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Notable Investors
A hand-curated roster of Canada's best-known resource financiers and serial company-builders — and the companies where they appear on the public SEDI insider register. When one of these names shows up on a register, the involvement is itself a conviction tell.
Sean Boyd
Builder
1 company on register
Long-time CEO of Agnico Eagle Mines; built it into a senior gold producer.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| AEM · Agnico Eagle Mines | 16 |
Eric Sprott
Financier
1 company on register
Founder of Sprott Inc.; among Canada's best-known precious-metals investors.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| ARIS · Aris Gold Corp | 5 |
Randy Smallwood
Royalty & Streaming
1 company on register
President & CEO of Wheaton Precious Metals.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| WPM · Wheaton Precious Metals | 17 |
Frank Holmes
Financier
1 company on register
CEO of US Global Investors; executive chairman of HIVE Digital Technologies.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| HIVE · HIVE Digital Technologies | 4 |
Pierre Lassonde
Royalty & Streaming
1 company on register
Co-founder of Franco-Nevada; pioneer of the mining royalty model.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| FNV · Franco-Nevada | 1 |
Mark Bristow
Builder
1 company on register
CEO of Barrick; founder of Randgold Resources.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| GOLD · GoldMining Inc. | 5 |
Randall Oliphant
Builder
1 company on register
Former CEO of Barrick Gold; chairman of New Gold and of Franco-Nevada.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| FNV · Franco-Nevada | 1 |
Norman Keevil
Builder
1 company on register
Patriarch of Teck Resources; led its decades-long expansion.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| TECK · Teck Resources | 2 |
Sean Roosen
Builder
2 companies on register
Co-founder of the Osisko group (Osisko Mining, Osisko Gold Royalties).
Ross Beaty
Builder
1 company on register
Founder of Pan American Silver and Equinox Gold; serial resource-company builder.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| EQX · Equinox Gold | 5 |
Marcel de Groot
Financier
2 companies on register
Resource financier; co-founder of the Lumina group of mining companies.
Catherine McLeod-Seltzer
Builder
1 company on register
Mining entrepreneur; co-founder of Pan American Silver and Bear Creek Mining.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| KGC · Kestrel Gold Inc. | — |
David Garofalo
Builder
1 company on register
Former CEO of Goldcorp; chairman & CEO of Aris Mining.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| ARIS · Aris Gold Corp | — |
Eira Thomas
Builder
1 company on register
Diamond geologist; CEO of Lucara Diamond and co-founder of Stornoway Diamond.
| Company | Open-market buys |
|---|---|
| SU · Suncor Energy | — |
Holdings reflect open-market acquisitions disclosed on the public SEDI insider register (Form 55-102F4),
matched by name to a hand-curated roster of 19 notable resource financiers and
company-builders. Coverage reflects what SEDI captures — a name appears only where their transactions are
filed, typically their flagship vehicles. Display-only research context, not investment advice and not a
Signal Score input.