Mining Equity Research Associate

 

Job Title:              Mining Equity Research Associate

Employer:            Sprott Capital Partners LP

Location:              Toronto, Ontario

Sprott Inc. is an alternative asset manager and a global leader in precious metal investments with $16.3 billion in assets under management. Sprott is dedicated to providing investors with specialized investment strategies that include Exchange Listed Products, Lending, Managed Equities and Brokerage. We also partner with natural resource companies to meet their capital needs through our merchant banking and resource lending activities. Sprott is based in Toronto and has offices in New York, California, Connecticut, London and Vancouver.

Sprott Capital Partners (“SCP”) was formed in 2017 to provide a comprehensive suite of capital raising and advisory solutions to natural resources companies. In a short period of time, SCP has become a trusted partner to corporate and institutional clients by leading and completing a number of financings and M&A advisory mandates. Leveraging its deep sector expertise, longstanding relationships and best-in-class execution capabilities, SCP is uniquely positioned to deliver successful financial and strategic outcomes to its clients.

Position Description

SCP is looking for a highly motivated full-time Mining Equity Research Associate to join its team in Toronto.  This positon will report to Brock Salier, a Partner of SCP and the UK-based head of research for SCP. The primary duties and responsibilities of this technical position include:

• Sell-side mining equity research
• Attending daily meetings with CEOs of mining companies
• Attending global mining and exploration site visits, across Asia-Pacific, Africa, and the Americas
• Writing daily internal news briefings to the global team
• Preparing daily equity research notes for external publication
• Preparing longer company initiations and sector notes for external publication
• Building detailed DCF models, including integrated financial statements

Candidate Academic and Experience Requirements:

• Candidates must have strong academics and a geology degree from a leading university, with a graduate degree in Andean/epithermal preferred
• Candidates must either have field experience as an exploration geologist or an MSc/PhD in porphyry/epithermal systems, with site experience copper/gold exploration (ideally in Central / South America) preferred
• A demonstrated interest in financial markets is required; while financial services work experience is not required, candidates must be able to demonstrate some knowledge of, and interest in, financial statements and financial modelling
• An MBA, CFA, MSc finance degree or business development experience is advantageous

To apply for this position, please send your resume, cover letter and a copy of your university transcripts (including subject breakdown) to Human Resources at careers@sprott.com with the position title (Mining Equity Research Associate) in the subject line.  Applications must be submitted via e-mail, not LinkedIn, to be considered.

Sprott welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Please let us know if we can provide disability-related accommodations to support your participation in Sprott’s recruitment process.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only qualified candidates as determined by Sprott will be contacted. Sprott does not accept unsolicited agency resumes or phone calls.