About the Opportunity
Our client is seeking a hands-on Mine Metallurgist to lead assay laboratory operations and provide metallurgical expertise supporting active leach pad and ADR plant operations at a Nevada-based gold operation. This role plays a critical part in optimizing precious metal recovery, ensuring accurate metal accounting, and maintaining strict quality and safety standards in a fast-paced mining environment.
If you have strong experience with gold processing, cyanide chemistry, and laboratory leadership, this is an opportunity to make a direct operational impact while leading a skilled technical team.
What's In It For You?
Competitive Salary - $85,000 - $129,000 / year + Relocation Assistance Provided
4 on 3 off 10 hour day-shift schedule - Monday - Thursday or Tuesday - Friday
Growth opportunities with new site development in-process
Comfortable working on-site in a mine environment with rotational schedules
Key Responsibilities
Oversee daily assay laboratory operations, including cyanide shakes, bottle rolls, column leach tests, and carbon activity testing
Supervise analysis of carbon samples and ADR solution samples to monitor recovery efficiency
Develop and maintain QA/QC programs to ensure accuracy, reliability, and compliance
Support leach pad and ADR optimization, including refinery flux proportions, carbon stripping, and kilning best practices
Manage metal accounting for the leach pad and plant, ensuring accurate monthly inventory reconciliation
Laboratory & Operational Work
Implement and maintain sample tracking and data management systems (LIMS preferred)
Ensure calibration and maintenance of lab instruments (AA, ICP, balances, crushers, etc.)
Troubleshoot analytical discrepancies and process inefficiencies
Manage laboratory inventory, procurement, and vendor coordination
Generate daily, weekly, and monthly operational and QA/QC reports
Health, Safety & Environmental Compliance
Enforce strict adherence to MSHA and company safety regulations
Oversee safe handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals and reagents
Lead regular safety meetings and training sessions for lab personnel
Maintain a clean, organized, and compliant laboratory environment
Promote a strong culture of safety and environmental stewardship
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Mineral Processing, or related field
3-5+ years of mining or industrial lab experience (gold/silver processing required)
Hands-on experience with cyanide shake tests, bottle rolls, and column leach methodologies
Proficiency with Atomic Absorption (AA), ICP-OES/MS, and carbon analysis techniques
Demonstrated experience in a laboratory or mining environment
Strong understanding of QA/QC programs and metallurgical accounting
If you're a metallurgical professional ready to take ownership of lab operations and drive process optimization in a gold mining environment, we encourage you to apply!
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