(c) | New and amended standards adopted by the Company |
The following standard was effective and implemented for the annual period as of January 1, 2021.
Interest rate benchmark reform
In 2020, the IASB published Interest Rate Benchmark Reform - Phase 2 (Amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4, and IFRS 16) (“Phase 2 amendments”) to address the financial reporting impacts of replacing one benchmark interest rate with an alternative rate. The Phase 2 amendments provide a practical expedient to ease the potential burden of accounting for changes in contractual cash flows and include disclosure requirements at the time of benchmark interest rate replacement. The Company has adopted these Phase 2 amendments effective January 1, 2021 and has applied the Phase 2 amendments retrospectively. There was no significant impact to the current period or comparative periods presented as a result of the Phase 2 amendments.
Note 3 – Acquisitions and other transactions
(a) | Acquisition of Vale Royalty Debentures – Brazil |
On April 16, 2021, the Company acquired 57 million of Vale S.A.’s (“Vale”) outstanding participating debentures (“Royalty Debentures”) for $538 million. The terms of the Royalty Debentures were set to ensure that holders would participate in potential future benefits that might be obtained from exploration of mineral resources from Vale’s Northern System, Southeastern System and on certain copper and gold assets. Holders of the debentures have the right to receive semi-annual payments equal to an agreed percentage of revenues less value-added and other sales or revenue taxes, transport fee and insurance expenses related to the trading of the products, derived from these mineral resources.
Royalty payments are made on a semi-annual basis on March 31st and September 30th of each year reflecting the sales from the underlying mines in the preceding half calendar year period. The first payment for H1/2021 will be payable to the Company on September 30, 2021, reflecting a net sales royalty for the six-month period from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021.
Management has determined that the Royalty Debentures are economically equivalent to royalty interests with no maturity until the underlying mining rights are extinguished, and has accounted for them as an acquisition of a mineral interest.
(b) | Acquisition of Séguéla Royalty – Côte d'Ivoire |
On March 30, 2021, the Company acquired a 1.2% NSR on Roxgold Inc.’s (“Roxgold”) Séguéla gold project in Côte d'Ivoire for $15.2 million (A$20.0 million). The royalty agreement is subject to a buy-back at the option of Roxgold of up to 50% of the royalty at a pro rata portion of the purchase price for a period of up to three years after closing.
The acquisition of the Séguéla royalty has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.
(c) | Acquisition of Condestable Gold and Silver Stream – Peru |
On March 8, 2021, the Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, closed a precious metals stream agreement with reference to the gold and silver production from the Condestable mine in Peru, for an up-front deposit of $165.0 million. The Condestable mine is located approximately 90 kilometers south of Lima, Peru, and is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Southern Peaks Mining LP (“SPM”), a private company.
Commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2025, Franco-Nevada will receive 8,760 ounces of gold and 291,000 ounces of silver annually until a total of 43,800 ounces of gold and 1,455,000 ounces of silver have been delivered (the “Fixed Deliveries”). Thereafter, Franco-Nevada will receive 63% of the contained gold and contained silver produced until a cumulative total of 87,600 ounces of gold and 2,910,000 ounces of silver have been delivered (the “Variable Phase 1 Deliveries”). The stream then reduces to 25% of gold and silver produced from concentrate over the remaining life of mine (the “Variable Phase 2 Deliveries”). Franco-Nevada will pay 20% of the spot price for gold and silver for each ounce delivered under the stream (the “Ongoing Payment”). The stream has an effective date of January 1, 2021, with the first quarterly delivery received on March 15, 2021.