Principal Geologist Precious Metals Job Muscat area,Oman,Science

Position: Principal Geologist – Base & Precious Metals

Muscat, Sultanate of Oman | Posted on 09/14/2026

Work Experience – Minium 10 years of post-graduate experience in mineral exploration with progressively increasing responsibility, of which a minimum of seven years must be predominantly field-based.
Job Opening Status Open
Degree Bachelor's
City Muscat
Country Sultanate of Oman

Job Description

Role Objective

Seeking a highly capable, field-oriented Principal Geologistfor its Base & Precious Metals division to lead exploration programmes that identify, test and advance copper-gold, chromite and associated base metaldeposits in Oman’s under-explored geological terranes, and to support company’sinternational exploration portfolio.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not adesk-based one. The successful candidate will spend a substantial proportion oftheir time in the field – mapping, logging, supervising drilling and samplingcampaigns, and setting the technical standard for the crews working alongside them. Reporting to the Director of Exploration Execution, the Principal Geologist will apply deep expertise in prospect generation, target maturation and the evaluation of greenfield and brownfield projects, taking targets from concept through to drill-tested and, where warranted, resource definition.

The role also provides technical support to the Business Development (BD) and Project Development (PD) teams across scoping,pre-feasibility, feasibility, project assessment, remediation and closurephases, and carries direct responsibility for mentoring and building the capability of COMPANY’s Omani geologists.

2. Duties and Responsibilities Field Exploration & Technical Delivery

1. Personallylead and supervise field exploration activities, setting the standard for technical quality, safety and data discipline on site.

2. Undertake and direct geological mapping at prospect to district scale, includingstructural, lithological and alteration mapping, trenching and outcrop logging.

3. Design and supervise rock chip, channel, soil, stream sediment and pXRF samplingprogrammes, ensuring representative sampling and full chain of custody.

4. SuperviseRC and diamond drilling campaigns on site: rig supervision, geological andgeotechnical logging, core orientation, density determination, sampling and dispatch.

5. Own fieldQA/QC – insertion and monitoring of standards, blanks and duplicates,laboratory submissions, results validation and corrective action whereperformance falls outside limits.

6. Ensure allfield data is captured, validated and loaded to the corporate database (MXDeposit) to COMPANY data standards, with no unresolved validation errors.

7. Generate,rank and mature exploration targets by integrating geological mapping,geochemistry, ground and airborne geophysics, remote sensing and historicaldata.

8. Preparedrill-ready target packages with documented geological rationale, rankingcriteria, expected tonnage-grade range and testing strategy.

9. Plan and execute regional and prospect-scale programmes, including scheduling,resourcing, logistics and permitting.

10. Prepareannual exploration programmes and budgets and support the Director of Exploration Execution and CXO in budget preparation, forecasting and expenditure tracking against plan.

11. Managedrilling, geophysical, survey, assay and consultancy contractors – scopes ofwork, technical evaluation of bids, supervision and performance management.

Resource, Reporting & Governance

12. Build and maintain geological and mineralisation domain models (Leapfrog Geo) as inputsto Mineral Resource estimation, and work with the resource team on estimationand reconciliation.

13. Prepare technical reports and documentation to JORC 2012, NI 43-101 and similarstandards, including supporting Table 1 disclosure.

14. Initiate,lead,…