Geologist/Geophysicist - Summer Placement Namibia

REFERENCE:

HR0272344
CONTRACT:

Full-time
PRIMARY LOCATION:

Walvis Bay, Erongo Region, Namibia
DATE POSTED:

23 May 2014

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto'sbusiness is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and Southern Africa. For more information, please visit www.riotinto.com.

Exploration and discovery have been the driving force behind our business for nearly 140 years and the Rio Tinto Exploration (RTX) mandate is to grow our value by discovering or acquiring resources that can increase future cash-flows. The objective in RTX is the safe delivery of, on average, one Tier 1 discovery per annum. This is achieved through the effective application of Geoscience techniques and processes, taking account of Health, Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC), economic, commercial and political factors.

RTX Namibia is looking for a motivated Geologist or Geophysicist, currently in their 3rd or 4th year of studies, to join their exploration activities for a period of up to 8 weeks on their internship programme that will run during the academic holiday period.

Your application must include your updated CV, a letter of motivation and your academic transcripts.

The advert closes 16 JUN 2014.

Please note this opportunity is only open to Namibian nationals.

This role is subject to occupational health and safety assessment as part of the Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration procedure.