Kurt Breede

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About Kurt Breede

Kurt Breede is a Senior Mining Executive with over 25 years of global experience in corporate leadership, capital markets, and operational and technical services. He currently serves as a Board Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), and is a former Non-Executive Board Director and Audit Committee Member of American Eagle Gold (TSX-V:AE) and Renforth Resources (CSE: RFR). In June 2023, Kurt joined Scotiabank's Investment Banking team as Technical Director, Global Mining and Metals, providing executive technical oversight on all mining M&A transactions and the firm's lending portfolio. Prior to joining Scotiabank, Kurt was Technical Director at OCIM, a private French-based precious metal trader, structuring and executing precious metal prepayment and offtake agreements. From 2007 to 2017, Kurt was Managing Partner, Board Director and Vice President Technical Services at Watts, Griffis and McOuat where he was lead author, co-author, and peer reviewer to over 40 technical studies as an independent Qualified Person (QP) in resource and reserve estimation and audits as defined by NI 43-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators. Over the course of his career, Kurt has provided technical advisory services to government, finance, and mining sectors for private and publicly traded mining companies, including various venture capital, private equity, First Nation groups, government agencies, and sovereign wealth funds from Canada and abroad. Kurt holds a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering from the University of Toronto, and is registered as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) and Geologist (P.Geo.) in the province of Ontario. All content including reactions, comments, and posts are the opinion of the author.