Lead Metallurgist / Mineral Processing Engineer (Middle East & North Africa)

The role

You will oversee mineral resource evaluation, audit data analysis, and ensure quality control of geometallurgical block models. You will provide technical input for the development of Stratum Machine Learning technology and lead a metallurgical team.

What you will do

• Lead an expanding metallurgical team and provide expertise on mineral processing methodologies.
• Audit client Kriging models and Stratum models.
• Assist in the audit and analysis of complex mine site databases.
• Collaborate with ML engineers, mine planners, and metallurgists to optimize models.
• Provide technical input to enhance sales team capabilities.
• Implement audit and quality control procedures for client data and resource models.
• Ensure adherence to mining regulations regarding ore reserve reporting and disclosure.
• Assist in the preparation of technical reports and presentations.
• Provide guidance and training to junior metallurgists and geometallurgists.

Required qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Metallurgy or Mineral Process Engineering.
• Broad understanding of Mineral Process Engineering with experience with mill circuits (comminution), flotation and heap leach (copper or gold) operations.
• Extensive experience in mineral processing including evaluation of third party operations (>20years).
• Experience working in both open pit and underground mining environments.
• Extensive knowledge of copper and gold deposit types.
• An understanding of geometallurgy models with respect to orebody / deposit knowledge.
• Detailed knowledge / interest in machine learning (ML) and data sciences as applied to the mineral processing sector.
• Knowledge of mineral resource modelling software platforms and data analysis tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Familiarity with mining regulations and reporting standards in Australia (JORC) and Canada (NI43-101).
• Leadership qualities to manage a growing team.

Nice to have

• CP/QP for multiple copper or gold deposit types commonly found in Australia or Canada.
• Technical proficiency in another language.
• Worked for a start-up or mining consultancy group.

About the company

Stratum is a mining software company with machine learning models as its core product. It creates advanced geometallurgical and mineral resource block models to empower mining companies.