Senior Metallurgist

About the role

FG Gold Limited is seeking an experienced Senior Metallurgist to provide technical support and drive optimisation for the Baomahun gold processing plant. You will work closely with the Metallurgy Superintendent to ensure maximum gold recovery and continuous improvement of plant operations.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct metallurgical testwork and trials across crushing, grinding, gravity, CIL/CIP, elution and carbon regeneration circuits.
• Perform plant surveys, metallurgical balances and data analysis to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Support metal accounting, gold‑in‑process reconciliation and monthly metal reporting.
• Oversee assay laboratory QA/QC to guarantee data integrity.
• Monitor grind size, recovery rates and reagent consumption trends.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, R&D and HSE on safety, process improvements and capital project evaluations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy, Extractive Metallurgy, Chemical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of gold processing experience, including CIL/CIP, flotation and gravity circuits.
• Previous involvement in a greenfield mining project is desirable.

Required skills

• Metallurgical testwork and process optimisation
• Metal accounting and reconciliation
• Reagent chemistry
• Assay QA/QC systems
• Data analysis
• CIL/CIP circuit knowledge
• Flotation circuit knowledge
• Gravity circuit knowledge