Chifeng Gold’s Lane Xang Minerals Limited Company (LXML) operates the Sepon Gold and Copper Operation, located in Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR. We are committed to the development of Laos through our production of cooper and gold, whilst striving for business excellence throughout the business.

This is an internationally based role in Laos PDR.

In support of this growth, we are looking for a Superintendent – Metallurgy join our team to deliver on our growth plans and be a part of this exciting future.

Reporting to the Senior Superintendent – Processing Technical, you will lead metallurgical accounting, forecasting and improvement across two gold circuits. You will manage four expatriate Senior Metallurgists, national metallurgists, graduates and technicians, working with Operations and Maintenance to achieve secure production, recovery and cost targets.

Key Responsibilities:

- Managing production across two gold circuits, ensuring that daily and weekly KPI targets are met. This includes effectively directing the metallurgy team to achieve production objectives under guidance of the Senior Superintendent.
- Monitoring process plant performance and liaising with areas of the site operation about technical consequences and forecasts; Coordinating the supervision of the output of the daily strategy in relation to plant performance, bottlenecks, threats and risks.
- A detailed understanding of the metallurgical accounting system, budget/forecast model and the life of mine planning process.
- Leading simultaneous projects with competing priorities in various execution phases on a wide variety of processes to improve metallurgical performance.




- Minimising consumptions and unit costs of externally supplied reagents by understanding cost/performance relationships of these consumables and setting operating parameters that maximize efficiency.
- Setting metallurgical, sampling and laboratory standards, as well as processing set points.
- Ensuring all routine and required reporting – weekly, monthly and annual forecasts are completed accurately in a timely manner.
- Mentoring, coaching and training for metallurgists, graduate metallurgists, and process officers.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

- A degree in Metallurgy, Mineral Processing or Chemical Engineering.
- At least ten years of experience in gold processing operations.
- Demonstrated leadership of metallurgical or technical teams in a production environment, including coaching and developing technical personnel.
- Effective communication in English, with the ability to manage competing priorities and work across Operations, Maintenance, laboratories and site leadership.
- Proven ability to deliver plant trials and technical improvement projects with measurable operational benefits.
- Strong technical knowledge of gold processing circuits. Refractory-gold, flotation, and autoclave experience highly regarded.
- Ability to use plant data and control system trends to diagnose performance; process control and automation experience advantageous.
- Strong capability in metallurgical accounting, production planning and forecasting.

An attractive salary package, including a performance-based incentives and other benefits, are on offer for this role. This is a great opportunity to join an existing world class mining operation and contribute towards the ongoing development of the biggest and best mining company in the Lao PDR. Both FIFO and residential packages are on offer.

📌 Superintendent - Metallurgy (Perth)
🏢 Lane Xang Minerals Limited
📍 Perth