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Number of Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) royalties received.

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Represents number of shares received that is associated with restructuring activities.

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Represents percentage of net smelter return.

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Percentage of spot price per metric tonne of copper delivered

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Amount of direct costs of the arrangement including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred.

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Investments in debt and equity securities which are categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading and which are intended to be sold or mature more than one year from the balance sheet date or operating cycle, if longer. Such securities are reported at fair value; unrealized gains (losses) related to Available-for-sale Securities are excluded from earnings and reported in a separate component of shareholders' equity (other comprehensive income), unless the Available-for-sale security is designated as a hedge or is determined to have had an other than temporary decline in fair value below its amortized cost basis. All or a portion of the unrealized holding gain (loss) of an Available-for-sale security that is designated as being hedged in a fair value hedge is recognized in earnings during the period of the hedge, as are other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for investments in equity securities and debt securities that an entity intends to sell or it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis. Other than temporary declines in fair value below the cost basis for debt securities categorized as Available-for-sale that an entity does not intend to sell and for which it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before the recovery of its amortized cost basis are bifurcated into credit losses and losses related to all other factors. Other than temporary declines in fair value below cost basis related to credit losses are recognized in earnings, and losses related to all other factors are recognized in other comprehensive income.

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Mineral properties, net of adjustments.

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STREAM AND ROYALTY INTERESTS, NET (Details) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	Dec. 20, 2016 USD ($) item shares	Oct. 20, 2016 USD ($) $ / oz	Oct. 19, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / oz	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Value of stream and royalty interests, net				$ 2,892,256	$ 2,848,087
Available-for-sale securities				$ 3,700	$ 0
Rubicon
Number of NSR royalties received \| item	3
Available-for-sale securities	$ 3,400
Phoenix Gold
Value of stream and royalty interests, net	$ 0					$ 0
Phoenix Gold \| Rubicon
Number of common shares of Rubicon received \| shares	3
Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) (as a percent)	1.00%
Mount Milligan
Gold streaming interest (as a percent)		35.00%	52.25%
Copper streaming interest (as a percent)		18.75%
Cash payment for each ounce of gold (in dollars per ounce) \| $ / oz		435		435
Spot price per delivered metric tonne of copper (as a percent)		15.00%
Maximum period between concentrate shipment and final settlement		5 months
Direct transaction costs		$ 7,700