Queen Employees live in several surrounding communities such as Boron, California City, Lancaster, Mojave, Palmdale, Ridgecrest, Rosamond, Tehachapi, and Victorville.

Mojave is known as the city of “Golden Crossroads” because it is located at the nexus of the California Highways 14 and 58. These crossroads are a gateway to the destinations of commerce and tourism in the San Joaquin Valley, Mammoth, the Eastern Sierras, Las Vegas, the Eastern Mojave Desert, and the Los Angeles Basin.

Enjoy outdoor activities? Outdoor enthusiasts will enjoy Murray Family Farms, Lori Brock Discovery Center, R/C Flying, EAA Chapters, Willow Springs International Raceway, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Mountain High Ski Resort, Mount Whitney, Santa Monica Pier, Saddleback Butte State Park, Trona Pinnacles, Pacific Crest Trail, Sequoia National Forest, multiple beach venues and much more!

Enjoy theme parks? Nearby theme parks include Disneyland, Universal Studios, Knott’s Berry Farm, and Magic Mountain.

Enjoy the arts? Art enthusiasts will find local museums (historic, mining, and aerospace), the Lancaster Performing Arts Center, The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, and California Poppy Festival.

Enjoy shopping? Nearby you can find several shopping venues such as the Antelope Valley Mall, Valley Plaza Mall, Westfield Mall, Glendale Galleria, Ontario Mills Mall and Outlets at Barstow.

You are a dedicated and hardworking individual who thrives in outdoor environments. With strong attention to detail, you excel at maintaining and organizing a variety of data products for easy reference. Your excellent verbal and written communication skills enable you to effectively manage staff performance and present ore control information to operators and managers. As a strong leader, you take pride in your team’s achievements and drive projects to successful completion.

You possess a solid understanding of mining procedures and hazards in an open-pit environment, with familiarity in mining and geology terminology.

This is a safety sensitive position. As the Ore Control Geologist you report to Chief Geologist.

• Perform pit and blast pattern mapping of alteration, lithology, structure and material types, interpret and digitize it.
• Provide safe and timely geological mine services with pit wall and blastholes mapping, grade control, hard vs. soft ore routing.
• Download and analyze blasthole assay data integrated with blasthole mapping to block out ore and waste splits in Mine Sight /Leapfrog, with focus on minimizing dilution and optimizing gold/silver grade.
• Conduct detailed geological analysis of the block model against ore control polygons to offer guidance on grade and waste control matters.
• Determine hard and soft ores for effective blending and optimal placement on the leach pad.
• Account for blast heaves and displacement when designing ore and waste splits.
• Oversee blasthole sampling to ensure that representative samples are collected.
• Analyze mine site lab QA/QC monthly and weekly housekeeping protocols.
• Provide geological guidance for short-term and long-term planning.
• Digitize pit maps into Mine Sight/Leapfrog for inclusion in the geologic block model.
• Develop a comprehensive knowledge of pit geology and mineralizing controls.
• Inter-departmental collaboration including public speaking for small groups, particularly discussing ore control during weekly meetings.
• Ensure deadlines are met.
• Manage and maintain databases, including reviewing data quality and maintaining data integrity.
• Daily walking on uneven terrain, which can range from firm to dusty, muddy, or frozen surfaces.
• Practice and prioritize safe work habits.
• Adhere to operating procedures…