Exploration Geologist Science & Engineering Professionals

Solid earth, rock types, structures and the processes by which they are altered.

Law related to land access, exploration permits, planning permission and minerals ownership.

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The Law and Governance of Mining and Minerals

Ana Elizabeth Bastida

2020

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Identify the strengths and weaknesses of various abstract, rational concepts, such as issues, opinions, and approaches related to a specific problematic situation in order to formulate solutions and alternative methods …

Apply generation and effective application of business insights and possible opportunities, in order to achieve competitive business advantage on a long-term basis.

Establish a positive, long-term relationship between organisations and interested third parties such as suppliers, distributors, shareholders and other stakeholders in order to inform them of the organisation and its objectives.

Interpret data of a geophysical nature: Earth's shape, its gravitational and magnetic fields, its structure and composition, and geophysical dynamics and their surface expression in plate tectonics.

Provide advice of the impact of geological factors on the development of mineral production. Take into account factors such as cost, safety, and characteristics of deposits.

Communicate on minerals issues with contractors, politicians and public officials.

Prepare talks, lectures, consultations with stakeholders and public hearings on environmental issues related to mining.

Comply with all regulatory requirements in completing an initial resource statement, an assessment of the quantity of valuable minerals that are present.

Manage and oversee environmental site prospection and assessments for mining or industrial sites. Designate and demarcate areas for geochemical analysis and scientific research.

Prepare and conduct geological mapping, logging, sampling and assay of drill core and other subsurface rock samples. Analyse results in plans and sections, with particular emphasis on geostatics and sampling …

Search for mineral resources, including minerals, oil, natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources after obtaining legal rights to explore in a specific area. Endorse the assessment of the mineral reserves.

Analyse laboratory samples using equipment such as spectrometers, gas chromatographs, microscopes, microprobes and carbon analysers. Determine the age and characteristics of environmental samples such as minerals, rock or soil.

Communicate with anti-mining lobby in relation to the development of a potential mineral deposit.

Geologically model mineral deposits in order to determine their location, their aspect and their economic potential.

Negotiate with landowners, tenants, mineral rights owners, regulatory bodies or other stakeholders to obtain permission to access areas of interest for exploration or sampling.

Negotiate with landowners, tenants, mineral rights owners or other stakeholders of land containing mineral reserves in order to buy or lease the land.

Employ a number of tools for example geophysical, geochemical, geological mapping and drilling to discover a mineral deposit.

The study of the recovery and examination of material culture left behind from human activity in the past.

The composition, structure, and properties of substances and the processes and transformations that they undergo; the uses of different chemicals and their interactions, production techniques, risk factors, and disposal methods.

Economic principles and practices, financial and commodity markets, banking and the analysis of financial data.

The process of felling, cutting trees and transforming them into timber, including mechanical felling and processing.

Prices of metals and minerals and associated production costs.