1 The role of a Renaissance Geologist in the Modern Job Market Moira Smith Chief Geologist, Nevada Fronteer Gold Preamble Preamble • Your thesis project has probably focused on some aspect of geology around a deposit or mine, where the tectonic, geological and structural setting are relatively well understood. • What happens when you join a junior exploration company and your job is to find one?
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The role of a Renaissance
Geologist in the Modern Job
Market
Moira Smith
Chief Geologist, Nevada
Fronteer Gold
PreamblePreamble
• Your thesis project has probably focusedon some aspect of geology around adeposit or mine, where the tectonic,geological and structural setting arerelatively well understood.
• What happens when you join a juniorexploration company and your job is tofind one?
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Talk OutlineTalk Outline
• What’s a Renaissance Geologist?
• Why do I need to step outside of myspecialization in economic geology?
• What will I be doing in industry/what kind ofspecialized knowledge might I need to acquire?
• What are mining companies looking for?
• Finding that first job
• Free advice
Renaissance GeologistRenaissance Geologist
• Noun1.Renaissance man - a modern scholarwho is in a position to acquire more thansuperficial knowledge about many differentinterests; "a statistician geologist has to besomething of a generalist“
• a geologist who has wide interests and isexpert in several areas