Genuity Capital Markets is pleased to announcethe addition of Tony Lesiak as senior mining analyst to its research team.

His appointment demonstrates Genuity’s commitment to developing its research expertise and its mining franchise, the full-service investment firm says.

An analyst since 1998, Lesiak specializes in the coverage of basicmaterials with an emphasis on North American precious and base metalsequities.

Prior to joining Genuity, Lesiak was an analyst with UBS in Toronto and HSBC in New York. Lesiak will start at Genuity on Monday April 28 and will be based in Toronto.