Principal Mining Resource Geologist – Almaty

About the role

SLR Consulting is seeking a Principal or Senior Mining Resource Geologist to join its Almaty office. You will advise a range of mining clients on technical, financial and commercial geology matters across the full project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Assess and audit mines and mining projects, providing due‑diligence and technical reviews.
• Contribute to feasibility studies, scoping studies, PEA, PFS and DFS level work.
• Perform geological interpretation, geomodelling and mineral resource estimation.
• Design and supervise drilling programmes, including core logging, sampling and mapping.
• Generate, manage and interpret geological databases and related technical data sets.
• Prepare high‑quality technical reports, presentations and client‑ready outputs.
• Manage technical assignments, coordinating deliverables, budgets and cost control.
• Support proposal development, bid coordination and business development activities.
• Participate in client meetings and multidisciplinary project teams, with occasional travel and site visits.

Required profile

• University degree in Geology or a closely related discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional organisation and progress toward recognised professional registration.
• Operational or consulting experience in exploration, mine geology, resource geology and mineral project evaluation.
• Proven experience in geological interpretation, geomodelling and resource estimation.
• Familiarity with international reporting codes such as KAZRC, NI 43‑101, JORC, SAMREC and Competent Persons Reports.
• Exposure to project management with successful delivery against objectives, timelines and budgets.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, able to produce concise reports and interact confidently with clients.

Required skills

• Leapfrog
• Vulcan
• Datamine
• Micromine
• KAZRC reporting code
• NI 43‑101 reporting code
• JORC reporting code
• SAMREC reporting code