About the company
The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.
KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.
KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.
KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Rice and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.
About the position
KoBold is looking for highly motivated Field Technicians who will be part of our multidisciplinary exploration team, on a short term contract. In this role, you will be part of the core team responsible for performing geologic analysis and conducting field work on our properties. Working in tandem with one of KoBold’s Exploration Geologists, these roles will also work closely with our team of data scientists and software engineers to support data collection and to evaluate prospects generated by our proprietary system.
These roles are short duration contracts, 12 months, with monthly field work rotation of 3 weeks on and 1 week off.
Responsibilities
The Field Technician will:
- Assist the geologist in the collection of geoscience data and rock, soil or other samples in the field at regional to prospect scales for the assessment of exploration potential
- Perform a range of geological and geophysical analyses on the samples collected and work collaboratively with data scientists and geologists
- Review and ensure all geoscience data collected is documented accurately
- Contribute to and support the execution of exploration field programs
Qualifications
A great Field Technician candidate will have:
- A minimum of 2 years of field experience is strongly preferred
- A positive attitude to health and safety
- Experience working with a team
- Insatiable desire to do things right
It is preferred but not required to have:
- Proficiency in MS software
- Experience with working with geological and geophysical analytical equipment and data
We are committed to equal employment opportunities for all people.
Location: Namibia, at this time KoBold is only accepting applications from Namibian citizens.
Interested applicants should send a resume to jobs@koboldmetals.com.
