Lead Metallurgist / Mineral Processing Engineer (Canada or Australia)

The role

You will lead a metallurgical team and oversee mineral resource evaluation. You will audit geometallurgical block models and provide input for the development of Stratum Machine Learning technology.

What you will do

• Lead an expanding metallurgical team and provide expertise on mineral processing methodologies.
• Audit clients geometallurgy models and Stratum models.
• Assist in the audit and analysis of complex mine site databases.
• Collaborate with ML engineers, mine planners, and metallurgists to ensure model optimisation.
• Provide technical input to enhance the sales team's 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.