Red Cloud Securities Appoints Veteran Mining Analyst Ian Parkinson as Managing Director, Equity Research (opens in a new tab)
Red Cloud hires a 25-year mining and capital markets veteran from Stifel GMP to cover base metals.
Canadian Investment Bank
Employee-owned Toronto dealer focused entirely on mining equity financings, research and trading.
Red Cloud Securities is a 100% employee-owned Canadian investment dealer that works only with mining companies (explorers, developers and junior producers), offering investment banking, equity research, institutional sales and trading, and market liquidity services from offices in Toronto and Vancouver. It says it has led or co-led more than 90 brokered mining financings since 2021, ranking second among Canadian dealers by count, and covers 75+ companies in research. For students, roles sit in a small Toronto-centred team where the work is dominated by bought deals and private placements (often flow-through and LIFE offerings) for TSX/TSXV-listed miners.
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Leads and co-leads bought deals, marketed private placements and public offerings for mining issuers, plus M&A advisory; led by a Head of Investment Banking with a team of MDs, a VP and analysts.
Mining-only research covering 75+ companies across gold, silver, copper, uranium and other commodities; added senior analysts in 2024 and 2026.
Institutional equity sales and trading desk distributing mining ideas to Canadian and global investors.
Liquidity-provision service for listed mining issuers, run by a liquidity specialist and traders.
Investment advisors serving accredited and high-net-worth investors; the careers page recruits private wealth investment advisors.
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Red Cloud Securities works as one generalist team: bankers staff deals across these sectors rather than joining a group, so there is no group to pick when you apply. Mining is the firm's sole focus; investment banking is one team under a Head of Investment Banking, with no sector or product sub-groups and no office given for each banker.
Investment Banking (Mining)
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership
Joined Red Cloud in 2018 after co-founding Triumph Asset Management (CIO) and Westwind Partners (MD, Institutional Equities). Earlier Global Co-Head of Institutional Equity Sales at National Bank Financial, with prior sales and research roles at First Marathon and Burns Fry. CFA charterholder.
Chairman
Leadership
Capital markets veteran of 40+ years; most recently Vice Chairman at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Long history financing emerging resource companies, and former Chair of the Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV).
Head of Investment Banking
Investment Banking
Leads Red Cloud's investment banking group; the official team page lists his title but publishes no detailed biography.
Managing Director, Head of Equity Research
Research
Heads Red Cloud's mining-focused equity research department and is a frequent media commentator on uranium.
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Investment Banking
Managing Director in the investment banking group; holds P.Eng and CFA designations. No detailed biography is published on the official team page.
Managing Director, Mining Analyst
Research
Joined September 1, 2026 as Managing Director, Equity Research, focused on base metals. Previously Managing Director, Mining Equity Research at Stifel GMP after research roles at GMP Securities and CIBC World Markets, and a decade at Falconbridge and Noranda before moving to the sell side.
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Sep 1, 2026
Ian ParkinsonHire
Managing Director, Equity Research
Stifel GMP → Red Cloud Securities
Red Cloud hired veteran base-metals analyst Ian Parkinson from Stifel GMP to expand its mining research team.
Jul 15, 2024
Ron StewartHire
Managing Director, Equity Research
— → Red Cloud Securities
Red Cloud added precious-metals analyst Ron Stewart, a former Kinross VP Exploration with prior research and banking roles at Dundee, iA Capital, Clarus and Macquarie, taking the research team to five publishing analysts.
Sep 22, 2026
Orosur Mining Inc.
Sole agent and bookrunner · Mining
Orosur Mining launched a brokered LIFE private placement of units at C$0.32 for up to C$14 million plus an agent's option, and closed it at C$16 million to fund drilling at its Anzá project in Colombia.
Sep 2026
Global Atomic Corporation (common share offering)
Sole underwriter and bookrunner · Mining / Uranium
Global Atomic completed an overnight marketed public offering for gross proceeds of about C$57 million, including partial exercise of the over-allotment option.
Aug 26, 2026
SilverMark Resources Inc. (Silver Frontier combination with Silver Hammer Mining Corp. and Stroud Resources Ltd.)
Lead agent and sole bookrunner · Mining
Silver Hammer Mining and Stroud Resources announced a brokered private placement of SilverMark Resources subscription receipts at C$0.26 for C$7 million to C$10 million, tied to the three-way combination forming Silver Frontier Resources Corp. Final proceeds not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Closed Aug 1, 2026
Ucore Rare Metals
Co-Lead Underwriter · Critical minerals / rare earths
C$69.0 million bought public offering for Ucore, closed August 2026 (month per Red Cloud's tombstone).
Closed Jun 1, 2026
Power Metallic Mines
Lead Agent · Base metals
C$28.2 million marketed (brokered LIFE) private placement for Power Metallic Mines, closed June 2026 (month per tombstone).
Closed Mar 1, 2026
Talisker Resources
Lead Underwriter · Gold
C$52.1 million bought private placement for Talisker Resources, closed March 2026 (month per tombstone).
Closed Feb 1, 2026
Global Atomic Corporation
Lead Underwriter · Uranium
C$72.5 million bought public offering (aggregate with a non-brokered placement) for uranium developer Global Atomic, closed February 2026 (month per tombstone).
Mar 20, 2024
American Future Fuel Corporation
Financial advisor to Premier American Uranium · Mining (Uranium)
Buyer Premier American Uranium Inc.
Premier American Uranium agreed to acquire American Future Fuel at 0.170 PUR shares per AMPS share by plan of arrangement, creating a combined company with an implied equity value of about C$129 million.
Mar 11, 2019
Savary Gold Corp.
Financial advisor to the board of directors of the target · Mining (Gold)
Buyer SEMAFO Inc.
SEMAFO and Savary entered into a definitive combination agreement for SEMAFO to acquire Savary by amalgamation.
Red Cloud hires a 25-year mining and capital markets veteran from Stifel GMP to cover base metals.
Lead underwriter on Global Atomic's bought public offering.
Precious-metals analyst hire expands Red Cloud's research team, which it describes as one of Canada's largest mining-focused research groups.
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Orosur Mining Inc. (company RNS via irtools) · Oct 6, 2026 · irtools.co.uk
Global Atomic Corporation via CNW · Oct 1, 2026 · newswire.ca
Red Cloud Securities · Sep 2, 2026 · redcloudsecurities.com
Red Cloud Securities (Newsfile) · Sep 2, 2026 · newsfilecorp.com
Red Cloud Securities (Newsfile) · May 5, 2025 · newsfilecorp.com
Red Cloud Securities · Jul 15, 2024 · redcloudsecurities.com
Premier American Uranium Inc. and American Future Fuel Corporation via GlobeNewswire · Mar 20, 2024 · globenewswire.com
Red Cloud Securities (Newsfile) · Apr 20, 2023 · newsfilecorp.com
SEMAFO Inc. and Savary Gold Corp. via CNW · Mar 11, 2019 · newswire.ca
Red Cloud Securities · Date unavailable · redcloudsecurities.com
Red Cloud Securities · Date unavailable · redcloudsecurities.com
Red Cloud Securities · Date unavailable · redcloudsecurities.com
Red Cloud Securities · Date unavailable · redcloudsecurities.com
Red Cloud Securities · Date unavailable · redcloudsecurities.com
Red Cloud Securities · Date unavailable · redcloudsecurities.com
Silver Hammer Mining Corp. and Stroud Resources Ltd. (Mining Stock Education repost) · Aug 26, 2026 · miningstockeducation.com
Mining Stock Education (repost of Orosur Mining Inc. ACCESS Newswire release) · Sep 22, 2026 · miningstockeducation.com
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