# Market evidence report — exploration-geologist

Source: **53 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 53), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 33 | 62 % |
| senior | 10 | 19 % |
| junior | 10 | 19 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArcGIS | 13 | 25 % |
| 2 | LeapFrog | 10 | 19 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel | 7 | 13 % |
| 4 | BET | 6 | 11 % |
| 5 | EDS | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | scanning electron microscopy (SEM) | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | Vulcan | 6 | 11 % |
| 8 | X-ray diffraction (XRD) | 6 | 11 % |
| 9 | optical microscopy | 5 | 9 % |
| 10 | SEM-EDS | 5 | 9 % |
| 11 | XRD | 5 | 9 % |
| 12 | Acquire | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | Labware | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | Microsoft Office | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | MS Word | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | QEMSCAN | 4 | 8 % |
| 17 | reflected light microscopy | 4 | 8 % |
| 18 | GIS | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | GIS software | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | Micromine | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | MLA | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | QGIS | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | Surpac | 3 | 6 % |
| 25 | TIMA | 3 | 6 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | core logging | 13 | 25 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 13 | 25 % |
| 3 | sampling | 10 | 19 % |
| 4 | geological mapping | 9 | 17 % |
| 5 | data integration | 7 | 13 % |
| 6 | data interpretation | 7 | 13 % |
| 7 | geological interpretation | 7 | 13 % |
| 8 | crystallography | 6 | 11 % |
| 9 | data compilation | 6 | 11 % |
| 10 | geologic mapping | 6 | 11 % |
| 11 | mineral analysis | 6 | 11 % |
| 12 | mineral chemistry | 6 | 11 % |
| 13 | mineral identification | 6 | 11 % |
| 14 | sample preparation | 6 | 11 % |
| 15 | quality control | 5 | 9 % |
| 16 | target generation | 5 | 9 % |
| 17 | 3D modelling | 4 | 8 % |
| 18 | data management | 4 | 8 % |
| 19 | drill program design | 4 | 8 % |
| 20 | geologic modeling | 4 | 8 % |
| 21 | geological modeling | 4 | 8 % |
| 22 | mapping | 4 | 8 % |
| 23 | mineral characterization | 4 | 8 % |
| 24 | mineral exploration | 4 | 8 % |
| 25 | ore characterization | 4 | 8 % |
| 26 | resource estimation | 4 | 8 % |
| 27 | sample collection | 4 | 8 % |
| 28 | technical reporting | 4 | 8 % |
| 29 | budget management | 3 | 6 % |
| 30 | exploration planning | 3 | 6 % |
| 31 | geologic interpretation | 3 | 6 % |
| 32 | instrument maintenance | 3 | 6 % |
| 33 | rc logging | 3 | 6 % |
| 34 | resource modeling | 3 | 6 % |
| 35 | structural geology | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mine-to-mill initiatives | 4 | 8 % |
| 2 | geometallurgy | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data interpretation | 10 | 19 % |
| 2 | safety compliance | 7 | 13 % |
| 3 | data compilation | 6 | 11 % |
| 4 | report preparation | 6 | 11 % |
| 5 | laboratory equipment maintenance | 5 | 9 % |
| 6 | mineral specimen examination | 5 | 9 % |
| 7 | ore characterization | 4 | 8 % |
| 8 | sample collection | 4 | 8 % |
| 9 | technical guidance | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | technical report preparation | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | workflow development | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | data analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | data documentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | microscope maintenance | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | plant troubleshooting | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | progress reporting | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | research on mineral properties | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | sampling | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | target generation | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | technical reporting | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | unit cell volume calculation | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 53 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

53 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- core logging — 25 % (13 ads)
- data analysis — 25 % (13 ads)
- sampling — 19 % (10 ads)
- geological mapping — 17 % (9 ads)
- data integration — 13 % (7 ads)
- data interpretation — 13 % (7 ads)
- geological interpretation — 13 % (7 ads)
- crystallography — 11 % (6 ads)
- data compilation — 11 % (6 ads)
- geologic mapping — 11 % (6 ads)

**Top tools:**

- ArcGIS — 25 % (13 ads)
- LeapFrog — 19 % (10 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 13 % (7 ads)
- BET — 11 % (6 ads)
- EDS — 11 % (6 ads)
- scanning electron microscopy (SEM) — 11 % (6 ads)
- Vulcan — 11 % (6 ads)
- X-ray diffraction (XRD) — 11 % (6 ads)
- optical microscopy — 9 % (5 ads)
- SEM-EDS — 9 % (5 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 62 % · senior 19 % · junior 19 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Exploration Geologist | 12 |
| Mineralogist | 7 |
| Senior Exploration Geologist | 6 |
| Carlin - Mineralogist I/II/III | 3 |
| JUNIOR EXPLORATION GEOLOGIST | 2 |
| Phoenix - Exploration Geologist I, II or III | 2 |
| 2.3. Mineralogist – Rare Earth Elements | 1 |
| Carlin - Mineralogist IIIIII | 1 |
| Exploration Geologist (12-Month Fixed Term) | 1 |
| Exploration Geologist 3D Mapping & Drill-Program Design | 1 |
| Exploration Project Geologist | 1 |
| Field Exploration Geologist - Start Your Discovery (NV) | 1 |
| Freelance Exploration Geologist – Arizona | 1 |
| Junior Exploration Geologist, Springer | 1 |
| Mapping Geologist | 1 |
| Mineralogist: Advanced Mineral Analysis & Crystallography | 1 |
| NGM - Exploration District Geologist | 1 |
| NGM - Senior Exploration Geologist | 1 |
| Principal Exploration Geologist - Greenfield Project Development | 1 |
| Rare Earth Mineralogist for Clean Tech Mining — Equity | 1 |
| Rare Earth Mineralogist for Clean Tech Mining Equity | 1 |
| Remote Field Exploration Geologist - Alaska Projects | 1 |
| Remote-First Senior Exploration Geologist AI-Guided | 1 |
| Resource Geologist | 1 |
| Senior Exploration Geologist – Near-Mine Discovery | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.