Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (“
Osisko” or the
“
Corporation”) (TSX and NYSE: OR) announced today
that Mr. Sean Roosen has resigned as a director of the Corporation
in order to focus all of his time and attention on his role as
Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of
Osisko Development Corp.
“With the Corporation’s recent announcement of
Mr. Jason Attew as President and Chief Executive Officer and
Mr. Norman MacDonald as Chair of the Board, Osisko Gold
Royalties is in extremely strong and talented hands and now is the
right time for me to focus all my efforts on the future success of
Osisko Development,” said Mr. Roosen. “I am proud of my
contributions to Osisko Gold Royalties and look forward to watching
it create long-term sustainable value for its shareholders over
many years ahead as one of the premier intermediate North American
precious metal royalty companies.”
Mr. Norman MacDonald, Chair of Osisko’s
board of directors, said: “On behalf of our board and shareholders,
I want to thank Sean for his many contributions to Osisko over the
years. As a significant shareholder of Osisko Development Corp., we
support his decision to focus his efforts on the success of Osisko
Development and look forward, as a shareholder, to enjoying the
benefits of him doing so.”
About Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd is an intermediate
precious metal royalty company which holds a North American focused
portfolio of over 180 royalties, streams and precious metal
offtakes. Osisko’s portfolio is anchored by its cornerstone asset,
a 5% net smelter return royalty on the Canadian Malartic mine, one
of Canada’s largest gold mines.
Osisko’s head office is located at 1100 Avenue
des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Suite 300, Montréal, Québec,
H3B 2S2.
For further information, please contact
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd:
Grant MoentingVice President, Capital Markets Tel: (514) 940-0670
#116Email: gmoenting@osiskogr.com |
Heather TaylorVice President, Sustainability & Communications
Tel: (514) 940-0670 #105Email: htaylor@osiskogr.com |
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this press
release may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements in this
press release, forward-looking statements are statements other than
statements of historical fact, that address, without limitation,
future events, production estimates of Osisko’s assets (including
increase of production), timely developments of mining properties
over which Osisko has royalties, streams, offtakes and investments,
management’s expectations regarding Osisko’s growth, results of
operations, estimated future revenues, production costs, carrying
value of assets, ability to continue to pay dividend, requirements
for additional capital, business prospects and opportunities future
demand for and fluctuation of prices of commodities (including
outlook on gold, silver, diamonds, other commodities) currency
markets and general market conditions. In addition, statements and
estimates (including data in tables) relating to mineral reserves
and resources and gold equivalent ounces are forward-looking
statements, as they involve implied assessment, based on certain
estimates and assumptions, and no assurance can be given that the
estimates will be realized. Forward-looking statements are
statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not
always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates",
"believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential",
"scheduled" and similar expressions or variations (including
negative variations), or that events or conditions "will", "would",
"may", "could" or "should" occur. Forward-looking statements are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors, most of which are beyond the control of Osisko, and actual
results may accordingly differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, without
limitation, (i) with respect to properties in which Osisko holds a
royalty, stream or other interest; risks related to: (a) the
operators of the properties, (b) timely development, permitting,
construction, commencement of production, ramp-up (including
operating and technical challenges), (c) differences in rate and
timing of production from resource estimates or production
forecasts by operators, (d) differences in conversion rate from
resources to reserves and ability to replace resources, (e) the
unfavorable outcome of any challenges or litigation relating title,
permit or license, (f) hazards and uncertainty associated with the
business of exploring, development and mining including, but not
limited to unusual or unexpected geological and metallurgical
conditions, slope failures or cave-ins, flooding and other natural
disasters or civil unrest or other uninsured risks; with respect to
external factors: (a) fluctuations in the prices of the commodities
that drive royalties, streams, offtakes and investments held by
Osisko, (b) fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar
relative to the U.S. dollar, (c) regulatory changes by national and
local governments, including permitting and licensing regimes and
taxation policies; regulations and political or economic
developments in any of the countries where properties in which
Osisko holds a royalty, stream or other interest are located or
through which they are held, (d) continued availability of capital
and financing and general economic, market or business conditions,
and (e) responses of relevant governments to the COVID-19 outbreak
and the effectiveness of such response and the potential impact of
COVID-19 on Osisko’s business, operations and financial condition;
with respect to internal factors: (a) business opportunities that
may or not become available to, or are pursued by Osisko or (b) the
integration of acquired assets. The forward-looking statements
contained in this press release are based upon assumptions
management believes to be reasonable, including, without
limitation: the absence of significant change in the Corporation’s
ongoing income and assets relating to determination of its Passive
Foreign Investment Company ("PFIC”) status; the absence of any
other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ
from those anticipated, estimated or intended and, with respect to
properties in which Osisko holds a royalty, stream or other
interest, (i) the ongoing operation of the properties by the owners
or operators of such properties in a manner consistent with past
practice and with public disclosure (including forecast of
production), (ii) the accuracy of public statements and disclosures
made by the owners or operators of such underlying properties
(including expectations for the development of underlying
properties that are not yet in production), (iii) no adverse
development in respect of any significant property, (iv) that
statements and estimates relating to mineral reserves and resources
by owners and operators are accurate and (v) the implementation of
an adequate plan for integration of acquired assets.
For additional information on risks,
uncertainties and assumptions, please refer to the most recent
Annual Information Form of Osisko filed on SEDAR+ at
www.sedarplus.com and EDGAR at www.sec.gov which also provides
additional general assumptions in connection with these statements.
Osisko cautions that the foregoing list of risk and uncertainties
is not exhaustive. Investors and others should carefully consider
the above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent and
the risk they entail. Osisko believes that the assumptions
reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, but
no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be
accurate as actual results and prospective events could materially
differ from those anticipated such the forward-looking statements
and such forward-looking statements included in this press release
are not guarantee of future performance and should not be unduly
relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this
press release. Osisko undertakes no obligation to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required
by applicable law.
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