Barrick - Principal Mine Geology

Position Description:

Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!

Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Principal Mine Geology to join our team.  The successful candidate will provide enterprise expertise in mine geology to improve understanding of orebody exposure, structural controls, and grade variability, strengthening reconciliation between geological models and mining performance. 

At Barrick, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities. 

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership in mine geology practices across underground and open pit operations, establishing and maintaining best-practice standards, promoting consistency across assets, and actively participating in independent peer reviews. 

• Lead and mentor Mine Geology leadership and SMEs, fostering collaboration across site geology teams and supporting knowledge sharing, coaching, and the transfer of key operational learnings related to orebody behavior, structural complexity, and grade variability. 

• Own and continuously improve Model to Mine to Mill reconciliation systems, standards, and data tracking, ensuring accurate data flow from mine to mill, evaluating reconciliation between models and production, and driving a strong feedback loop to improve performance across the mining geology value chain. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with mining engineers, metallurgists, and other stakeholders to ensure integration across geology, metallurgy, mine planning, and exploration, optimizing resource extraction strategies and supporting aligned decision-making. 

• Analyze geological observations from mining to refine orebody interpretation, improve understanding of orebody geometry, structural controls, and mineralization continuity, and support operations in interpreting variability observed during production. 

• Identify and provide expertise on geological factors impacting mining performance, including grade variability, dilution, ore loss, and structural features (faults, folds, breccias), ensuring these insights are incorporated into geological models and mine planning. 

• Support and enhance grade control strategies, including evaluation of drilling approaches, interpretation workflows, and guidance to improve mining selectivity and ore/waste discrimination. 

• Partner with geological modeling specialists to ensure models reflect mining observations, improving domaining, structural interpretation, and continuity assumptions, and ensuring insights inform resource models and future drilling strategies. 

• Support continuous improvement of mine geology workflows, data collection practices, and technical approaches, while providing expert guidance on complex geological challenges and participating in technical reviews where geology impacts resource confidence or mine planning. 

• Escalate material geological matters to the Director, Geology, as appropriate.

• Preform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, or a related field; or Bachelor of Science degree with equivalent experience required

• Over eight (8) years’ experience in mine geology or exploration providing expert competence required

• Familiarity with Leapfrog, Deswik, Vulcan, and Acquire software preferred
• Proven ability to communicate optimally; both verbally and in writing required
• Team leader with the ability to work collaboratively within a coordinated and agile multidisciplinary team, regardless of reporting structure required
• Ability to work with minimum supervision required
• Excellent safety record with ability to demonstrate safety leadership required

What We Can Offer You  

• A comprehensive compensation package including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution AND employer match, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase program, and much more!
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
• Endless opportunities to grow and learn with industry colleagues.
• Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.

Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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