Description
Job Summary:
The Exploration Geology Technician will assist in planning and executing mineral exploration activities, collecting and recording geological data, and ensuring sample quality.
Key Highlights:
1. Participation in mineral exploration projects and geological prospecting
2. Focus on collection, recording, and traceability of geological data
3. Opportunity to operate field equipment and basic software
Jaguar Mining is increasingly investing in diversity and inclusion across its team.
This is a crucial step toward becoming more equitable within our company, building a culture that respects individual characteristics, and evolving alongside society.
We seek individuals who identify with our culture and can contribute to our growth.
Join our team as an Exploration Geology Technician!
**Main Responsibilities:**
* Assist in planning exploration work (soil grid, trenching programs, and drilling programs),
* Effectively and safely guide field teams while meeting scheduled deadlines for task execution;
* Collect soil, rock (chip), channel, stream sediment, gold pan concentrate, auger, and trench samples.
* Record geological information in field notebooks, maps, digital systems, spreadsheets, and tablets.
* Package and label samples for dispatch to laboratories.
* Ensure sample traceability and quality control.
* Assist in drill-hole location.
* Monitor drilling operations.
* Ensure core sample quality and integrity.
* Assist in various core description activities (description, sampling, density measurement, photography, etc.).
* Operate field equipment such as GPS, geological compass, tablets, augers, and RTK.
* Use basic software for data entry and visualization (e.g., Excel, Google Earth, QGIS).
* Manage materials and supplies used in field activities.
* Organize transportation and storage of samples and equipment.
**Minimum Requirements:**
Prior experience of 5 years or more in mineral exploration teams, involving geochemical sampling and geological drilling activities;
Knowledge of software such as QGIS/ArcGIS and geological databases is a plus.
**Education:** Completed Technical Course in Geology or Mining
**Driver's License:** Category B