Geologist - Mine

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Full Time Professional Delta Junction, AK, US

4 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Northern Star Resources Limited (ASX: NST) is an Australian ASX 100 gold producer with three Tier-1 world-class projects located in highly prospective and low sovereign risk regions of Australia and North America. Northern Star is the largest Australian gold producer and among the top 10 gold miners globally. Northern Star continues to invest in building a strong asset base through strategic acquisitions and aggressive exploration to extend the mine lives across its world-class operations and generate earning accretive value for its Shareholders through operational effectiveness.

• Vibrant hub of activity on site, with the ability to be part of successful and productive team
• Permanent position and extended mine-life offering job security.
• Excellent remuneration package with bonuses, insurances, 401k and paid leave.
• Ongoing development opportunities and growth within a company that continuously invest in their people.

The Mine Geologist reports to the Senior Mine Geologist, and the primary role is to collect primary geological information and perform the underground geological activities required to facilitate the safe, efficient and cost-effective extraction and growth of the mineral reserve within the Pogo Gold Mine area to meet or exceed Northern Star’s performance requirements within the Pogo Geology Department.

Underground Production Geology Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare for each shift to ensure that the most urgent and important tasks are performed in the most efficient manner and that all possible relevant information about tasks likely to be encountered during the shift, is collected, and understood before proceeding underground.
• Provide instructions for underground development heading at each round, based on a thorough investigation of, and understanding of, the information available including the geology exposed in the excavation as well as any other relevant information (relevant drill hole intersections, geological mapping of nearby development and resource models of the area) to achieve the most efficient access to and exposure of the ore bodies for extraction.
• Collect samples and mapping information from the development faces to allow evaluation of the ore bodies exposed within the underground excavations.
• Perform geological mapping of all operating ore development and any other development as instructed by the Senior Mine Geologists.
• Communicate geological information in a timely and understandable format to mine personnel outside of the geology department, to assist in the optimisation of the extraction of ore.
• Adhere to all procedures in the collection of data to ensure the highest quality of data is generated in the safest manner both for sampling and mapping.
• Capture all relevant data from the shift into the appropriate data storage systems (electronic and written) before leaving the mine at the end of each shift. This includes downloading and filing face photographs.
• Clearly communicate all relevant information at handovers daily and for the weekly shift handover, both verbally and in writing/electronic format.
• Plan time so that maximum use is made of shift crossovers when additional personnel are on site to perform development mapping.
• Perform end-of-hole checks on diamond drill rigs as required.
• Ensure shift sheet is updated with “ore”, “waste”, “geocheck” or “pending” status on each muckers heading list for the upcoming shift.
• When on night shift, communicate with the Drilling Geologists to ensure awareness of any issues with the current diamond drill holes to ensure informed decisions are made.
• Actively seek to add to the recognized gold endowment of the mine, by identifying additional mineralized structures. Gather assay and spatial data on any additional structures and interpret data with the aid of Senior Geologists. The information should be given to the Senior…