Business Development Representative
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Job overview
Explore Tech is hiring a Business Development Representative to build the top of its sales funnel for mineral exploration technology. The role researches mining and exploration companies, reaches geologists and executives, and qualifies opportunities before handoff to business development and project teams. The representative works closely with the founders and may grow into a Business Development Manager.
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Full job description
We’re accelerating the pace of mineral discovery. Our AI drill targeting software has gone 8 for 8 hitting mineralized targets, a significant improvement over industry standards. Now the biggest mining companies in the world want it. We’re hiring a Business Development Representative to help us reach them. You’ll build the top of our sales funnel: researching mining and exploration companies, reaching the right geologists and executives, and qualifying opportunities before they move to our business development and project teams. You’ll work closely with the founders, learn how mineral exploration technology is bought and sold, and have a clear path to grow into a Business Development Manager. What You’ll Do
- Research and map mining and exploration companies, their projects, and the people who make decisions
- Run outreach to chief geologists, exploration managers, and executives, from juniors to majors
- Qualify leads by understanding each company’s commodities, project stage, and exploration goals
- Book and prepare meetings and demos for our team
- Keep our CRM accurate and our pipeline up to date
- Track industry news, new projects, and financings to spot opportunities early
- Support our presence at conferences and trade shows
- Share what you hear from the market with our product and science teams
About You
- Bachelor’s in geology, geophysics, mining engineering, or a related field, or a professional background in mining or mineral exploration
- 0–2 years of experience; internships and field work count
- Clear, concise writer and speaker who can talk geology with technical audiences
- Organized and self-directed, with a bias toward action and follow-through
- Curious about technology for mineral exploration
- Able to travel occasionally to conferences and customer sites
Bonus Points For
- Prior sales, business development, or customer-facing experience
- Experience with a CRM such as HubSpot
- Field experience in mineral exploration or mining
How this job compares
Set against the 365 open Business Development Representative jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$80–110K/yr43 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 62 open Business Development Representative jobs in California and 365 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Business Development Representative postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (190 postings).
- Education
- 54 of the 365 open Business Development Representative jobs (15%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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