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Laboratory Manager (REE & Gold) Location Huambo, Angola

About Company:

Our client is a mining company based in Huambo, Angola, engaged in Rare Earth Elements (REE) and Gold mining and exploration. The company operates in the mining and minerals sector.

Location- Huambo, Angola

Position: - Laboratory Manager

REE & Gold Laboratory

Experience

:

Minimum 8 to 10 years of laboratory management experience within mining / minerals industry

Reports to

:

Head Geologist (Exploration & Mine Production)

Role Summary

The Laboratory Manager, reporting to the Head Geologist (Exploration & Mine Production), is responsible for managing the day-to-day operation of the on-site gold and Rare Earth Elements (REE) laboratory, covering sample preparation, fire-assay gold determination and ICP-MS based REE analysis. The job holder ensures QA/QC integrity across the sampling-to-assay chain, supervises laboratory and technical staff, and liaises with external referee laboratories (e.g. SGS Luanda) where required.

Assay results reported by the job holder feed directly into the resource-to-reserve release decision and the mine's resource/reserve reporting. The job holder also carries the technical responsibility for scoping, test work and design input toward a future REE beneficiation/processing plant (through to mixed rare earth carbonate), working with external engineering partners as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operation of the on-site gold and REE laboratory, including sample receipt, preparation (
• drying, crushing, splitting, pulverising
• ) and analysis.
• Oversee fire-assay fusion, cupellation and gravimetric/AAS finish for gold determination.
• Oversee
• ICP-MS
• analysis of REE samples, including reporting of total rare earth elements (
• TREE
• ) and the light/heavy
• REE (LREE / HREE)
• breakdown.
• Establish, implement and maintain laboratory
• QA/QC
• protocols field and laboratory duplicates, blanks, certified reference standards and umpire/check-assay programmes.
• Coordinate submission of samples to external referee laboratories (e.g.
• SGS
• Luanda) for check assays or where in-house capacity or analysis type is not yet available.
• Maintain full chain-of-custody for samples from field collection through to final reporting.
• Supervise, train and develop laboratory technicians, sample preparation staff and geo-technicians.
• Maintain, calibrate and schedule preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment; manage reagent and consumables inventory and procurement.
• Ensure laboratory health, safety and environmental procedures are followed, including safe handling and storage of laboratory chemicals and reagents.
• Report assay results (
• gold grades and TREE / LREE / HREE data
• ) accurately and on schedule to the Head Geologist and mine planning team to support the trial-mining release decision.
• Contribute assay and
• QA/QC
• data to resource/reserve classification and
• JORC / SAMREC
• -compliant reporting.
• Lead technical scoping and test work for REE beneficiation, including flowsheet development, equipment/process selection and metallurgical test work design, toward a future REE processing plant producing mixed rare earth carbonate (
• MREC
• ).
• Evaluate
• REE
• extraction and beneficiation technology options suited to the deposit's mineralogy and provide technical recommendations to management.
• Liaise with external engineering,
• EPC
• and equipment contractors on the design, costing and implementation of REE processing infrastructure.
• Prepare and manage the laboratory operating budget and contribute cost estimates for REE processing plant capital expenditure.
• Maintain accurate laboratory records, certificates of analysis and assay databases.
• Ensure compliance with relevant Angolan regulatory and environmental requirements for laboratory and REE processing operations.
• Perform all other duties as and when assigned by management.
• Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Degree in Analytical/Metallurgical Chemistry, Extractive Metallurgy, Geology, Chemical or Process Engineering, or a related field; a postgraduate qualification in metallurgy, mineral processing or a related discipline is an advantage.
• Minimum 8 to 10 years of laboratory management experience within mining / minerals industry.
• REE (
• Rare Earth Elements
• ) laboratory and/or process experience is essential.
• Demonstrated capability to lead the scoping, test work and design of a REE beneficiation/processing pla nt (through to mixed rare earth carbonate).
• Proven hands-on experience with
• ICP-MS / ICP-OES
• analysis and fire-assay/gravimetric gold determination methods.
• Strong laboratory
• QA/QC
• background, ideally with exposure to ISO/IEC 17025 or equivalent laboratory accreditation standards.
• Working knowledge of J
• ORC / SAMREC
• reporting codes as they relate to sampling and assay
• QA/QC
• .
• Computer literacy:
• LIMS
• or equivalent laboratory data systems, MS Excel and relevant laboratory/geological software.
• Demonstrated leadership, staff supervision and training skills.
• Excellent organizational, coordinating, and personal interface skills.
• Proven job diligence, dedication, and attention to detail.
• Willingness to be based at a remote mine site in Angola and to work extended hours on occasion, as required.
• If you are interested for the above referred position, kindly revert back with your Updated Resume along with following details:
• Total experience /
• Current salary /In hand
• Expected salary
• Current designation
• Notice period
• Current location (stay)
• Job location
• Current company name
• Reason for job change

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• E-mail Id:
• [email protected]
• Contact Person: Dhanashree
• Contact number:
• 8591939531
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