Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (“
Osisko” or the
“
Corporation”) (TSX and NYSE: OR) is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mr. Jason Attew as President and
Chief Executive Officer, effective no later than January 2nd, 2024.
Mr. Attew will also join the Board of Directors of Osisko.
Mr. Attew is an accomplished mining executive
with almost 30 years' experience in the industry. He brings to
Osisko proven corporate leadership, a track record of successful
team building and deep mining industry connections, built upon a
background advising on some of the most transformational mergers
and acquisitions in the mining sector.
Mr. Attew’s appointment is the culmination of a
thorough search process conducted by Osisko’s Board under the
direction of a search committee of independent directors. After
considering a number of quality candidates, both external and
internal, Osisko’s Board unanimously concluded that Mr. Attew is
the ideal candidate to successfully lead Osisko going forward.
Osisko also announces that Mr. Norman MacDonald
has been appointed as Chair of the Board, effective immediately,
succeeding Mr. Sean Roosen. Mr. Roosen will continue as a director
with the title, “Chair Emeritus", to honour his legacy as founder
of Osisko and his continuing contributions to the Corporation. The
change reflects Mr. Roosen's desire to focus on his role as Chief
Executive Officer of Osisko Development Corp., while continuing to
contribute as a director of Osisko. Mr. Roosen was a founder of
Osisko Mining Corporation, where he was instrumental in the
discovery and development of the Canadian Malartic mine and also
led the efforts that resulted in the creation of the
Corporation.
“We are extremely pleased to have attracted a
new President and Chief Executive Officer of the caliber of Jason
Attew, and the entire Board looks forward to working with him over
the years ahead as we focus on a new and exciting stage of
long-term sustainable value creation,” said Mr. MacDonald, the
new Chair of the Board. “The Board also wishes to express its
sincere gratitude to Mr. Sean Roosen, who founded the
Corporation, and grew Osisko from a market capitalization of $400
million to $3.2 billion. We are grateful that Mr. Roosen will
continue as a director, allowing us to continue to benefit from his
knowledge, experience and connections while the Corporation moves
forward under the capable leadership of Mr. Attew. Lastly, I want
to thank Mr. Paul Martin for his leadership and steady hand as
our Interim Chief Executive Officer while we undertook our careful
CEO search process.”
Mr. Attew was most recently the President and
Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Gold Corp. Prior to that, he was
the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold Standard Ventures
Corp until its acquisition by Orla Mining Ltd. Previously he served
as the Chief Financial Officer at Goldcorp Inc.
(“Goldcorp”) where, in addition to leading the
finance and investor relations operations, he was responsible for
Goldcorp’s corporate development and strategy culminating in the
US$32 billion merger with Newmont Mining Corporation. Mr. Attew has
extensive capital markets experience from his time in investment
banking with the BMO Global Metals and Mining Group where he was at
the forefront of structuring and raising significant growth capital
as well as advising on both formative and transformational mergers
and acquisitions for corporations that have become industry leaders
over the past two decades. He is also a director of Evolution
Mining Limited . Mr. Attew holds a Bachelor of Science (Hon)
from the University of British Columbia as well as a Masters of
Business Administration from Queen’s University.
In addition to being a director of Osisko since
June 2023, Mr. MacDonald is Partner, Natural Resources at Fort
Capital. He has over 25 years of experience working at natural
resource focused institutional investment firms, including over 10
years as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Invesco. Mr. MacDonald
began his investment career at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Board, where he worked for three years in progressive roles from
Research Assistant to Portfolio Manager. His next role was as a
Vice President and Partner at Beutel, Goodman & Co. Ltd. Prior
to joining Invesco, Mr. Macdonald was a Vice President and
Portfolio Manager at Salida Capital. Mr. MacDonald is
currently a director of Advantage Energy Ltd. and G Mining Ventures
Corp. Mr. MacDonald holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the
University of Windsor and is a CFA Charterholder.
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 #116Mobile: (365) 275-1954
Email: gmoenting@osiskogr.com |
Heather TaylorVice President,
Sustainability & Communications Tel: (514) 940-0670 #105Email:
htaylor@osiskogr.com |
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,
the effective date of Mr. Attew’s hiring, 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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