Drilling Superintendent, DRC

About the role

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear - even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers. KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models-alongside our novel sensors-to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists. KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery. KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi. In the role of Drilling Superintendent, you will lead the planning and end-to-end execution of concurrent complex exploration drilling programs in the DRC. You will fully embody KoBold's model of science-Field Operations collaboration: working closely with geological and data science teams to translate exploration hypotheses into safe, well-executed drill programs. You will conduct exploration drilling without causing harm to our people, our contractors and partners, or the communities and environments where we operate. The role carries significant responsibility for financial, commercial, and technical operations, and for mentoring Field Operations Supervisors.

Responsibilities

• For 1-3 concurrent drilling programs, the Drilling Superintendent will be responsible for:
• Logistics & Sample Management: Develop and support daily logistics plans for core and sample movement; arrange for the shipment of drilling equipment and material to and from KoBold's project sites
• Mentorship & Team Leadership: Mentor Field Operations Supervisors and KoBold staff on rigs; drive a culture of training and development; plan annual off-site training for drilling personnel (entry, advanced, expert); manage teams across cultures (local and international)
• Stakeholder Engagement: Independently represent KoBold Metals to drill contractors, JV partners, and external stakeholders; participate in community engagement and perpetuate KoBold's ethical standards in the field
• Technology & Innovat

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