Toronto-based asset manager Sprott Inc. announced Monday that Neil Adshead has agreed to join the company as a senior investment manager with specific responsibilities for the Exploration Capital Partners Limited Partnerships.
With a Ph.D. in Economic Geology, Adshead will use his skills and industry contacts to identify, analyze and monitor public and private investment opportunities.
“We are pleased to have Neil join our team. We know he will make an immediate difference in our ability to invest our clients’ capital,” says Rick Rule, chairman of global resource investments and president of Sprott Asset Management USA Inc.
Over the past 20 years, Adshead has built up an extensive network in both the mining and investment sectors. Prior to joining Sprott (TSX: SII), Adshead was employed as a senior mining analyst since 2004 with Passport Capital, a San Francisco-based global investment firm. At Passport Capital, he was responsible for investment origination and tracking, trading recommendations, extensive technical reviews and project site visits. Previously, Adshead spent 10 years in corporate, exploration and mine geology roles for Placer Dome subsidiaries in Canada, Australia and Papua New Guinea. At the time, Placer Dome was one of the largest gold, silver and copper mining companies in the world.
Adshead was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Economic Geology from James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia, in 1995. He worked for a year as a mud logger and data engineer on North Sea oil rigs for a Schlumberger subsidiary after receiving a First Class Honours degree in Earth Sciences from Birmingham University in the UK and before commencing the Ph.D. research project.