Geology Intern

Who Are We?

SSR Mining Inc. is an intermediate gold company with five producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, and Canada.

SSR’s commitment to safety, collaboration, and excellence allows us to continue building upon our already strong foundation. With an industry-leading pipeline of projects, strong financial positioning, and talented employees, we look forward to our bright future!

Job Description:

Marigold’s summer intern program is tailored to individuals who are currently enrolled in mining-related degrees as full-time students at an accredited, four-year college or university in North America. Internships typically run from mid-May to mid-August. By providing a structured program and access to the top minds and technology in mining today, your internship will equip you with the skills and experience to help prepare you for a successful career. Geology interns will become familiar with large scale open pit run-of-mine heap leach mining operations.

Key Areas of Responsibilities & Duties:

The key responsibilities of the Operational Excellence Analyst include, but are not limited to the following:

- Assists in the exploration activities and development drilling programs within the property boundary

- Assists in sampling programs

- Uses handheld GPS receivers

- Collects collect rock samples within a pre-established sampling grid within the exploration area.

- Catalogs and plots results of current and past sampling data, correlating with the geology and uses GIS software in presenting and interpreting the data.

- Assists with the drilling activities and logging of the cuttings and/or core from the drills.

- Assist in the processing of the core.

- Participates in basic geologic, pit, highwall and road cut mapping.

- Assists with the drilling programs at the mine site.

- Interprets mineralization and geologic contacts on section and plans.

- Gains experience with the QA/QC procedures and protocol of the entire process of the collection of the drill samples through to the laboratory to the database.

- Develop and implement a project reporting the findings to site management at the end of the internship.

- Adhere to all safety procedures, policies and best practices.

Key Relationships:

- This role requires frequent interaction with department employees, supervision, management and on a regular basis

Required Skills:

- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Required Education and Experience:

- Full time college student at the Junior, Senior or graduate level majoring in Geology or closely related field.

SSR Mining Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.