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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS.  
ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

2.    ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

Red Chris Royalty Acquisition

On August 11, 2021, we acquired a 1.0% net smelter return royalty covering approximately 5,100 hectares, which includes the currently known mineralization and prospective exploration areas of the Red Chris Mine in British Columbia, Canada. We paid $165 million in cash consideration for the royalty to Glencore Canada Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG.

The Red Chris Mine is an operating open pit mine producing gold, copper and silver, and is located on the northern edge of the Skeena Mountains. The mine is owned and operated by a joint venture (the “Red Chris JV”), which is owned 70% by Newcrest Mining Ltd. (“Newcrest”) and 30% by Imperial Metals Corporation, in which Newcrest is the operator.

The Red Chris royalty acquisition has been accounted for as an asset acquisition. The $165 million cash consideration, plus direct acquisition costs, have been recorded and allocated between production and exploration stage royalty interests (Note 3) within Stream and royalty interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets. Approximately $116.1 million and $48.9 million was allocated to production stage and exploration stage royalty interest, respectively, as of September 30,

2021. The acquisition cost of the production stage Red Chris royalty will be depleted using the units of production method, which is estimated using aggregate proven and probable reserves, as provided by Newcrest.

NX Gold Mine Gold Stream Acquisition

On June 30, 2021, we announced that we entered into a precious metals purchase agreement for gold produced from the operating underground NX Gold Mine in Brazil (“NX Gold Stream”) with Ero Gold Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ero Copper Corporation, and certain of its affiliates (together, “Ero”).

On August 6, 2021, we made an advance payment of $100 million upon closing the transaction. In exchange for the consideration provided, we will receive 25% of the gold produced from the NX Gold Mine until the delivery of 93,000 ounces, and 10% thereafter. We will pay 20% of the spot gold price for each ounce delivered until the delivery of 49,000 ounces, and 40% of the spot gold price thereafter. Per the purchase agreement, we may make up to an additional $10 million of advance payments from the beginning of calendar 2022 through the end of calendar 2024 based on Ero meeting success-based targets related to regional exploration and resource additions.

The NX Gold Stream has been accounted for as an asset acquisition. The $100 million advance payment, plus direct acquisition costs, have been recorded and allocated between production and exploration stage stream interests (Note 3) within Stream and royalty interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets. Approximately $54.9 million and $45.1 million was allocated to production stage and exploration stage stream interest, respectively, as of September 30, 2021.The acquisition cost of the production stage NX Gold Stream will be depleted using the units of production method, which is estimated using aggregate proven and probable reserves, as provided by Ero.