Senior Surveyor Great Basin Gold Limited

If you aspire to be part of a progressive mining team that puts pure gold and raw enthusiasm back in the business, this is a prime opportunity for you.

Great Basin Gold is an international company, listed on the TSX, AMEX and JSE Exchanges, with mines currently being established in South Africa and North America. We are a dynamic young company, focused on building a diversified asset base.

The advertised positions are for the Burnstone Mine, situated 80km south of Johannesburg, close to the town of Balfour. Burnstone Mine will be built on modern infrastructure to service mining activities, using specialised equipment and technology to enhance safe production over the life of the mine (which will exceed 19 years as part of Phase 1 of the project). Remuneration will be competitive and future increases will be performance based.

South Gold Exploration (Pty) Ltd invites all employees who meet the minimum criteria to apply for these positions:

SENIOR SURVEYOR

Your mission will be to ensure that up-to-date survey plans are available, and this will be achieved by conducting monthly and quarterly surface survey work in order to update the plans. You will meticulously gather survey information, capture data on the MRM system and ensure that survey plans comply with legal requirements. It will be up to you to establish survey controls, conduct engineering surveys and carry out basic surveying and calculations in quarries. Gathering information pertaining to the required measurements and determining the precise location of the work area to be measured, you will update mine plans with measured faces as well as maintain the survey filing system. You will be expected to report any mining non-conformances to the responsible person.

We are seeking an appropriately experienced and qualified person for this role, therefore you should possess a COM Advanced Survey and Valuation Certificate and 3-5 years’ survey experience in a mining environment, including surface survey work. Knowledge of computer operating systems as well as MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), Microstation and MRM is essential. You should be capable of performing basic fire-fighting and basic first aid, and understand the importance of following basic health and safety practices underground.

If you are interested in creating the new “gold standard” in the mining business, forward a detailed CV, stating the name of this publication, giving full details of qualifications and experience and attaching supporting documentation,via www.humanjobs.co.za by no later than 10 February 2012.

It is mandatory that copies of relevant qualifications and certificates be attached to the CV. Agencies that submit CVs on behalf of applicants will have to waive any fees if applicants are successful in gaining employment.