Vishal Gupta is an equity research analyst covering resource exploration companies in the base metals and precious metals space. He holds a Master of Science degree in geology from the University of Toronto. He has worked in the resource exploration industry as a consulting geologist with Noront Resources, Northern Gold Mining and Nuinsco Resources. Gupta entered the financial community in 2009 with Desjardins Securities as a base metals equity research associate, followed by a brief stay in mining corporate finance at Cormark Securities. Most recently, he held the position of equity research analyst at Dundee Capital Markets then Fraser Mackenzie, covering junior mining companies in the precious metals, base metals and uranium space.