Senior Metallurgist - Precious Metals (Cape Town, Relocation)
Placements24
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Placements24 is supporting a prominent mining client in Cape Town seeking a Lead Metallurgist with deep expertise in processing gold, platinum and palladium. You will lead the metallurgical department, optimize flowsheets and drive innovation across comminution to refining, while mentoring a high-performance team.
Based in the Western Cape, you will ensure safety, regulatory compliance and sustainable practices, and collaborate with suppliers, research institutes and operations to maximize
Qualifications
- Master's or PhD in Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
- Minimum 10 years in base and precious metals processing, with gold/platinum/palladium focus.
- Proven leadership of metallurgical teams and operations.
- Expertise in flotation, cyanidation, leaching, solvent extraction, ion exchange, smelting.
- Experience with HSC Chemistry or METSIM and data analytics.
Responsibilities
- Lead metallurgical department and oversee precious metals processing in Cape Town.
- Develop and optimize flowsheets for gold, platinum, palladium recovery.
- Drive process analysis, troubleshooting, and cost optimization.
- Oversee pilot plants and scale-up studies.
- Ensure laboratory accuracy and reliability of results.
- Provide technical support to operations, maintenance and engineering.
- Maintain relationships with equipment suppliers and research institutes.
- Ensure safety and environmental compliance in Western Cape.
- Mentor junior metallurgists and technicians.
- Prepare technical reports and metallurgical accounting.
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Placements24 is supporting a prominent mining client in Cape Town seeking a Lead Metallurgist with deep expertise in processing gold, platinum and palladium. You will lead the metallurgical department, optimize flowsheets and drive innovation across comminution to refining, while mentoring a high-performance team.
Based in the Western Cape, you will ensure safety, regulatory compliance and sustainable practices, and collaborate with suppliers, research institutes and operations to maximize
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