Expatriate Drill

**Drill & Blast Superintendent, Mali**

**The Company**

B2Gold is a low-cost international senior gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has three operating gold mines and numerous development and exploration projects in various countries including Mali, the Philippines, Namibia, Colombia, Finland and Uzbekistan.

**Position**

Drill & Blast Superintendent, Mali

**Introduction**

The Drill & Blast Superintendent is accountable for providing direct output support to the open pit operations through the safe and efficient coordination of all drill and blast activities required to meet the mine production schedule.

The Fekola Gold Project total annual open pit production is circa 95 million tonnes using a mixed fleet of mining equipment ranging from 400t face shovels to 250t excavators. The drill fleet is made up of a combination of CAT MD6240/6250 DTH rigs (9) and Pantera DP1500 top hammer units (6). Blasting is undertaken using emulsion and utilises both non-electronic and electronic initiation methods.

**Location and Reporting Structure**

Reporting to the Mining Manager, this position will be a fly in - fly out rotation, based at the Fekola Gold Project in Mali.

**Responsibilities**
- Improve and maintain a high standard of safety and compliance with the company procedures and relevant legislation.
- Ensure delivery of quality drilled meters within planned targets.
- Ensure supply of sufficient well-fragmented blasted stocks to the load and haul operations.
- Ensure legal compliance concerning the handling, transportation, and use of explosives and all explosive accessories.
- Support and advise the D&B Engineers in best practice blast designs factoring in ground conditions, timing, blast movement, ore control and geotechnical aspects.
- Support the mine planning process to ensure accuracy of designs and realistic implementation.
- Manage weekly and monthly management reports.
- Manage tracking for drill and blast consumables to ensure effective use and forward planning to prevent shortages.
- Manage the day-to-day explosives supply contract.
- Manage the blasting crews, ensuring that all QA/QC is completed and that charging up complies with design.
- Manage the blast hole drilling operations, ensuring that the designs are complied with, QA/QC done on the drilling, machine manning and development.
- Manage the rebuild/bit sharpening facility.
- Provide input into the planning of pit operation budget.
- Assure performance review for all staff members, establish work plans and progress assessments.
- Assist each staff member in compiling a Personal Development Plan [PDP] and ensure on the job coaching or other appropriate training interventions.

**Competencies and Requirements**
- 6+ years in a D&B leadership role (expat experience would be viewed positively).
- Ability to pass on your experience and mentor the national workforce is essential.
- Possess a positive attitude and work well in a team environment on a remote site.
- Strong organisational and forward planning skills.
- Large open cut hard rock mine experience essential.
- Previous experience operating DTH and top hammer blast hole rigs would be considered beneficial in terms of providing operational guidance in this area.
- Opencast mining blasting certificate.
- Sound knowledge of mining industry practices, regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- Sound computer skills and knowledge of applicable software.
- Code B driver’s license.

**Compensation**

B2Gold offers a competitive compensation package, including salary commensurate with experience, knowledge and skills, plus a comprehensive benefit package for employees and their eligible dependents.

**Other**

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: From $150,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Vision care