Finding the materials of the future with AI and HI. Backed by a16z.
About the role
KoBold explores across several continents and a widening set of commodities. This role is the geochemical capability that travels with those programs. Reporting to the Principal Geochemist, you will work as a functioning member of exploration teams in North America, Europe, and Africa; planning and running sampling campaigns, on the ground when it matters, and turning results around quickly enough to change what the team does next. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Working knowledge of one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, R) applied to geochemical data
- Knowledge of geostatistics, compositional data analysis, or other statistical methods relevant for analysis of geoscientific data
- Experience with portable XRF and in-field sample preparation as auditable, fit-for-purpose analytical capability
- Experience in environmental geochemistry, including baseline surveys and waste and tailings characterisation
- International experience, particularly in the Central African Copperbelt, or in the pegmatite provinces of central Africa and Namibia
- Professional registration or chartership (e.g., CGeol, FAusIMM, EurGeol, SACNASP)
More about this 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 eight 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...
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