Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management LP Wednesday announced that Jason Mayer has joined as portfolio manager, focused on the company’s tax efficient flow-through product offerings.

“We are pleased to add another high-quality portfolio manager to our team and look forward to Jason joining Allan Jacobs and Eric Nuttall in managing our tax-efficient flow-through offerings,” says Peter Grosskopf, CEO of Sprott Inc. (TSX:SII). “Jason’s focus on flow-through and resource investing makes him an ideal complement to our investment team.”

Mayer has more than 10 years of investment industry experience and joins Sprott from Middlefield Capital Corp., where he acted as lead portfolio manager on a number of investment funds with a focus on growth-oriented resource equities and contributed to the management of Middlefield’s MRF Resource Limited Partnerships.

Mayer is an MBA graduate of the Schulich School of Business (York University) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Sprott also announced that Mayer will join Paul Wong in co-managing Sprott Resource Class, a tax-advantaged mutual fund that serves as the rollover vehicle for Sprott’s flow-through offerings.

Sprott Asset Management LP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprott Inc.