Streaming and royalty firms provide upfront financing for exploration and development to precious metals producers in exchange for a percentage of production or revenues from any future output.
Gold Royalty will also assign to Val-d’Or all rights and interests under an option agreement with Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD) (NYSE: EGO).
The move allows the company to keep the rights to a 1.5% net smelter return royalty on all properties covered by the deal with Eldorado, including the Claw Lake, Cook Lake and Murdoch Creek properties in Ontario and the Perestroika Prospect in Quebec.
Gold Royalty is also maintaining the right of first refusal on any royalty or similar interest sold by Val-d’Or.
The company also entered into a similar agreement to reserve the right of first refusal on any royalty or interest sold by International Prospect Ventures in Australia.
Gold Royalty’s portfolio includes royalties on North America’s three…
