Vice President, Exploration

Careers Vice President, Exploration

About the Company

Our mission is to discover the raw materials needed to create a prosperous world for the next 1000 years. With modern software and hardware, we aim to reduce mineral discovery timelines from 10 years to 1 year. Founded in 2023 by lifelong geoscientists, ExploreTech is a venture-backed business that develops technology and uses it to explore for minerals all over the world.

About the Role

We’re accelerating the pace of mineral discovery. Our drill targeting software has gone 8 for 8 hitting mineralized targets, a significant improvement over industry standards. We are now applying it across critical minerals and building our own exploration portfolio. In this role, you’ll lead that effort: setting our exploration strategy, building the team, and making the discoveries.

You’ll own the exploration pipeline from target generation through drill testing and resource definition, using our software and computational tools to speed up exploration and characterization and make faster, smarter decisions in the field. You’ll report to the CEO, work directly with the founders, our scientists, and our engineers, and decide where ExploreTech explores and where it drills.

What You’ll Do

Set our exploration strategy, including target commodities, regions, deposit styles, and project priorities

Lead exploration programs from target generation through drill testing, resource definition, and handoff

Build and lead the exploration team of geologists, geophysicists, and field staff

Evaluate and acquire properties, and build relationships with prospectors, junior companies, and majors

Own exploration budgets, contractors, permitting, and field logistics

Work with our scientists and engineers to apply our computational tools to target generation, ranking, and real-time field decisions

Set safety, environmental, and community engagement standards for all field programs

Report results and technical findings to the executive team, board, investors, and partners

About You

Bachelor’s in geology or a related field; Master’s or PhD in economic geology preferred

10+ years of mineral exploration experience, including significant time on one or more critical minerals or base and precious metals commodities

A record of discovery or major resource growth, and of leading exploration teams and budgets

Strong command of ore deposit models across multiple deposit styles, plus structural geology, geochemistry, and geophysics

Comfortable with 3D modeling, data-driven exploration, and adopting new technology

Able to travel extensively to remote parts of the US and world

Bonus Points For

Master’s or PhD in economic geology

Professional registration (P.Geo, CPG, or equivalent)

Experience in both greenfields and brownfields exploration

Location

San Diego, California, or remote near target regions Extended field deployments

Salary

Starting at $250,000 + equity

Benefits

100% healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision)

Our Hiring Process

Intro call: a conversation with a founder about your background and what you want to work on.

Role conversation: a deeper discussion of the work itself with the people you’d work alongside.

Final conversation: meet the founders and the team, and ask us anything. If it’s a fit, we’ll make an offer.

If you’re ready to accelerate critical mineral discovery across the world, we encourage you to apply!

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ExploreTech is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.