Exploration Geologist at African Industries Group (AIG)

African Industries Group (AIG) is a diversified global conglomerate with a legacy of 52 years of business excellence and sustainable growth. It is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It has been contributing to Nigeria’s socio-economic growth and industrial development and is equally committed towards the nurturing and development of the local community.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Exploration Geologist

Location: Niger
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• To execute exploration projects within country.
• The role has responsibility for the execution of all exploration activities on a given project including the generation of quality data and maintaining exploration budgets on the project.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of employees and equipment to comply with both legal requirements and the company policy.
• Execute exploration projects and ensure standard operating procedures and technical standards are implemented and followed.
• Conduct exploration activities including soil sampling, geological mapping and sampling, supervising drilling, drillcore/chip logging and sampling, basic geological modelling to achieve the exploration goals on time and within budget.
• Utilise geological software to analyse geological/geochemical/geophysical/drillhole data to develop geological models and create maps to guide exploration.
• Active generation of quality and adequate data according to the data management protocols and standards for reporting of mineral resources to the company’s chosen international reporting code (JORC).
• Manage timeous internal and external exploration/geological reporting mandates.
• Mentor, train and develop geological assistants.
• Adopt operational excellence across all exploration activities, through continuous improvement initiatives and establishment of quality as a way of life.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Must possess a B.Sc (Hons) Degree in Geology, M.Sc Degree in exploration geology or a related a geoscience field is advantageous
• At least 4 years of field experience, 2 of which must be in a executing greenfields exploration activities over a range of mineral commodities.
• Good knowledge of mineral exploration techniques and their applications.
• Experience in diverse geological environments is advantageous.
• Good communication skills, oral, written and presentation.
• Professional and enthusiastic with a positive attitude
• Good at mandatory record keeping, exploration documentation, and developing and authoring technical reports.

Application Closing Date
26th Deccember, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: Jamal.ogidan@africanindustries.com using “Exploration Geologist – Niger” as the subject of the email.