Senior Exploration Geologist

• Lead evaluations of potential properties for acquisition, generate targets, and design and oversee field programs from target definition through to resource expansion
• Work closely with data scientists, using KoBold's technology to help guide field programs and decision-making
• Work directly with senior technical advisors and the executive team on making the investment case for acquisitions and field programs
• Help KoBold make valuable discoveries by identifying opportunities with rigorous evaluation and ensuring safe and effective field programs

This role helps KoBold discover valuable mineral deposits more efficiently than traditional methods, providing essential metals like copper and lithium needed for electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers while using less capital than industry averages.

• Minimum of 10 years experience in the mineral exploration industry
• Strong technical knowledge of one or more ore deposit types (experience with sediment-hosted stratiform copper or magmatic sulfide deposits is advantageous)
• Excellence in generative analysis ranging from new concepts to integration, interpretation, and modeling of large datasets
• Good field skills and experience conducting field programs across a range of project stages from grassroots prospects through to advanced projects
• Baseline proficiency in standard desktop software packages (e.g., ArcGIS or QGIS)
• Strong leadership skills including ability to motivate others, share ownership, and work effectively in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams
• Previous experience in coaching and training geoscientists of varying experience, educational backgrounds and cultures
• Demonstrated commitment to high standards of health and safety in the workplace

The US base salary range for this full-time exempt position is $110,000-$170,000.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models alongside novel sensors to guide decisions on exploration programs, aiming to discover essential metals more efficiently than traditional mining industry methods.