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Note 24 - Commitments

(a)Purchase Commitments

The following table summarizes the Company’s commitments to pay for gold, silver and PGM pursuant to the associated precious metal agreements as at June 30, 2025:

Attributable payable

 

production to be purchased

Per ounce cash payment (1),(2)

Term of

Date of

 

Interest

    

Gold

    

Silver

    

PGM

    

Gold

    

Silver

    

PGM

    

    

agreement(3)

    

contract

 

Antamina

 

%  

22.5

(4)

%  

n/a

5

(5)

n/a

 

40 years

7-Oct-15

Antapaccay

 

(6)

(7)

%  

 

20

(8)

20

(9)

n/a

 

40 years

10-Feb-16

Candelaria

 

68

(10)

68

(10)

%  

$

400

$

4.00

n/a

 

40 years

6-Oct-14

Cascabel

14

(11)

%

%

20

(12)

n/a

n/a

40 years

15-Jul-24

Cooke 4

 

7

%  

%  

%  

$

400

n/a

n/a

 

40 years

5-Nov-09

Cobre Panama Fixed Payment Stream

 

(13)

(14)

%  

$

418

(15)

$

6.27

(16)

n/a

 

40 years

19-Jan-18

Cobre Panama Floating Payment Stream

(17)

(18)

%  

20

(19)

20

(20)

n/a

 

40 years

19-Jan-18

Condestable

(21)

(22)

%  

20

(23)

20

(24)

n/a

 

40 years

27-Mar-24

Guadalupe-Palmarejo

 

50

%  

%  

%  

$

800

n/a

n/a

 

40 years

2-Oct-14

Karma

 

4.875

%

%  

%  

 

20

% (25)

n/a

n/a

 

40 years

11-Aug-14

New Prosperity

22

(26)

%  

%  

$

400

(27)

n/a

n/a

 

40 years

12-May-10

Sabodala

 

(28)

%  

%  

 

20

(29)

n/a

n/a

 

40 years

25-Sep-20

Sudbury (30)

 

50

%  

%  

50

%  

$

400

n/a

$

400

 

40 years

15-Jul-08

Tocantinzinho

 

12.5

(31)

%  

%  

20

%  (32)

n/a

n/a

 

40 years

18-Jul-22

Western Limb Mining Operations

 

(33) 

%  

1

(34) 

5

% (35)

n/a

5

%

 

40 years

28-Feb-25

1Subject to an annual inflationary adjustment except for Antamina, Antapaccay, Cascabel, Guadalupe-Palmarejo, Karma, Sabodala, Tocantinzinho and the Western Limb Mining Operations.
2Should the prevailing market price for gold be lower than this amount, the per ounce cash payment will be reduced to the prevailing market price.
3Subject to successive extensions.
4Subject to a fixed payability of 90%. Percentage decreases to 15% after 86 million ounces of silver has been delivered under the agreement.
5Purchase price is 5% of the average silver price at the time of delivery.
6Gold deliveries are referenced to copper in concentrate shipped with 300 ounces of gold delivered for each 1,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate shipped, until 630,000 ounces of gold has been delivered. Thereafter, percentage is 30% of gold shipped.
7Silver deliveries are referenced to copper in concentrate shipped with 4,700 ounces of silver delivered for each 1,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate shipped, until 10.0 million ounces of silver has been delivered. Thereafter, percentage is 30% of silver shipped.
8Purchase price is 20% of the spot price of gold until 750,000 ounces of gold have been delivered, thereafter the purchase price is 30% of the spot price of gold.
9Purchase price is 20% of the spot price of silver until 12.8 million ounces of silver have been delivered, thereafter the purchase price is 30% of the spot price of silver.
10Percentage decreases to 40% after 720,000 ounces of gold and 12.0 million ounces of silver have been delivered under the agreement.
11Percentage decreases to 8.4% after 525,000 ounces of gold have been delivered to Franco-Nevada (Barbados) Corporation under the agreement.
12Purchase price is 20% of the spot price of gold at the time of delivery.
13Gold deliveries are indexed to copper in concentrate produced from the project. 120 ounces of gold per every 1 million pounds of copper produced until 808,000 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter, 81 ounces of gold per 1 million pounds of copper produced until 1,716,188 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter, 63.4% of the gold in concentrate.
14Silver deliveries are indexed to copper in concentrate produced from the project. 1,376 ounces of silver per every 1 million pounds of copper produced until 9,842,000 ounces of silver delivered. Thereafter 1,776 ounces of silver per 1 million pounds of copper produced until 29,731,000 ounces of silver delivered. Thereafter, 62.1% of the silver in concentrate.
15After 1,341,000 ounces of gold delivered, purchase price is the greater of 50% of spot and $418.27 per ounce, subject to an annual inflationary adjustment. As the mill throughput for 30 consecutive days commensurate with annual capacity of 58 million tonnes per annum was not reached by January 1, 2019, Franco-Nevada received a reduction of the applicable fixed gold price of $100 per ounce until the end of Q2 2023.
16After 21,510,000 ounces of silver delivered, purchase price is the greater of 50% of spot and $6.27 per ounce, subject to an annual inflationary adjustment.
17Gold deliveries are indexed to copper in concentrate produced from the project. 30 ounces of gold per every 1 million pounds of copper produced until 202,000 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter 20.25 ounces of gold per 1 million pounds of copper produced until 429,047 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter, 15.85% of the gold in concentrate.
18Silver deliveries are indexed to copper in concentrate produced from the project. 344 ounces of silver per every 1 million pounds of copper produced until 2,460,500 ounces of silver delivered. Thereafter, 444 ounces of silver per 1 million pounds of copper produced until 7,432,750 ounces of silver delivered. Thereafter 15.53% of the silver in concentrate.
19After 604,000 ounces of gold delivered, purchase price is 50% of the spot price of gold. As the mill throughput for 30 consecutive days commensurate with annual capacity of 58 million tonnes per annum was not reached by January 1, 2019, Franco-Nevada received a reduction of the applicable floating gold price of $100 per ounce until the end of Q2 2023.
20After 9,618,000 ounces of silver delivered, purchase price is 50% of the spot price of silver.
21Gold deliveries are fixed at 8,760 ounces per annum from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. Thereafter, 63% of the gold in concentrate until a cumulative total of 87,600 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter, 37.5% of the gold in concentrate.
22Silver deliveries are fixed at 291,000 ounces per annum from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2025. Thereafter, 63% of the silver in concentrate until a cumulative total of 2,910,000 ounces of silver delivered. Thereafter, 37.5% of the silver in concentrate.
23Purchase price is 20% of the spot price of gold at the time of delivery.
24Purchase price is 20% of the spot price of silver at the time of delivery.
25Purchase price is 20% of the average gold price at the time of delivery.
26Franco-Nevada has the right to acquire a 22% gold stream on New Prosperity for $350.0 million.
27Purchase price is subject to a 1% increase, compounding annually, that commenced in May 2014.
28Based on amended agreement with an effective date of September 1, 2020, gold deliveries are fixed at 783.33 ounces per month until 105,750 ounces of gold is delivered. Thereafter, percentage is 6% of gold production (subject to reconciliation after fixed delivery period to determine if Franco-Nevada would have received more or less than 105,750 ounces of gold under the original 6% variable stream for such period, entitling the operator to a credit for an over-delivery applied against future stream deliveries or a one-time additional delivery to Franco-Nevada for an under-delivery).
29Purchase price is 20% of prevailing market price at the time of delivery.
30The Company is committed to purchase 50% of the precious metals contained in ore from the properties. Payment is based on gold equivalent ounces. For McCreedy West, effective June 1, 2021, purchase price per gold equivalent ounce is determined based on the monthly average gold spot price: (i) when the gold spot price is less than $800 per ounce, the purchase price is the prevailing monthly average gold spot price; (ii) when the gold spot price is greater than $800 per ounce but less than $1,333 per ounce, the purchase price is $800 per ounce; (iii) when the gold spot price is greater than $1,333 per ounce but less than $2,000 per ounce, the purchase price is 60% of the prevailing monthly average gold spot price; and (iv) when the gold spot price is greater than $2,000, the purchase price is $1,200 per ounce.
31Percentage decreases to 7.5% after 300,000 ounces of gold have been delivered under the agreement.
32Purchase price is 20% of the spot price of gold at the time of delivery.
33Gold deliveries are referenced to platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (“4E”) ounces contained in concentrate with deliveries of gold ounces initially equal to 1.1% of 4E PGM ounces contained in concentrate, until 87,500 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter, deliveries of gold ounces equal to 0.75% of 4E PGM ounces contained in concentrate, until a total of 237,000 ounces of gold delivered. Thereafter, 80.0% of gold contained in concentrate.
34Percentage increases to 2.1% of platinum contained in concentrate after 48,000 ounces of platinum delivered. Platinum deliveries are capped at 294,000 ounces of platinum.
35After 237,000 ounces of gold delivered, purchase price is 10% of the spot price of gold.

(b)Capital Commitments

As at June 30, 2025, the Company has the following investment commitments with respect to the Company’s royalty and stream interests:

Asset

Commitment

Obligating Event

 

Cascabel stream

$501.6 million

Without limitation, completion of key development milestones, receipt of all material permits, a construction decision approved by the board of directors of SolGold plc, and availability of the remainder of the required project financing

Discovery term loan

$100.0 million

Receipt of written notice from Discovery within two years after closing date of April 15, 2025 and upon completion of customary conditions

Royalty Acquisition Venture with Continental

$41.9 million

Acquisition of mineral rights acquired through the Royalty Acquisition Venture with Continental, triggering funding requirements by the Company

Yanacocha royalty

118,534 Franco-Nevada common shares (equivalent to $15.0 million at closing)

Achievement of commercial production and receipt of royalty payments from the Conga project for a full year within 20 years of the August 13, 2024 purchase agreement

Copper World royalty

$12.5 million

50% of commitment payable upon the project having all necessary permits and approvals and being free of legal challenges. 50% of commitment payable upon Franco-Nevada receiving royalty payments from the operator. Proportionate reduction of such contingent payments for a smaller-scale mine having anticipated life of mine production of copper contained in concentrate between 550,000 short tons and 1,703,000 short tons

Salares Norte (Rio Baker) royalty

$8.0 million

Receipt of Rio Baker royalty payments (excluding proceeds from the exercise by Gold Fields Limited of a partial buy back option on the royalty) in excess of $15 million

Royalty with EMX Royalty Corporation

$4.9 million

Sourcing by EMX of newly created precious metals and copper royalties meeting specified criteria within three years of the June 27, 2023 joint acquisition agreement

Eskay Creek royalty

C$4.5 million

Skeena Resources having obtained mineral and surface rights to the materials contained in the Albino Lake storage facility, and such materials containing at least 300,000 ounces of contained gold that are contemplated to be mined in a mine plan approved by the board of Skeena Resources

Subsequent to quarter-end, the Company entered into capital commitments related to its royalty interests on the Arthur Gold Project and the Gold Quarry mine, as detailed in Note 3 (a) and (c), respectively. The Company also funded $23.3 million for pre-construction activities at the Cascabel project, as referenced in Note 3 (b).

In addition to the table above, the Company has commitments related to environmental and social initiatives in connection with its acquisition of royalty and stream interests.