Brian Quast joined BMO Capital Markets Equity Research as a precious metals analyst in 2012. Brian has nearly two decades of experience in metallurgical engineering. Prior to joining BMO, he was an equity analyst with another Canadian bank-owned dealer. In 2011 and 2016, Quast was ranked a top gun analyst for precious metals & diamonds - small/mid cap in the Brendan Wood International Survey. Quast is a licensed professional engineer (Ontario) and holds a JD/MBA from Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University, as well as an undergraduate degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of South Australia.
A US critical-metals developer secured a US$2.9 billion EXIM senior loan, fully funding direct construction of its Idaho gold-antimony project ahead of a 2H/26 build decision.
Antimony is critical to industry, especially defense. Find out how analysts rate Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ), which has the only identified reserve of the mineral in the U.S.
Perpetua Resources Corp. (PPTA:TSX; PPTA:NASDAQ) will benefit from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.'s (AEM:TSX; AEM:NYSE) expertise, as part of the latter's recent equity investment in this developer of the Stibnite gold-silver-antimony mine in Idaho, noted a BMO Capital Markets report.