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NEWS: Franco-Nevada Adds to Royalties Portfolio

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Alpala Royalty Acquisition

The Corporation today entered into an agreement with SolGold PLC ("SolGold") to acquire a 1% net smelter royalty ("NSR") with reference to all minerals produced from the Alpala copper-gold project in northern Ecuador for $100 million. The Alpala project is owned by Exploraciones Novomining SA, which is held 85% by SolGold and 15% by Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. The NSR will cover the 4,979 hectare Cascabel concession and closing of the acquisition is subject to on-site confirmatory due diligence which will be completed once COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted. In the interim, the Corporation has agreed to provide SolGold with a bridge loan of $15 million for a period of up to 8 months. 

SolGold has the option to increase the size of the transaction to $150 million for a 1.5% NSR until January 11, 2021 and also has the option to buy-back 50% of the NSR for a period of time. Franco-Nevada is entitled to receive certain minimum royalty payments from 2028 and also has the option to convert the NSR to a gold NSR for a period of time after Alpala is producing.

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/franco-nevada-adds-to-royalties-portfolio-and-initiates-new-atm-equity-program-896958676.html