Perth, Western Australia · 31.95°S 115.86°E
Jacob Smith
Mine Geologist GIS Specialist
I map orebodies underground and build the spatial systems that turn raw exploration data into decisions.
Two disciplines,
one workflow.
I'm a geologist with years of hands-on experience across gold, copper, nickel and iron ore systems throughout Australia, from grassroots reconnaissance to full underground production.
I'm also a GIS developer. Alongside site work I design geodatabases, automate spatial pipelines in Python, and ship open-source web platforms that give explorers live intelligence on tenements, markets and targets. Field geology tells me what questions matter; the spatial stack lets me answer them at scale.
I thrive in remote environments and take particular pride in translating complex geological data into clear, decision-ready technical narratives for project stakeholders.
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Let's put your project
on the map.
Open to mine geology and exploration roles, GIS consulting, and collaboration on open-source geospatial tooling. Based in Perth, comfortable anywhere remote.
References available on request.