EXPLORATION GEOLOGIST
What is your current job title, and what do you do? Where do you spend most of your workday?
I am a Senior Project Geologist with a private services company based out of Kelowna, B.C. We provide various services and tools to exploration and mining companies across western Canada. Due to the diversity of our client base and their project needs, my job is very dynamic. I feel lucky to have worked on many different systems, from gold projects in the Yukon to rare element systems in the Golden Triangle, Southeast Asia.
I spend much of the summer in the field, running helicopter-assisted drill campaigns and doing field work such as mapping and strategic sampling. In the off-season (October-May), I work in the office checking and improving data using detailed hyperspectral and geochemical techniques. This type of interpretation work is the basis of many scientific reports and technical writings that are part of my duties.