Manager, New Exploration Opportunities

Hecla Mining
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 20+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical thinking","Verbal and written communication","Relationship building","Self-directed work","Problem-solving"]

Lead the identification, evaluation, and negotiation of new silver and gold exploration opportunities. You’ll research and track deal flow worldwide with a North America emphasis, maintain a ranked pipeline of prospective land positions, and conduct technical assessments including data-room review and field verification. Build economic models, prepare investment cases, secure internal mandates, and execute agreements in collaboration with legal and corporate partners.

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Hecla Mining
Hecla Mining
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Manager, New Exploration Opportunities

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Job Summary

Lead the identification, evaluation, and negotiation of new silver and gold exploration opportunities. You’ll research and track deal flow worldwide with a North America emphasis, maintain a ranked pipeline of prospective land positions, and conduct technical assessments including data-room review and field verification. Build economic models, prepare investment cases, secure internal mandates, and execute agreements in collaboration with legal and corporate partners.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Promote and maintain a safety-first culture across exploration activities, ensuring alignment with company, state, and federal safety guidelines and exploration goals.
  • •Build and maintain relationships that generate deal flow and maintain a live, ranked pipeline of companies, projects, and land positions worldwide.
  • •Screen opportunities against technical and commercial criteria, maintain documented review records, and monitor events that create new openings.
  • •Lead technical and field evaluation of third-party opportunities, including data verification and first-pass economic/valuation modeling to support recommendations.
  • •Build internal investment cases, secure mandates to transact, and lead negotiation and execution of commercial agreements with legal and cross-functional teams.
Travel: High travel

Key Requirements

  • •20+ years of progressive experience in exploration, evaluations, and/or business development with a strong track record of opportunity recognition and successful negotiations.
  • •Bachelor's degree in Geology or a related geoscience required (Master's or advanced degree preferred).
  • •Proven record identifying underexplored Tier 1 silver/gold opportunities and securing land positions with effective exploration programs.
  • •Direct, hands-on experience negotiating and closing mineral property transactions (options, earn-ins, joint ventures, purchases), leading the counterparty relationship.
  • •Proficiency in ArcGIS, Leapfrog, ioGAS, and Microsoft Office; strong analytical skills to build and interpret first-pass economic models (e.g., NPV) and sensitivities.
Experience:20+ yearsExplorationMineral property transactionsBusiness developmentSilverGold
Education:Bachelor's in Geology
Skills:Analytical thinkingVerbal and written communicationRelationship buildingSelf-directed workProblem-solving
Licenses:Valid driver's license
Tech Stack:ArcGISLeapfrogIoGASMicrosoft OfficeNPV

Company Brief

Hecla Mining
Hecla Mining is a precious metals producer focused on silver, gold, lead, and zinc mining. It operates mines and exploration projects primarily in North America, supplying metals used across industrial, investment, and manufacturing markets.
Industry: Mining & Metals
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Coeur d'Alene, United States
Founded: 1891
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