Electric Royalties Ltd.
Overview
Electric Royalties Ltd. is a junior copper royalty and streaming company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, operating primarily in Canada. Key assets include Penouta and Punitaqui. Portfolio composition includes 1 cash-flowing royalty, 12 development royalties, and 26 exploration royalties. The company operates as a non-operating royalty holder, acquiring interests such as net smelter returns and gross revenue royalties across various project stages, from exploration to production. This model provides exposure to commodity markets without direct operational or capital expenditure risks associated with mining. The business objective is to build a diversified portfolio to generate long-term, stable cash flows for capital appreciation and shareholder distributions. As a royalty holder, the entity has limited or no control over the underlying project operations, development timelines, or production decisions, and relies on the project operators for royalty calculations and payments. Access to non-public operational data is often restricted, which is an inherent characteristic of the business model.
Management
Executive leadership includes a Chief Executive Officer and a board of directors, with a new Chair appointed in March 2025 who has served as an independent director since 2016. A key director is also a significant shareholder who controls the entity's primary lender, with related party transactions subject to regulatory compliance and shareholder approvals, as demonstrated by a special shareholder meeting held in March 2024. The management structure relies on sourcing necessary technical, geological, corporate communications, accounting, and administrative services from external providers on a non-exclusive basis, rather than maintaining a large internal team. Governance mechanisms include a stock option plan, a restricted share unit plan, and a deferred share unit plan for directors, officers, and consultants.
Structure
Corporate structure is influenced by significant shareholders who are also strategic partners. Gleason & Sons LLC, controlled by a director, holds over 10% of issued shares and is the sole provider of a C$10 million convertible credit facility, which is secured against a portion of the entity's royalty portfolio. This facility gives the lender conversion rights into common shares. Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. also holds over 10% of the company's shares and was the counterparty in a 2024 transaction where the company acquired a large portfolio of early-stage royalties. In December 2024, the organization completed a royalty acquisition from Battery Mineral Resources Corp. and its subsidiaries, funded partially through the aforementioned credit facility. Directors and officers, including the major shareholders, participate in company financings, such as the private placement closed in January 2025.
Source
Electric Royalties Ltd. - Management's Discussion And Analysis - 2024
- Project should be interpreted as a single, group or complex of mines, deposits or other mineral assets. Name of the project should be identical to the official company naming convention.
- The ranges of values provided are indicative and should not be regarded as exact figures.
- Figures for exploration and development projects are based on available data and are indicative only; actual values may vary substantially.
- Royalties frequently apply to specific mineralized areas that may not coincide exactly with the boundaries of the overall project. As a result, even if a mine is currently in operation, the portion subject to the royalty may not be included in extraction activities until future years.
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- koz au: Thousand ounces of gold (production volume)
- moz au: Million ounces of gold (resource base or production volume)
- g/t: Grams per tonne (grade of gold or silver in ore)
- usd/oz au: US dollars per ounce of gold (cost metric)
- moz ag: Million ounces of silver (resource base or production volume)
- g/t ag: Grams per tonne of silver in ore (grade)
- usd/oz ag: US dollars per ounce of silver (cost metric)
- kt cu: Thousand tonnes of copper (production volume)
- mt ore: Million tonnes of ore (resource base for copper)
- %: Percent copper or uranium in ore (grade)
- usd/lb cu: US dollars per pound of copper (cost metric)
- mlb U3O8: Million pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8) (production or resource base)
- % eU3O8: Percent equivalent uranium oxide in ore (grade)
- usd/lb u3o8: US dollars per pound of uranium oxide (cost metric)
- Open Pit: Surface mining method using large excavated terraces to extract ore
- Underground: Subsurface mining through shafts, tunnels, and chambers
- ISR (In-Situ Recovery): Solution mining method using chemical leaching without excavation
- Exploration: Early-stage project searching for and defining mineral deposits
- Development: Mine under construction or preparation for production
- Operating: Active mine currently extracting and processing ore
- Expansion: Mine temporarily suspended or with limited production, in progress to increase production in the future
- Reclamation: Mine permanently closed or no longer producing, but the site is being rehabilitated
- P&P (Proven and Probable Reserves): Highest confidence mineral resources with detailed mine plans, it's a subset of M&I
- M&I (Measured and Indicated Resources): Well-defined resources with good geological confidence
- Inf (Inferred Resources): Estimated resources with limited geological confidence
- Scoping Study: High-level assessment to determine if a project warrants further investigation
- PEA (Preliminary Economic Assessment): Initial economic evaluation of a mineral project
- Pre-Feasibility (Preliminary Feasibility Study): Intermediate-level technical and economic assessment
- Feasibility (Definitive Feasibility Study): Comprehensive technical and economic evaluation for investment decisions
- BFS (Bankable Feasibility Study): Detailed study meeting lender requirements for project financing
- NPV (Net Present Value): Discounted value of future cash flows minus initial investment
- IRR (Internal Rate of Return): Discount rate that makes NPV equal to zero
- Payback Period: Time required to recover initial capital investment from project cash flows
- AISC (All-In Sustaining Cost): Total cost per ounce including sustaining capital and corporate costs
- Royalty: Payment to landowner/government based on percentage of production value or revenue
- Stream: Agreement to purchase future production at predetermined price, often below market rate
- NSR (Net Smelter Return): Royalty based on net revenue after smelting and refining costs
- GRR (Gross Revenue Royalty): Royalty based on total gross revenue before any deductions
- NPI (Net Profits Interest): Royalty based on net profits after operating costs and capital recovery