Senior Resource 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: Senior Resource Geologist

Location: Niger
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• To undertake and collate AIG’s Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves estimation and reporting; and participate in due diligence reviews.
• The role has responsibility for geological modelling and estimation of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves in compliance to the Group’s standards and chosen international codes such as JORC, NI43-101 and SAMREC codes, ensuring accuracy in the estimation of orebodies grade and resource tonnages using statistical and geostatistical methods.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure safety, health and wellbeing of employees and equipment to comply with both legal requirements and the company policy.
• Geo-data input and validation.
• QAQC validation.
• Modelling of geology, mineralisation and orebodies.
• Mineral Resource estimation.
• Drafting of Competent Person’s technical report.
• Participating in Mineral Resource/Reserve/Mine production reconciliation studies and due diligence investigations (internal and external, as well as local and abroad).
• Promotion of operational excellence across the exploration teams, through continuous improvement initiatives and establishment of quality as a way of life, especially in the adoption and application of industry’s best, efficient and most cost-effective mineral resource management standards.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Professional Geologist designation and Competent Person (CP) in Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve estimation and reporting in multiple mineral commodities (or at least working towards that)
• Must possess a B.Sc (Hons) Degree in Geology and with statistical and geostatistical training. M.Sc / M.Eng Degree or equivalent is preferred.
• Must have minimum 10 years geology/mining related experience of which of 4 years must be in geological modelling and Mineral Resource estimation of high-value minerals including copper and other base metals; gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals; rare earth and energy minerals, and bulk mineral commodities such as iron-ore and coal.
• Strong geoscientist extensive geological orebody modelling and estimation experience with high proficiency in softwares such as Datamine Studio RM, Supervisor, Strat3D, Leapfrog, and data management software (e.g. DAP, Datashed, acQuire).
• Good knowledge of ore forming systems, exploration models and structural controls to mineralisations.
• International/Africa experience in diverse geological environments.
• Excellent communication skills, oral, written, presentation and authoring of technical reports.

Application Closing Date
26th December, 2025.

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