About the Company 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on antiquated manual mining techniques– even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

About The Position: 

The HSE Manager, DRC, will play a critical role in supporting KoBold Metals' commitment to operational excellence and zero harm. This role will build and drive the implementation of health, safety, and environmental strategy and initiatives across KoBold's DRC locations,  anchored by our Manono and Pedicle exploration projects, with additional accountability extending across KoBold's rapidly expanding DRC footprint. While this is a leadership role, this person is expected to have a hands-on approach, both building HSE systems and strategy while driving safety performance to the frontline worker. 

This role will report to the Global HSE Director, and responsibilities will include:

• Develop KoBold's DRC HSE strategy and drive performance across all DRC operations, aligning with corporate sustainability and zero-harm objectives
• Champion a strong safety culture through visible leadership, engagement, and communication at all organizational levels and across the Congolese and expatriate workforce
• Design, implement, and continuously improve the DRC HSE management system, including policies, standards, procedures, and field-level tools appropriate to the demands of large-scale exploration and development operations
• Develop, review, and implement HSE policies, standards, and procedures consistent with applicable DRC regulations and KoBold's global standards; serve as KoBold's primary liaison with DRC mining and environmental regulatory authorities
• Provide technical HSE expertise and guidance to operational leaders, supervisors, and front-line employees across all active programs
• Develop and maintain project-specific HSE execution plans and emergency response plans for all active field programs, including drilling campaigns, camp operations, and contractor-heavy scopes across the DRC portfolio
• Develop HSE training strategy for DRC and deliver training when required 
• Conduct regular site audits, inspections, and risk assessments to ensure adherence to HSE policies and DRC legal requirements; enforce compliance with DRC mining and environmental regulations, including inspection of mining equipment for statutory compliance
• Drive root cause analysis investigations for all incidents, near misses, and non-conformances; ensure corrective action plans are documented, assigned, tracked, and closed
• Oversee incident reporting and tracking systems; act as focal point for incident management and lessons-learned dissemination across the organization
• Collect, manage, and analyze HSE performance data; maintain reporting on both leading indicators (observation rates, near-miss frequency, training completion, critical control verification) and lagging indicators (TRIR, LTIR); prepare and submit regular HSE performance reports to leadership and regulatory bodies
• Build genuine HSE capability within the Congolese workforce and contractor base
• Develop and maintain contractor HSE pre-qualification requirements; review and approve contractor HSE management plans and performance throughout program execution
• Monitor and report on environmental performance including waste management, water usage, and emissions; support initiatives that minimize environmental impact and advance KoBold's sustainability commitments

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to live and work within the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent professional qualification (CRSP, CSP, CMIOSH); NEBOSH General Certificate minimum
• 10+ years of progressive HSE experience with at least 5 years in a senior role within the African mining sector
• Must have demonstrated experience in the DRC operating environment 
• Expert knowledge of DRC HSE legislation, the 2018 Code Minier and its environmental and safety provisions, and applicable regulatory reporting obligations
• Proven track record building and leading HSE teams in remote and complex African operating environments
• Advanced incident investigation certification: ICAM, TapRooT, or equivalent
• ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 internal or lead auditor certification
• Full professional proficiency in English and French required; Swahili or Lingala an advantage
• Advanced First Aid certification; medically fit for moderately strenuous activity in a remote environment
• Strong people leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills across all levels and across all disciplines of an organization
• Ability to drive a manual vehicle

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.

Contract: Indefinite

Please submit your application to JOBS@koboldmetals.com by December 31, 2026

About the Company 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring10Xmore capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on antiquated manual mining techniques– even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy,
and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.
KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

About The Position:

The HSE Lead will play a critical role in supporting KoBold Metals’ commitment to operational excellence and zero harm. This role will build and drive the implementation of health, safety, and environmental initiatives across KoBold Metals’ DRC locations by developing and enforcing policies, facilitating training and inspections, managing data and reporting, and ensuring compliance with DRC regulations and KoBold’s global HSE standards. 

This role will report to the Director of HSE, and responsibilities will include:

• Drive the execution of KoBold Metals’ HSE strategy across DRC operations, aligning with corporate sustainability and safety objectives.
• Champion a strong safety culture through visible leadership, engagement, and communication at all organizational levels.
• Provide technical safety expertise and guidance to operational leaders, supervisors, and front-line employees on HSE matters.
• Develop, review, and implement HSE policies, standards, and procedures consistent with applicable regulations  and KoBold Metals global standards.
• Drive root cause analysis investigations for incidents and injuries that may occur.
• Maintain a library of HSE documentation and ensure accessibility and understanding across departments.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in HSE management systems and operational practices.
• Collect, manage, and analyze HSE performance data to track progress against targets and identify trends.
• Prepare and submit regular HSE performance reports to leadership and regulatory bodies.
• Oversee the use of incident reporting and tracking systems, ensuring timely investigation and closeout of corrective actions.
• Develop and deliver HSE training for employees, contractors, and supervisors, including induction, hazard recognition, and leadership safety training.
• Conduct regular site audits, inspections, and risk assessments to ensure adherence to HSE policies and legal requirements.
• Enforce compliance with DRC mining and environmental regulations, including inspection of mining equipment for statutory compliance.
• Maintain the site Emergency Response Plan, ensuring readiness and effectiveness.
• Serve as an emergency coordinator and first responder during emergency events or drills.
• Act as the focal point for incident management, investigation, and lessons-learned dissemination.
• Monitor and report on environmental performance, including waste management, water usage, and emissions.
• Support initiatives that minimize environmental impact and promote sustainability across operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Health Safety and Environment (HSE) role with demonstrated success in driving safety culture. 
• Direct experience in Mining or Mineral Exploration
• Expert knowledge of DRC HSE legislation, mining standards, and best practices.
• Motivates the team to work together in the most efficient manner. 
• Mitigates team conflict and communication problems. 
• Excellent motivational and people skills. 
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal). 
• Excellent computer skills. 
• Strong people leadership skills.
• Ability to drive a manual vehicle.
• Medically fit to perform moderately strenuous activity.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Manono, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.

Contract: Indefinite

Land & Permitting Lead, DRC

About the Company 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

About the Role

KoBold holds over 3,000 km² of exploration rights across numerous Research Permits in the DRC and is constantly growing the portfolio. You will be responsible for obtaining new Research Permits through the mining cadastre (CAMI), which registers tenure and provides opinions on which the Minister of Mines grants the licence. Once granted, you will manage the PAR (environmental permit) process, a separate approval process involving CAMI, DPEM, and ACE, before exploration activity can begin. Every licence will also require ongoing engagement with provincial governors and their administrations, Administrateurs de Territoire (ATs), provincial CAMI offices, provincial mining divisions, and the Geology Department, which have both authorisation and periodic reporting requirements tied to exploration activity. You will serve as the primary liaison with these groups and build effective working relationships with these offices.

Our DRC compliance register spans dozens of distinct obligations (9 external registers and over 10 actions per license annually) across water protection, buffer zones, rehabilitation, community consultation, work program adherence, and statutory reporting, and is submitted, per licence, to the relevant provincial, territorial, and national authorities. You will be responsible for ensuring our portfolio is properly monitored, documented, and compliant across all licences.

Responsibilities

• Primary in-country contact for CAMI, DPEM, ACE, Direction des Mines, the Geology Department, provincial CAMI offices, provincial mining divisions, provincial governors, and Administrateurs de Territoire
• Research Permit applications, renewals, fee payment, and deadline management,  including all CAMI coordination to Direction des Mines licence grant and in-country due diligence for new permit acquisitions
• PAR coordination with selected Study Office, managing local authority sign-offs, agency lodgement, and follow-up across multiple departments
• Statutory and compliance reporting per licence to provincial and territorial authorities
• Compliance coordination with HSE, Community Relations, and Field Operations to verify activities stay within permit conditions and work program commitments
• Chain-of-custody management for all original permit documents and certified records
• DRC mining legislation monitoring and flagging of compliance implications to leadership
• Support for new permit applications through in-country due diligence and stakeholder engagement

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in mineral tenure, land permitting, or operational compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa. DRC experience and direct familiarity with CAMI, DPEM, ACE, and Direction des Mines processes strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with government officials at national, provincial, and territorial levels, traditional authorities, and community stakeholders, and to represent a company's interests in-country independently
• Practical experience with environmental permitting and regulatory approval workflows, with a demonstrated ability to absorb and navigate evolving compliance frameworks
• Experience with land tenure management systems and record management across a multi-licence portfolio
• Proficiency in GIS principles and software applications for mapping land holdings and permit boundaries
• Intellectual curiosity, a drive to learn across all aspects of mineral exploration, and enthusiasm for taking on an evolving range of responsibilities in a fast-growing company
• A strong communicator who enjoys working on technical problems with colleagues across the company
• Both French and English fluency required

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi preferred

This position is Full Time Exempt

About the Company 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists. KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, Durable Capital, StepStone, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

About the Position

In the role of Field Operations Lead, you will plan and execute our field activities to meet our business objectives without causing harm to our people, our contractors and partners, or the communities and environments where we operate. You will report to the Field Operations Manager, and also work closely with the COO, the leaders for our field programs, and other members of the operations team. Your primary responsibility will be to serve as the leader of field operations for 1-3 projects per year.

Responsibilities 
For 1-3 projects per year, the Field Operations Lead will be responsible for:

• Operations Control Center: Maintain daily contact with and monitor the status of KoBold personnel and contractors while in the field. Maintain close communication with the Project Geologist, Project Data Scientist, and the Senior Project Planner
• Reporting: Execute and maintain KoBold’s system for tracking health & safety incidents and provide periodic reporting
• Compliance: Understand applicable local laws and regulations and the practices of our joint venture partners and ensure that we follow them in all our operations
• Field Service Contractors: Identify, evaluate, contract with, and manage  contractors and vendors for a wide range of field operations, from camp construction to helicopter transport to emergency medical services
• Logistics: Arrange for the shipment of equipment and material to and from KoBold’s project sites
• Local Management: Deploy to remote project locations as required to implement and manage programs
• Process Improvement: Creating ways of working that allow us to continue to work more effectively and to be nimble so that we can support machine-learning-driven dynamic field programs, where we adapt our plan based on the data we collect at each stage
• Stakeholder Engagement: WIth leadership direction and support, help represent KoBold Metals with local stakeholders

Qualifications

You must have:

• At least 5 years of experience conducting field operations in mineral exploration & mining, oil & gas or a related industry
• Demonstrated commitment to and familiarity with developing and implementing high standards of health & safety in the workplace
• The ability to problem-solve in remote environments
• The ability to work in remote and isolated locations for extended periods of time
• Must speak, read, and write in English; French is an asset 
• A high degree of independence and the ability to work effectively with limited supervision
• Familiarity with Project Management principles and managing projects remotely
• Enjoyment in working with people in a wide variety of disciplines and different parts of the world
• Interest in contributing broadly to the success of the company and eager to pitch in where needed
• Valid First Aid Certification (Level 3 or Wilderness First Aid is preferred)

It is helpful but not required to have:

• Run programs in different countries and/or remote environments
• Worked in a small company or as a member of a very small team with a broad mandate working in a fast paced project environment. 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, CRSP designation, Red Seal designation (electrical, carpentry, plumbing), trained or experience operating heavy equipment 

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Manono, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.

Contract: Indefinite

About the Company 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

About the Role

In this role, you will lead evaluations of potential properties for staking, partnering or acquisition, generate targets, and design and oversee field programs from target definition through to resource expansion. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and will work closely with data scientists, using KoBold’s technology to help guide our field programs and decision-making. You will also work directly with our senior technical advisors and with the executive team on making the investment case for acquisitions and field programs.

Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by identifying opportunities with rigorous evaluation and by ensuring that we safely and effectively conduct our field programs.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate in all activities a commitment to the highest standards in health and safety, environment, and community relations
• Rigorously analyze geoscientific datasets across a range of scales from provinces to prospects to determine exploration potential and to identify, rank, and prioritize exploration targets
• Design, budget, permit, and execute field programs ranging from geological mapping and sampling of grass roots prospects through to large drilling programs on advanced projects, with leading industry practice in data acquisition and validation
• Provide technical guidance and support to local in-country project teams during the design and execution of exploration programs, including site visits and engagement with other project stakeholders (e.g., community representatives, regulatory authorities, and joint venture partners)
• Work collaboratively with data scientist colleagues to conceive and implement insightful analytical methods
• Assist in local community engagement and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

A great Senior Exploration Geologist candidate will have:

• Strong technical knowledge of one or more ore deposit types. Experience working on sediment-hosted stratiform copper, magmatic sulfide or lithium deposits will be considered an advantage
• Excellence in generative analysis ranging from new concepts to integration, interpretation, and modeling of large datasets
• Good field skills and experience conducting field programs across a range of project stages from grassroots prospects through to advanced projects with significant drilling campaigns
• Baseline level of proficiency in standard desktop software packages (e.g., ArcGIS or QGIS)
• Strong leadership skills including the ability to motivate and inspire others, to share ownership and responsibility for project outcomes, and to work effectively in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams
• Previous experience in coaching and training geoscientists of varying experience, educational backgrounds and cultures in leading-practice mineral exploration
• Demonstrated commitment to high standards of health and safety in the workplace
• A minimum of 10 years experience in the mineral exploration industry
• Fluent in French and resident within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and willing to work directly with geologists in the field.

It is helpful but not required to have:

• Working knowledge of one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, R, C/C++)
• Knowledge of geostatistics and/or other statistical methods relevant for analysis of geoscientific data
• Experience across more than one mineral system, particularly if that includes mineralization within felsic igneous systems, or in the Central African Copperbelt.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

This position is a full-time contract. At this time, we are only accepting applications from Congolese nationals.

Location: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.

About the Company 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

About the Role

In this role, you will lead evaluations of potential properties for staking, partnering or acquisition, generate targets, and design and oversee field programs from target definition through to resource expansion. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and will work closely with data scientists, using KoBold’s technology to help guide our field programs and decision-making. You will also work directly with our senior technical advisors and with the executive team on making the investment case for acquisitions and field programs.

Ultimately, your role is to help KoBold make valuable discoveries by identifying opportunities with rigorous evaluation and by ensuring that we safely and effectively conduct our field programs.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate in all activities a commitment to the highest standards in health and safety, environment, and community relations
• Rigorously analyze geoscientific datasets across a range of scales from provinces to prospects to determine exploration potential and to identify, rank, and prioritize exploration targets
• Design, budget, permit, and execute field programs ranging from geological mapping and sampling of grass roots prospects through to large drilling programs on advanced projects, with leading industry practice in data acquisition and validation
• Provide technical guidance and support to local in-country project teams during the design and execution of exploration programs, including site visits and engagement with other project stakeholders (e.g., community representatives, regulatory authorities, and joint venture partners)
• Work collaboratively with data scientist colleagues to conceive and implement insightful analytical methods
• Assist in local community engagement and stakeholder communications.

Qualifications

A great Exploration Geologist candidate will have:

• Strong technical knowledge of one or more ore deposit types. Experience working on sediment-hosted stratiform copper, magmatic sulfide or lithium deposits will be considered an advantage
• Excellence in generative analysis ranging from new concepts to integration, interpretation, and modeling of large datasets
• Good field skills and experience conducting field programs across a range of project stages from grassroots prospects through to advanced projects with significant drilling campaigns
• Baseline level of proficiency in standard desktop software packages (e.g., ArcGIS or QGIS)
• Strong leadership skills including the ability to motivate and inspire others, to share ownership and responsibility for project outcomes, and to work effectively in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams
• Previous experience in coaching and training geoscientists of varying experience, educational backgrounds and cultures in leading-practice mineral exploration
• Demonstrated commitment to high standards of health and safety in the workplace
• A minimum of 3-7 years experience in the mineral exploration industry
• Fluent in French and resident within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
• Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and willing to work directly with geologists in the field.

It is helpful but not required to have:

• Working knowledge of one programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, R, C/C++)
• Knowledge of geostatistics and/or other statistical methods relevant for analysis of geoscientific data
• Experience across more than one mineral system, particularly if that includes mineralization within felsic igneous systems, or in the Central African Copperbelt.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

This position is a full-time contract. At this time, we are only accepting applications from Congolese nationals.

Location: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.

We are open to hiring at multiple levels for this role, depending on experience, impact, and demonstrated ownership. While this role is level-agnostic, it is best suited for engineers with experience owning production systems and working in highly ambiguous problem spaces.

Software Engineer

About the company: 

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models—alongside our novel sensors—to guide decisions on KoBold-owned-and-operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is privately held; investors include institutional asset managers T. Rowe Price and Canada Pension Plan Investments; technology venture capitalists Andreessen Horowitz, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BOND Capital, and Standard Investments; and natural resources companies Equinor, BHP, and Mitsubishi.

We are hiring Software Engineers to accelerate our mission.

About The Role:

At KoBold, software engineers have the unique opportunity to embed directly with their users and learn the ins and outs of mineral exploration and geology while developing state of the art technology solutions. Unlike traditional software engineering roles, we don’t simply ship code and passively wait for feedback about its utility: our userbase includes our colleagues… and ourselves! While there are real technical challenges in making mineral exploration data broadly searchable and accessible to both humans and machines, we believe that solving these technical challenges cannot be done without “getting our hands dirty” – sometimes literally! – by embedding directly with the exploration teams and even occasionally (~once a year) joining our colleagues in the field, be it in Zambia, Canada, or Arizona, to experience the impact of our software in real time.

As a Software Engineer on the Data Systems Engineering team at KoBold, your main role will be to enable systematic exploration and materially improve exploration success rates by making mineral exploration data broadly accessible to humans and machines.  Past projects have included SIP (the Structured Ingest Pipeline), DataKit generation (producing curated sets of data on demand), and RAG (Retrieval Augmentation Generation, utilizing natural language processing on unstructured data). Our tech stack is primarily python and includes Django, React, AWS, and additional technologies like Retool and Prefect. 

Your work will empower KoBold to unlock invaluable insights and streamline intricate scientific processes. Collaborating with our exceptional team of data scientists, geologists, and other software engineers, you will have the opportunity to tackle complex problems head-on and collectively pave the way for the discoveries of vital energy transition metals like lithium, copper, nickel, and cobalt. Together we can shape the future of mineral exploration and contribute to building a sustainable world.

This role be responsible for:

• Deep engagement with exploration geologists and data scientists, continual learning about mineral exploration, and tailoring technology development to the needs of exploration project scientists
• Building data pipelines and tooling for deriving advanced human and machine insights from exploration data, often leading a small group of software engineers to successful delivery
• Developing expertise in KoBold’s Data Systems and deeply understanding how they impact exploration
• End-to-end ownership of projects from design to implementation and testing to continued engagement with colleagues on exploration teams using your solutions
• Responding well to design and code feedback, also providing feedback to teammates 
• Operationally managing the team’s services and assisting scientific colleagues with our tooling

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building production cloud data systems
• Proficiency with Python
• Ability to write production-quality code that is correct, readable, well-tested, scalable and extensible
• Skilled in large-scale system design
• A track record of taking ownership from definition of the problem and delivering projects with demonstrated impact in an iterative manner
• Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about all aspects of mineral exploration, particularly in the geology domain. Enjoys constantly learning such that you are driving insights through using our tools in exploration and willing to work directly with geologists in the field.
• Ability to explain technical problems to and collaborate on solutions with domain experts who are not software developers. A strong communicator who enjoys working with colleagues across the company.
• Excitement about joining a fast-growing early-stage company, comfort with a dynamic work environment, and eagerness to take on an evolving range of responsibilities.
• Keen not just to build cool technology, but to figure out what technical product to build to best achieve the business objectives of the company.

Nice to Haves: 

• Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React
• Experience with geospatial data and building map-based experiences
• Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration platforms, such as Docker, AWS ECS, Kubernetes, etc.
• Formal education or job exposure to natural sciences

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Democratic Republic of Congo

This position is Contract: Indefinite.

About the Company

The mining industry has steadily become worse at finding new ore deposits, requiring >10X more capital to make discoveries compared to 30 years ago. The easy-to-find, near-surface deposits have largely been found, and the industry has chronically under-invested in new exploration technology, relying on the manual techniques of yesteryear – even as demand accelerates for copper, lithium, and other metals to build electric vehicles, renewable energy, and data centers.

KoBold, a privately held company, builds AI models for mineral exploration and deploys those models alongside our novel sensors to guide decisions on KoBold owned and operated exploration programs. In the six years since founding, KoBold has become by far both the largest independent mineral exploration company and the largest exploration technology developer. Our data scientists and software engineers, who come from leading technology companies, jointly lead exploration programs with our renowned exploration geologists.

KoBold has proven its first discovery with materially less capital than the industry average and found one of the best copper deposits ever discovered: the copper is far more concentrated than the global average of copper mines, and this asset alone is expected to generate meaningful revenue for decades. KoBold has a portfolio of more than 60 other projects, each of which has the potential for another high-quality discovery.

KoBold is seeking to engage a Community Liaison Officer (CLO) who will serve as the primary interface between the company and host communities by building trusted relationships, facilitating effective two-way communication, managing community issues and grievances, and supporting the implementation of community development and social investment initiatives that contribute to sustainable local development and social license to operate.

About the Position

KoBold is seeking to engage a Community Liaison Officer (CLO) who will serve as the primary interface between the company and host communities by building trusted relationships, facilitating effective two-way communication, managing community issues and grievances, and supporting the implementation of community development and social investment initiatives that contribute to sustainable local development and social license to operate.

The Community Liaison Officer is responsible for day-to-day engagement with communities within KoBold’s direct and indirect areas of impact. The role covers stakeholder consultation, grievance management, project support, data collection, reporting, and coordination with internal departments to ensure that company activities are aligned with community expectations, regulatory requirements, and social commitments.

Responsibilities

Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management.

• Build and maintain constructive relationships with traditional leaders, local government, community structures, and vulnerable groups.
• Conduct regular sensitization meetings, consultations, and community forums on company activities and projects.
• Facilitate community participation in planning and decision-making processes.
• Maintain an up-to-date stakeholder database and engagement plan.

Communication & Information Sharing

• Communicate company plans, timelines, and impacts clearly to communities.
• Provide timely feedback from communities to internal departments.
• Support the preparation of reports, briefs, and communication materials.
• Coordinate awareness campaigns on projects, health, safety, and environmental matters.

Grievance Management & Conflict Resolution

• Receive, register, and track community complaints and grievances.
• Investigate issues in coordination with relevant departments.
• Facilitate fair and timely resolution of disputes.
• Maintain grievance logs and provide regular analysis and reporting.

Support to Community Development Programs

• Assist in the planning and implementation of Community Investment projects (health, education, agriculture, water, livelihoods, local content).
• Mobilize communities and beneficiaries for program participation.
• Support beneficiary selection and verification processes.

Monitoring, Data Collection & Reporting

• Prepare weekly and monthly reports on engagement activities and issues raised.
• Maintain proper documentation of meetings, consent, and commitments.

Risk Identification & Social Performance

• Identify emerging social risks, tensions, or community concerns.
• Provide early warning to management on potential conflicts.
• Support mitigation measures and stakeholder strategies.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in: Community engagement or stakeholder relations, CSR or social performance programs in NGO, development, or mining community projects. 
• Demonstrated experience working directly with traditional leaders, local authorities, government departments, and community structures.
• Experience in grievance management, conflict resolution, and consultation processes.
• Experience in Stakeholder mapping and engagement planning, Community mobilization and facilitation skills. 
• Knowledge of national and international social safeguards, and sustainable development principles.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) report writing and documentation.
• High level of integrity, cultural awareness, and professional maturity, with the ability to operate effectively in a diverse, cross-functional team.
• Ability to work independently in rural/field settings
• Willingness to travel frequently within project areas
• Valid driver’s license (preferred)
• Fluency in French and Kiluba (written and spoken); knowledge of other local languages is an advantage.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in: Community engagement or stakeholder relations, CSR or social performance programs in NGO, development, or mining community projects. 
• Demonstrated experience working directly with traditional leaders, local authorities, government departments, and community structures.
• Experience in grievance management, conflict resolution, and consultation processes.
• Experience in Stakeholder mapping and engagement planning, Community mobilization and facilitation skills. 
• Knowledge of national and international social safeguards, and sustainable development principles.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) report writing and documentation.
• High level of integrity, cultural awareness, and professional maturity, with the ability to operate effectively in a diverse, cross-functional team.
• Ability to work independently in rural/field settings
• Willingness to travel frequently within project areas
• Valid driver’s license (preferred)
• Fluency in French and Kiluba (written and spoken); knowledge of other local languages is an advantage.

KoBold Metals is an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities for people of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Location: Manono, Democratic Republic of Congo. All candidates must be legally authorized to live and work within Democratic Republic of Congo.

Contract: Indefinite