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The Opportunity
Reporting to the Geology Superintendent, you will lead daily geology execution across our Wodgina operation, maintaining system discipline across modelling and field functions. You will safeguard ore integrity, sampling discipline and reconciliation transparency, ensuring geological deliverables are actionable for Mining and Engineering whilst protecting crusher throughput and grade delivery to port.

This position commences on an 8D6X roster flying from Perth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead daily coordination of modelling and field geology, establishing and maintaining standards for deliverables to ensure dig block outputs, blend plans and sampling remain consistent and operationally aligned.
• Oversee grade control drilling operations, including rig management, drill hole design and data validation for ultimate integration with dig block outputs.
• Approve shot-specific sampling plans prior to issue and maintain on-site ore control support, including field inspections, assay workflow management and Acquire database integrity.
• Execute the reconciliation workflow and prepare monthly reconciliation reporting, ensuring conclusions are clear, defensible and operationally relevant.
• Conduct structured weekly QAQC and sampling performance reviews, identifying systemic trends and driving continuous improvement in estimation quality and grade delivery outcomes.
• Prepare and validate weekly and end-of-month geology compliance reporting prior to Superintendent issue.
• Maintain the grade control model, publish dig blocks and complete cross-system alignment across Vulcan, Wenco and MineMarket as required.
• Manage key relationships with Technical Services, Mining Operations, Supply Chain Schedulers, Resource Development and Exploration, acting as the primary geology interface, and escalate material geological risks or reconciliation variances impacting safety, compliance or crusher throughput.
• Coach and mentor the geology team, ensure all activities comply with site safety systems and MinRes policies, and uphold the Safe & Respectful Behaviours and Speak Up standards.

Your Experience and Skills:

• Tertiary qualifications within Geology, Geoscience or relevant discipline
• Minimum 5 years' experience in a production geology environment; candidates with exploration-only backgrounds will be considered
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop Mine Geologists, Production Geologists and Pit Technicians to strengthen capability and professional standards
• Proven QAQC discipline — structured approach to sampling performance reviews, systemic trend identification and corrective action, with strong reconciliation reporting skills
• Proficient in Vulcan and Acquire (or equivalent database management software); experience with Leapfrog, Wenco or MineMarket advantageous

About Wodgina 

The Wodgina lithium is a world class hard rock lithium asset, located 120km south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. MinRes manages all mining operations at Wodgina, including a spodumene concentrate processing plant with an annual capacity of 900,000 tonnes (SC5.5). 

About Mineral Resources (MinRes)

MinRes is a leading diversified resources company with extensive operations in lithium, iron ore, energy and mining services across Western Australia. With a focus on people and innovation, MinRes has become one of the ASX’s best-performing companies since listing in 2006.

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