POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Regional Exploration Geotechnical Supervisor will lead all aspects of geotechnical activities for the exploration geology group throughout Canada. This includes providing direct leadership to the geotechnical supervisor and core splitter/technician team members supporting diamond drilling and field exploration activities and performing any other technical oversight duties that might be required. This is a full-time position with company benefits and reports to the Director, Exploration or the Chief Geologist, Near-Mine Exploration when working on the Magino or local projects.

CANADIAN PROPERTIES AND MAGINO MINE:

The company currently has 32 exploration projects and joint venture projects located in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. There is the Castlewood Lake, West Geraldton, Klotz Lake, Milestone and Adel gold projects in the Beardmore-Geraldton greenstone belt of northern Ontario, the Magino construction project in the Dubreuilville area of Ontario and numerous other regional projects throughout the Michipicoten Greenstone Belt, as well as two significant early-stage exploration projects in Quebec which Argonaut Gold Inc. has equal strategic JV partnerships with two other junior mining companies.

The Magino Project, currently under mine construction and around 50% completed, is a brown-fields site located in northern Ontario, Canada that contains an historical underground gold mine, and tailings management facility ("TMF"). The Corporation has conducted a Feasibility Study during 2017 that examined mining the deposit using conventional open pit mining methods and extraction of gold from the ore using a 10,000 tonnes per day carbon-in-pulp ("CIP") mineral processing facility. When developed, Magino will produce around 142,000 ounces of gold during the first five years of production. The project has over a 19-year mine production life (including one year of pre-production).

The ultimate Magino pit design is approximately 1,600 m long and 500 m wide. The base of the pit is at an elevation of 70 meters above sea level, resulting in a maximum pit depth of approximately 300 m. Mining of the deposit is planned to produce a total of 65.5 million tonnes (Mt) of ore and 311.3 Mt of waste (includes low grade material) at a 4.8:1 overall strip ratio, the average open pit diluted gold mill head grade is estimated to be 1.15 g/t and contain 2.225 M oz of gold.

The process plant was designed based on a throughput of 10,000 tonnes of ore per day with an average gold head grade of 1.15 g/t and to achieve an overall 91.8% gold recovery. The process plant flowsheet design utilizes open circuit primary jaw and secondary cone crushing followed by a semi-autogenous (SAG) mill and ball mill for grinding. The Ball mill is in closed circuit with cyclones for classification and a gravity circuit to remove coarse gold. Prior to the leaching and Carbon-in-Pulp (CIP) circuit, the ground product (cyclone overflow) will be thickened in a pre-leach thickener to reduce the slurry volume and reagent requirements. The thickener overflow will be recirculated to the process water tank for re-use as process water. The thickener underflow will be pumped to the leach circuit, be dosed with lime and cyanide, leached for up to 30 hours, and will then flow into the CIP circuit to recover dissolved gold and silver from the leached slurry. Loaded carbon from the CIP circuit will be washed, followed by carbon stripping and electrowinning circuits to recover the gold and minor silver. Smelting of the filtered electrowinning sludge will produce gold doré. CIP tails will be processed through a system to destroy the cyanide prior to disposal in the tailings storage facility (TSF). The plant will recycle as much of the water needed to operate. When needed, raw water from the Goudreau Lake will be used as make-up as necessary.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise all work activities of the geotechnical teams ensuring strict adherence to Health, Safety and Environmental regulations.
• Screen and interview new personnel and conduct staff performance reviews.
• Ensure training is provided to new technicians: geoteching of drill core including the alignment of oriented core, splitting/cutting core with a rock saw and sampling handling and processing procedures, labelling and processing of core (including the preparation of paperwork) for shipment of the samples to the laboratory, core grabbing and long-term storage procedures, labelling core boxes, core photography, taking XRF and magnetic susceptibility readings of core and any other work skills that might be required including induction training.
• Provide overall logistical assistance and support in the core facility and for field exploration crews.
• Participate in Joint Health and Safety Committees ("JHSC").
• Collaborate with the Director, Exploration and Chief Geologists to hire new technical personnel and to source and hire relevant contract services including snow removal, building repairs, improvements and maintenance.
• Ensure all members of the geotechnical department have current relevant certifications and safety training, including required PPE to conduct their daily work activities.
• Organizing safety training courses and conducting daily safety meetings including both technical and geological personnel.
• Ensure scheduling and timesheets of new and existing team members is accurate and approve timesheets.
• Lead the ordering of equipment and supplies and ensure inventory management including the review and approval of invoicing associated with the procurement of these supplies.
• Participate in Safety and Ministry site inspections of core facility(s), drills and field operations.
• Ensure all safety equipment is up to date (ie eyewash stations, fire extinguishers, WHIMIS DataSheets etc.) and maintain the posting of all required documentation on office information boards for employees.
• Equipment maintenance including rocks saws, trucks, ATV/UTV, snowmachines and other equipment as required.
• Have an understanding of, and be able to carry-out, drill hole abandonment procedures.
• Have a working knowledge and be able to support, supervised, and carry-out reclamation activities related to exploration.
• Have a working knowledge of trenching, road and drill platform construction as well as sediment control for exploration drilling programs.
• Participate in writing proposals for clean-up, construction and improvements and assist the geological team in the hiring of heavy equipment and materials as needed.
• Have a working knowledge of downhole surveying methods and be able to supervise technicians conducting such surveys.
• Supervise all field survey crews.
• Provide support to geologists in the field for mapping and other field-related activities.
• Supervise all technical operations at the Magino core facility/office and on other exploration projects located outside of Magino in the regional district and elsewhere in Canada.
• Organize and cost out drill and field exploration activities including sourcing out contractors and assisting with the negotiations of contracts with both internal and external contractors.
• Supervise field technical crews and carry-out soil sampling (conventional soil, MMI), trenching, mapping and channel sampling, prospecting and mapping activities (when required) and other geochemistry surveys (ie. lithogeochemical surveys).
• Oversee field crews doing geophysical surveys such as ground I.P., magnetics and similar geophysical projects.
• Assist with setting up remote field camps, new core facilities and exploration offices throughout Canada.
• Write-up operational procedures for technicians.
• Assist with locating and setting up new exploration offices, remote field camps, core facilities, establishing new core farms, assist with LUP and tree clearing licenses and establishing support infrastructure that might be required to all field exploration activities.
• Complete technical audits of joint venture partner field operations, and other company-run exploration projects and provide recommendations for improving all geotechnical requirements of that project.
• Supervise forestry tree clearing and culvert installations designed to improve road/trail access to exploration project sites and provide recommendations to complete this work to satisfy regulatory requirements. This may include overseeing forestry companies contracted to complete these work activities.
• Assist with preparing budgets and ensuring that your department and assignments stay on budget.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated experience working in a supervisory role of a team of technicians for the mining and exploration industry.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience is desired in a similar role supervising geotechnical teams in a core facility and on various geological field exploration/mining operations and program(s).
• The ideal candidate will have successfully completed a technician training program in this area of expertise at an accredited college in Canada as well as relevant certifications including WHMIS, and Common Core would be considered an asset.
• Advanced knowledge organizing, training and managing technicians working on drilling and geological exploration activities in core facility and field operational environments.
• Strong leadership capabilities and communication skills.
• Fall Arrest Training, Prospectors License, previous ATV and UTV training, knowledgeable with a GPS, field compass, previous experience conducting ground geophysical surveys at part of the survey teams, operating reflex surveying equipment and familiarity with reverse circulation("RC") sampling programs would be desirable.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• The role is currently located at the Exploration core shack in Dubreuilville which is approximately 88 kilometres northeast of Wawa, Ontario, Canada.
• Competitive wages based on experience.
• The ideal candidate for the role will work a rotation of 5 days on / 2 days off, 8 days on / 6 days off or on a rotation of 18 days on, 12 days off; the final rotation schedule to be determined once the Lead Technician, Exploration role is filled.
• The Company promotes a drug and alcohol-free workplace and has adopted a zero-tolerance policy with respect to alcohol or unauthorized drugs on site.
• If the candidate is willing to eventually move to Dubreuilville or Wawa to live locally, that would be an asset.
• A suitable rotation will be considered with room, board and travel allowance paid until the successful candidate chooses to relocate (longer rotations will apply).
• The Company promotes a drug and alcohol-free workplace and has adopted a zero-tolerance policy with respect to alcohol or unauthorized drugs on site.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of building a new mine and support exploration activities in Canada and to build a career with a positive and supporting work environment, submit your resume by clicking on Apply Now below.

Argonaut Gold is an equal opportunity employer, values diversity in its workforce, and encourages applications from qualified candidates. Wherever possible, accommodations are made for qualified applicants with self-declared disabilities. Argonaut Gold thanks all applicants, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. The Company reserves the right to administer relevant tests to shortlisted candidates selected for interviews, in an effort to determine their suitability and the preparedness of those candidates to accept and perform in the role for which they have applied.