OR Royalties Inc. operates as an intermediate precious metal royalty company. The company holds a North American focused portfolio of over 195 royalties, streams and precious metal offtakes, including 21 producing assets. The company’s portfolio is anchored by its cornerstone asset, a 3-5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic Complex, home to one of Canada’s largest gold mines.
The company acquires and manages royalties, streams and similar interests on precious metals and other...
OR Royalties Inc. operates as an intermediate precious metal royalty company. The company holds a North American focused portfolio of over 195 royalties, streams and precious metal offtakes, including 21 producing assets. The company’s portfolio is anchored by its cornerstone asset, a 3-5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic Complex, home to one of Canada’s largest gold mines.
The company acquires and manages royalties, streams and similar interests on precious metals and other commodities that fit its risk/reward objectives. The company owns a portfolio of royalties, streams, offtakes, options on royalty/stream financings and exclusive rights to participate in future royalty/stream financings on various projects.
Business Model
The company focuses on acquiring high-quality, long-life precious metals royalty and stream assets located in favourable jurisdictions and operated by established mining companies.
Cornerstone Asset: Canadian Malartic Royalty (3-5% NSR)
The company’s cornerstone asset is the 3-5% Canadian Malartic Royalty on the Canadian Malartic Complex, which is located in Malartic, Quebec, and operated by Agnico. On March 31, 2023, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (Agnico) completed the Yamana Transaction whereby it acquired Yamana's (Yamana Gold Inc.) interest in its Canadian assets, including the other half of the Canadian Malartic Complex.
In addition to the 5% NSR royalty on the Canadian Malartic Mine (including the Barnat Pit), the company also holds a 5% NSR royalty on the East Gouldie and Odyssey South underground deposits, a 3% NSR royalty on the Odyssey North underground deposit and a 3-5% NSR on the East Malartic underground deposit, which are located adjacent to the Canadian Malartic Mine. Following the Yamana Transaction, the Canadian Malartic Mine and the Odyssey Underground Mine now form the Canadian Malartic Complex.
Marimaca Copper Royalty
In September 2022, the company acquired a 1.0% NSR royalty covering the known mineralization and prospective exploration areas that constitute the Marimaca copper project located in Antofagasta, Chile, owned and operated by Marimaca Copper Corp.
Cascabel Royalty and Cascabel Gold Stream
In November 2022, the company acquired a 0.6% NSR royalty covering the entire 4,979 hectare Cascabel property, including the Alpala project, located in northeastern Ecuador and operated by SolGold (the Cascabel Royalty).
Gibraltar Silver Stream Amendments
In June 2023, the company completed certain amendments to its 75% silver stream (the Gibraltar Silver Stream) with respect to the Gibraltar copper mine (Gibraltar mine), located in British Columbia, Canada, which is operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taseko. On March 15, 2023, Taseko announced the completion of its acquisition of an additional 12.5% interest in Gibraltar mine from Sojitz Corporation, giving Taseko an effective 87.5% interest. The company and Taseko have amended the Gibraltar Silver Stream to increase the company’s effective stream percentage by 12.5% to 87.5%. Further to this, the company and Taseko have also extended the step-down silver delivery threshold to coincide with Taseko's recently updated Mineral Reserve estimate for Gibraltar mine. In December 2024, the company completed other amendments to its Gibraltar Silver Stream with respect to the Gibraltar mine. The company and Taseko have amended the Gibraltar Silver Stream to increase its attributable silver percentage by 12.5% to 100%.
Copper and Gold NSR royalty - Costa Fuego Copper-Gold Project
In July 2023, the company closed the acquisition of a 1.0% copper NSR royalty and a 3.0% gold NSR royalty from Hot Chili covering the Costa Fuego copper-gold project in Chile.
Gold NSR royalty - Namdini Gold Project
In October 2023, the company closed the acquisition of a 1.0% NSR royalty from Savannah Mining Limited covering the Namdini gold project (Namdini) in Ghana. Namdini is controlled and will be operated by Shandong Gold Co Ltd. through its subsidiary Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited, which is owned in partnership with a subsidiary of China Railway Construction Group Corp Ltd.
Eagle Gold Mine
The company holds a 5% NSR royalty on Eagle until 97,500 ounces of gold have been delivered and a 3% NSR royalty thereafter. The company’s royalty covers the entire Dublin Gulch property including the Eagle and Olive deposits. In addition, the company has various protections with respect to its royalty including security over the property, a registered interest in land recorded with the Yukon territory, and an intercreditor agreement with the senior lending syndicate.
Windfall Project
On October 28, 2024, Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) completed the acquisition of Osisko Mining granting Gold Fields full ownership of the Windfall project, located in the Northern Quebec region. The company has a 2-3% net smelter return (NSR) Royalty on the Windfall Project.
Dalgaranga Gold Project
In December 2024, the company acquired a 1.8% gross revenue royalty (GRR) on Dalgaranga (the Dalgaranga Royalty) operated by Spartan Resources Limited in Western Australia and a 1.35% GRR on additional regional exploration licenses in proximity to Dalgaranga.
History
The company was founded in 2014. The company was formerly known as Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd and changed its name to OR Royalties Inc. in May 2025.