Franco-Nevada Q1 2026 Earnings Report

Franco-Nevada EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $2.38
• Consensus EPS: $2.09
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.29
• One Year Ago EPS: $1.07

Franco-Nevada Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $650.70 million
• Expected Revenue: $634.43 million
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$16.27 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: +76.60%

Franco-Nevada Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q1 2026
• Date: 5/12/2026
• Time: After Market Closes
• Conference Call Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
• Conference Call Time: 8:00AM ET

Franco-Nevada (NYSE:FNV) is a Toronto-based royalty and streaming company that specializes in securing and managing long-term interests in mining properties. The firm focuses primarily on precious metals, particularly gold, while also holding interests related to silver, copper, platinum-group metals and select base metals. Rather than operating mines directly, Franco-Nevada acquires royalty and streaming agreements that entitle it to a percentage of production or revenue from producing and developing assets in exchange for upfront or staged financing.

The company’s business model centers on providing capital to mining companies in return for a sustained share of production or metal revenue, which can reduce exposure to operating and capital cost risks typical of mine operators. Its portfolio typically includes a mix of life-of-mine royalties on producing operations, streams that deliver metal directly at agreed pricing or discounts, and contractual interests on projects at various stages of development and exploration. This structure aims to generate predictable cash flows and long-dated exposure to commodity prices for shareholders.

Franco-Nevada maintains a geographically diversified portfolio with interests across major mining jurisdictions, including operations and projects in the Americas, Africa, Australia and other regions. The company’s holdings span both established producing mines and earlier-stage projects, seeking a balance between near-term cash generation and exposure to future resource growth. Diversification by geography and commodity is a key component of its risk management approach.

The current Franco-Nevada organization traces its heritage to earlier royalty businesses that established the Franco-Nevada name in the mining finance sector, and the company is publicly listed in North America. It is managed by a team with industry experience in royalty and mining finance and positions itself as a specialist owner-operator of non-operating mineral and related royalty assets. Franco-Nevada’s model appeals to investors seeking exposure to commodity upside while avoiding the direct operational responsibilities of mining companies.

Franco-Nevada Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Franco-Nevada reported record Q1 2026 results, with revenue up 77% to $650.7 million, Adjusted EBITDA up 84% to $591.9 million, and adjusted net income up 123% to $458.3 million. Higher gold and silver prices, plus contributions from recent acquisitions, drove the strong performance.
• Positive Sentiment: The company said it continues to see a robust deal pipeline, with activity around developer financings, vendor sales from larger miners, and potentially more precious-metals stream transactions similar to BHP’s Antamina deal. Management said it remains open to syndication but generally sees better value in private transactions.
• Positive Sentiment: Franco-Nevada ended the quarter with $3.4 billion of available capital, including cash, its credit facility and liquid securities, and later added a separate $500 million credit facility at its Barbados subsidiary. Management said this gives the company additional flexibility to pursue larger opportunities.
• Neutral Sentiment: Management highlighted improving conditions at Cobre Panamá, including coal shipments, restarted power units and government approval to process stockpiles, while an environmental audit continues. However, the company said it is not involved in operator-government negotiations and does not expect any material change to its stream terms.
• Positive Sentiment: The board raised the quarterly dividend by 16% in January to $0.44 per share, marking the company’s 19th consecutive annual increase. Management also reiterated that its priority remains adding long-life assets rather than paying a special dividend.

Presentation

[Operator]

Good morning. Welcome to Franco-Nevada Corporation's first quarter 2026 results conference call and webcast. This call is being recorded on May 13, 2026. At this time, all lines are in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a Q&A session where you may ask a question through the phone line or webcast. If you're joining by webcast, you may submit a read-in question for the Q&A session at any time during this call by typing your question in the Q&A section of the webcast platform. If you require immediate assistance during this call, please press star zero at any time for the operator. I would now like to turn the conference over to your host, Bonavie Tek, VP, Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

[Bonavie Tek, VP of Finance and Investor Relations at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thank you, Vincent. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today to discuss Franco-Nevada's first quarter 2026 results. Accompanying this call is a presentation which is available on our website at franco-nevada.com, where you will also find our full financial results. The presentation is also available to view on the webcast. During our call this morning, Paul Brink, President and CEO of Franco-Nevada, will provide introductory remarks, followed by Sandip Rana, Chief Financial Officer, who will provide a brief review of our results. This will be followed by a Q&A period. Our executive team is available to answer any questions. Participants may submit questions by telephone or via the webcast. We would like to remind participants that some of today's commentaries may contain forward-looking information. We refer you to our detailed cautionary note on slide two of this presentation.

[Bonavie Tek, VP of Finance and Investor Relations at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

I will now turn the call over to Paul Brink, President and CEO of Franco-Nevada.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thank you, Bonavie. Good day, everyone. At yesterday's AGM, David Harquail gave his last address as Chair before taking on the title of Chair Emeritus. As shareholders, we're all tremendously grateful to David for the incredible value he's created over 18 years at Franco-Nevada. On behalf of the Board and the management team, I'd like to thank David for his vision, his leadership, and his entrepreneurial drive that's created the success that we've all shared in. We're delighted to have Tom Albanese, who was most recently lead Independent Director of Franco-Nevada, take on the Chair role. Many of you are already familiar with Tom from his prior CEO roles at both Rio Tinto plc and Vedanta Resources, and many other corporate directive positions. His depth of experience and his intimate knowledge of Franco-Nevada from his many years of prior service on the Board position Tom ideally for the role.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Turning to the first quarter, we once again realized record financial results. Record revenue, operating cash flow, adjusted EBITDA, and net income, driven by higher commodity prices and contributions from recent acquisitions. During the quarter, we also had a gain from partial buyback of our Cascabel stream as it moved into the hands of Jiangxi Copper, a party we believe is very capable of building and operating a large-scale mine. Oil prices have traded 70%-80% higher since the U.S. attack on Iran at the end of February. While not much of the higher prices accrued to Q1, it bodes well for our Q2 results and potentially through the rest of the year. Franco-Nevada is unique as a mining equity.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Not only is our royalty and streaming model largely insulated from the effect of energy prices and cost inflation, but at current prices, oil and liquids can contribute meaningfully to our revenue mix. Q1 2026 was one of our most successful quarters, growing our business with four new acquisitions: a gold stream with Orezone on Casa Berardi, royalty financings for i-80 Gold in Nevada and Minerals 260 in Western Australia, and purchase of a third-party royalty on Banyan's AurMac. All assets were able to secure attractive resource optionality in good mining jurisdictions. We saw encouraging progress at Cobre Panamá. The quarter saw coal shipments received that both power plant units restarted and power supplied to the grid. The government of Panama proceeded to approve the processing of stockpiles.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

This was an important step as it allows the company to restart the mills, which has the immediate positive benefit of increasing employment in country. The audit, the environmental audit carried out by SGS Global is ongoing, with five interim reports having been published without any material deficiencies identified. The final report is due in Q2 this year. On the sustainability front, we're expanding the reach of our diversity scholarships for college or trade school programs in collaboration with Young Mining Professionals. We continue to grow our community initiatives, renewed our support for Enseña Perú's education initiatives in Peru, and also funded an education initiative with i-80 Gold in Nevada. Last week, we published our annual sustainability report, which outlines our accomplishments in 2025 and our commitments to further our sustainability-related leadership. Report's available on our website. Our efforts are recognized by the major ESG rating agencies.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

In particular, during the quarter, we received an upgrade of our MSCI ESG rating from AA to AAA, placing us in the top tier amongst mining and precious metal players. Along with the sustainability report, we launched our annual asset handbook, which details first and foremost our 121 cash flow producing assets, the largest and most diversified portfolio of cash flow producing streams and royalties that exists. Included in the report is an asset-by-asset mine life detail, both operators' current mine plans and potential mine life based on M&I royalty ounces. In aggregate for our mining portfolio at current production rates, M&I resources would support 34 years of mining and inferred resources a further 12 years. The report also profiles our development projects and our higher potential exploration projects.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

One stat that to me highlights the optionality of the portfolio is the total value of the ounces underpinning the value of the company. In all categories, ounces that are 100% attributable to Franco have a value of $124 billion at current gold prices. That's just shy of triple our current market cap. To finish, we currently have $3.4 billion in available capital and a robust pipeline of business development opportunities. With that, I'll hand the call to Sandip.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thanks, Paul. Good morning, everyone. As Paul mentioned, Franco-Nevada reported record financial results for first quarter, March 31st, 2026. Our portfolio of royalty and stream assets continued to perform well with both the precious metals and diversified segments having a strong quarter. On slide four, you'll see a summary of commodity prices for first quarter 2026 and 2025. Gold and silver prices increased significantly year-over-year, with the average gold price higher by 70% in the quarter. The two strongest performers year-over-year were silver and platinum, each up 165% and 128% respectively. The strong silver price performance benefited our silver assets and in particular Antamina, where we had a significant increase in revenue compared to prior year.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

This was both due to the increase in the silver price, but also significantly higher silver deliveries during the quarter. For the diversified commodities, most remained fairly flat year-over-year. With the conflict in the Middle East, the oil price has seen a sharp increase over the last two months. Current WTI prices have been hovering around $100 per bbl. This will positively impact our energy revenue for Q2. An increase of $10 relative to our assumed WTI price of $70 per bbl used in our guidance would be expected to increase our oil revenue by approximately 12%. The strong performance of our assets, combined with record gold and silver prices, resulted in record financial results for the quarter. Revenue was higher by 77%, adjusted EBITDA 84%, and adjusted net income 123%.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Total GEO sold for the quarter increased 8% to 136,353 GEOs, compared to 126,585 GEOs in the prior year. Precious metal GEOs sold in the quarter were 117,980 GEOs, higher by 17% compared to prior year. 55% of our total GEOs sold were sourced directly from mines where precious metals is the primary commodity. For the quarter, we've received strong contributions from a number of key assets. Antamina, as mentioned, we benefited from both higher deliveries and also benefited from the higher silver price, resulting in an increase in revenue from $21.3 million last year to $82.3 million this quarter.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

At South Arturo, we had a 322% increase in GEOs as we benefited from the phase I production of the open pit. Please note that the strong performance is weighted to the first half of this year. For Hemlo, we had an adjustment of CAD 10 million related to 2025 that flowed through Q1 2026. As you know, with the Hemlo NPI, it's difficult to forecast as it depends on a number of factors, including how much mining is performed on Franco's interlaced lands, along with how much is being spent on operating and capital costs. Finally, we're benefiting from asset acquisitions made last year, in particular Côté and Porcupine, which together contributed approximately 6,500 GEOs or $31.5 million in revenue during the quarter.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Diversified GEOs sold were 18,373 GEOs for the quarter, compared to 25,962 GEOs for prior year, despite diversified revenue actually being higher year-over-year at $82.6 million versus $74.8 million. The decrease in GEOs is due to the impact of the conversion of revenue to GEOs. As you know, we are now converting to GEOs using a fixed gold price of $4,500 per oz. As you can see on the chart on slide five, total revenue increased by 77% for the quarter to $650.7 million, a record. Precious metals accounted for 85% of revenue. Adjusted EBITDA, also a record, was 84% higher at $591.9 million.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

With respect to cost, we did have an increase in cost of sales compared to prior year due to higher fixed costs paid for stream ounces, as a portion of our streams have a fixed cost based on a percentage of the gold price. Cost of sales was $46.5 million versus $38.5 million last year. Depletion increased to $77.9 million versus $68.4 million a year ago. The increase is due to depletion being recorded on some of our recent transactions, Yanacocha, Western Limb, Porcupine, and Côté. These assets are higher per ounce depletion assets. We expect the depletion rate to decrease over time as the reserves on the properties grow.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Finally, adjusted net income was $458.3 million or $2.38 per share for the quarter, higher by 123% and 122% respectively. As Paul mentioned, we did record a gain of $63.8 million, which is included in net income for the partial buyback of the Cascabel royalty and stream. 50% of the royalty was bought back for proceeds of $97.5 million, and 50% of the stream was bought back for net proceeds of $40.7 million. The proceeds for the stream were delivered through approximately 10,000 gold oz, which remain in inventory at the end of the quarter. The Cascabel buyback is not reflected in GEOs revenue or adjusted EBITDA. Slide seven highlights the continued diversification of the portfolio.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

87% of our revenue was generated by precious metals and being sourced 87% from the Americas. Slide eight illustrates the strength of our business model to continue to generate high margins. As you can see over the last number of quarters, as the gold prices increased, our margin per GEO has remained fairly consistent. Our cash cost per GEO has increased from $304 in first quarter 2025 to $341 per GEO in first quarter 2026, a roughly 12% increase over the period. However, the margin has increased from $2,559 per GEO to $4,534 per GEO this quarter, a 77% increase, while during this period the gold prices increased 70%.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

As returns on dividends on slide nine, the company continues to pay a quarterly dividend, with $84.4 million being paid to shareholders during the quarter. We increased the dividend in January by 16% to $0.44 per share per quarter, or $1.76 per share annualized. This was the 19th consecutive year we have increased the dividend. Lastly, slide 10 highlights our available capital. As at March 31st, 2026, the total available capital is $3.4 billion, comprised of $715 million in cash, $1.5 billion with our credit facility, including the accordion, and $1.2 billion in liquid marketable securities. In addition, subsequent to quarter end, our subsidiary, Franco-Nevada International Corporation, entered into a separate credit facility for $500 million and an additional $250 million accordion.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

This adds additional financial flexibility for the company. With that, I will pass it over to Vincent, as management is happy to answer any questions.

[Operator]

During this Q&A, if you'd like to ask a question, just simply press star then the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, just press star then the number two. If you're joining us on the webcast, please submit your question through the Q&A section of the webcast platform. Your first question comes from George Eadie from UBS. Please go ahead.

[George Eadie, Analyst at UBS]

Yeah, good morning, team. Thanks for the call. Can I start by asking about the deal pipeline? Recent deals such as the Orezone Gold deal, the i-80 Gold sort of look like a backing more of mid-tier developers. Is that a sort of pivot you're seeing in the market, or is that sort of reading into a trend too much?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Hey, George. It's Paul Brink speaking. Ian is unfortunately on the road this morning, I'll take the question. It is a trend we're seeing, it's not the only trend. You know, in this market with high gold prices, any operator is making fantastic cash flow. The great thing for us there is organic growth. On the acquisition side for developers, it's still very attractive to access our capital and so that there are a number of them that are working to get projects over the line. I'm hopeful that there'll be more of that through the year.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Also at these strong prices, as we've seen, and it's the case with Casa Berardi and Orezone, the bigger players are looking at the portfolio saying, "What are the smaller assets can they vend out?" In this environment, they can get very good value for those assets. That is a second theme that's ongoing. The third is, you know, BHP and their sale of the stream interest in Antamina, I think really opened the eyes of the market of the hidden value that's in a lot of these portfolios. Even big portfolios, that can be created through the sale of precious metal streams. I think those are all themes that hopefully will play out through the year.

[George Eadie, Analyst at UBS]

Right. You guys think there could be more BHP, Antamina type streams. Is that right?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yeah, I think a number of the large players are looking at that and saying, "Wow, you know, what a great market reception BHP got." I'm hopeful there will be more transactions.

[George Eadie, Analyst at UBS]

Yeah. No, that's clear. Thank you. Maybe just one other on the operations, that Candelaria. Can you remind us, please, on the step-down timing next year and just the latest thoughts on the potential underground expansion too, please?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Sure. Yeah. Sandip here. The step down will be in mid-2027, where it'll drop down from 68% down to 40%. As for the underground expansion, I don't believe Lundin has made the formal decision to move forward with that. They're still reviewing it. If they do, we were expecting it towards the end of this decade.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Sure. For the underground expansion.

[George Eadie, Analyst at UBS]

Yeah, I guess so.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from Fahad Tariq from Jefferies. Please go ahead.

[Fahad Tariq, Analyst at Jefferies]

Hi, thanks for taking my question. On Cobre Panamá, can you provide some color on whether there's any discussion around potentially changing the stream terms?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, in Cobre Panamá, all the discussions are, you know, First Quantum with the government. We're not involved in any of those discussions. The only interaction we have had with the government is obviously around our arbitration. Our overall position there is we're not operators. We're not on for operating risk. We don't know what the outcome will be here, but I think it's unlikely that you'll see any material change.

[Fahad Tariq, Analyst at Jefferies]

Okay, great. Just thinking about growth, any commentary on potential consolidation in the royalty streaming sub-sector? I mean, there's a long list of junior royalty streaming companies that could be acquired. Just any thoughts on that versus looking at individual transactions? Thanks.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

From time to time, we run the numbers on the various royalty players. Inevitably what we find is that there's better value in doing private transactions. You know, royalty players typically trade at a premium, so it's in terms of relative value, I think the most likely thing that we'd be doing is more private deals.

[Fahad Tariq, Analyst at Jefferies]

Okay, great. Thank you.

[Operator]

Next question comes from the line of Cosmos Chiu from CIBC. Please go ahead.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

Thanks, Paul, Sandip, and team. Maybe my first question is on your portfolio of equity investments. As we've seen some of your in your peer group, they've started monetizing their own portfolio of equity investments. Maybe thinking that it's a good time or to finance larger acquisitions. You're a little bit different. You know, you continue to add to your portfolio. You added... Now Sandip, as you mentioned, has grown to $1.3 billion. You know, I guess my question is, could you maybe remind us of your philosophy and your strategy behind these holdings?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Sure, Cosmos. The two largest holdings that we have are with GMIN and with Discovery Silver. You know, overall, our strategy with these companies has been find really good teams. You know, find the best mine builders, mine operators in the industry, and not just be transactional in providing them with a stream of royalty financing, but position ourselves as a financial backer for the company and try and differentiate them with that financial strength with our endorsement. That's worked tremendously well for those companies. The first part of that is, you know, we see ourselves as supporting those companies for the long term and see ourselves as participating in the equity over longer term.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, that said, we're in this to make money for shareholders. At the right time we will take some money off the table. You know, when I think of both of those two plays with GMIN right now with the build of Oko, I think there's tremendous value that's gonna be created as they bring their second mine into operation. Likewise with Discovery Silver. For that transaction, they've been able to do securing Kidd Creek, allows them to hopefully almost double production output coming out of that asset as they reroute the ores through the Kidd Creek mill over time, and it opens up the incredible potential that they have at Dome and to start processing that all through the Dome mill. Both plays, I think there's tremendous value that'll be created over the next one.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

Great. I guess as a follow-up, Paul, I did notice that you did not take an equity investment in Orezone. Maybe touch on that. You know, further on Orezone. I saw that, you know, Casa Berardi. A lot of positive chatter out of Orezone drilling, extending mine life beyond two years. You know, they're talking about the gap between the west shaft and the east shaft. Just to confirm, it would be a direct benefit to Franco-Nevada if any of those kinda materialize. Just curious, you know, when you look at these deals, how much of this potential upside have you factored into your original $100 billion investment?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Cosmos, Matt Begeman was instrumental in that deal, so I'm gonna let him speak to it.

[Matt Begeman, VP of Business Development at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Hey, guys.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

Hi, Matt. Hi, Matt.

[Matt Begeman, VP of Business Development at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Hey, there. I think as far as the equity question, you know, that was just sort of the capital structure they were looking for at the time. That wasn't a large part of the capital need they needed. We just played a little bit smaller role just on the stream, and they had the other sources of funds from their other sources of capital. As far as the upside there, I think, you know, our view is there's extensive upside over time. Paddy's got a very extensive plan with the company to drill that out, to make that connections, and we will benefit from that. I mean, I think as you've noted, we're fixed ounces for the first five years, but thereafter, a variable stream.

[Matt Begeman, VP of Business Development at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

We think there's significant exploration upside over time, you know, particularly in the underground where Patty's gonna be very actively looking to optimize that. We're very optimistic for the growth there.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

Great. Maybe one last question. Sandip, as you mentioned, you know, there are some NPIs in your portfolio. One NPI is the Musselwhite NPI. In your MD&A, you mentioned that a lot of exploration potential. The Camp Bay near surface, you know, target, for example. You might now be, you know, part of a larger company given the deal that happened, Equinox and Orla Mining today. I guess my question is, could you maybe remind us of the mechanics behind how NPIs work? For example, if Musselwhite is able to bring Camp Bay, something new into production. When could you start seeing some kind of contribution to Franco-Nevada?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Sure, Cosmos. NPIs, they vary by contract. You know, it's not consistent. Sometimes, it's, you recover 100% of your capital. Other times it's based on the profit, based on accounting. As I said, they're not consistent. With respect to Musselwhite, you know, our NPI covers the entire land package. If they were to develop that, they would be able to deduct whatever capital is required. That would be a 100% deduction against it. In terms of timing, depends on the quantum of what capital would be applied against it.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

There would be a bit of a lag, but it all depends on how much is being spent?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yes, exactly.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

Yeah. Maybe one last question. Just quickly on Palmarejo. You know, the 50% gold stream. As you mentioned, Coeur Mining has actually done, you know, fairly well or very well in terms of increasing gold reserves, extending the mine life by five years. My understanding is that there's the Franco concessions, and there's land beyond the Franco concessions. Based on your understanding, how much of this upside that they are talking about at this point in time falls within the Franco concessions shorter term and also long term as well?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

They've been drilling. You're right. Our stream doesn't cover the entire land package. They have been drilling on Franco land where the stream applies, as well as non-stream land. They've been successful on both. Based on the results of last year, they have been able to extend the mine life of Palmarejo/Guadalupe, where we do have our stream. We don't know exactly at what point, you know, they will move completely off Franco land. At this stage, our stream at the guidance that we've provided runs out to at least the end of this decade, early 2030s.

[Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC]

That's great to hear. Thanks again, Paul, Sandip, Matt, and Bonavie. Those are all the questions I have. Congrats on a very strong start to 2026.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thanks, Cosmos.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Tanya Jakusconek from Scotiabank. Please go ahead.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Great. Good morning, everybody. Thank you for taking my questions. I'm gonna start just back on the transaction opportunities. Thank you, Paul, for giving us some sense of what is out there. I just wanna flush it out with again, what is the main size that you're seeing? Number two, are most of the opportunities in silver gold, or are you still looking for non-precious metal transactions? Then are there big ones where you'd be open to syndication? That's my first question.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yeah. A couple of things in there, Tanya. In terms of deal sizes, there's a whole range. In dealing with the project developers, it's that typical range. $200 million-$500 million. If there are some of the bigger players that do consider streams, those would be, you know, far, far bigger deals. Don't, you know, don't yet know what the scale of those could be. In terms of syndication, we're always open to syndication. In terms of, you know, managing risk, if the ticket size is too big and we feel that will be the best balance in terms of exposure and risk. Although, you know, nothing currently that we're contemplating on that front.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

In terms of revenue mix, most of what we're looking at is precious metal, but as always, we're open to diversification. There are a couple of diversified deals that are also in the pipeline.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Paul, when you say nothing is too big, like, could you do a $4 billion on your own? Would you be comfortable doing that?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, we've got $3.5 billion available capital. I think that is quite easily achievable. It's just a question of, you know, where is the asset? How much risk exposure do you want a particular asset? That's the circumstance that we'd think about syndication.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

If you're dealing with a great asset, great jurisdiction, you know, no need and plenty of capital.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. Got it. Then for the non-precious metals, what size would that be?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, there are a few things out there that some that are moderately sized. Some that could be more meaningfully sized. Also a range.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. Moderately-sized. Okay. Would I be thinking $200 million-$500 million for those as well?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yes.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. Thank you for that. I'm gonna move over to Sandip, if I could. You mentioned, Sandip, that there's 10,000 oz that you are holding right now with this, the sale of the Cascabel. How should I be thinking of those 10,000 GEOs? Am I thinking those are to be sold in Q2? Are you holding those for a while? If so, do they then come into the, you know, how are you gonna handle it from a disclosure? Would you put those as ounces back into the, your GEO ounces if you sold them and reported them?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Sure. Tanya, in terms of, you know, when we sell them, they're in inventory right now. They'll probably be sold throughout the rest of the year. It just depends on, you know, our gold trading strategy at the time. When they are sold, they will not go through GEOs. They will not go through revenue. They'll be treated as we treat the royalty gold ounces that we sell, where we book a gain or loss on the sale. They'll flow through outside of revenue, on that line item on the income statement.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. I should just think over the year, those 10,000 oz will be gone?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yes. Yes.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Then, just as I think about you know, you had a good quarter. How should I be thinking about the rest of the year as it develops in terms of, you know, is it back-end weighted? You did give guidance that, you know, stronger Q2 with the higher oil price. How should I be thinking about the rest of the portfolio?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, overall, the following quarters will be stronger. Just especially as Paul also mentioned, if the energy prices stay where they are. Now that we are dividing by a fixed gold price of $4,500, as energy revenue increases, it'll lead to additional GEOs. From a top-line metric, it should be stronger as the year progresses. In terms of specific assets, you know, in Q1, we didn't have any deliveries from Condestable, Casa Berardi. You'll start to see those come in. You're gonna see Côté ramp up as the year goes on as well. You know, I don't have specifics quarter-by-quarter, but the rest of the year will be stronger than Q1.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. As I think about it, as things are ramping up, would it be quarter-over-quarter sequential increases? At what price?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

I think you should see a stronger Q2 and then probably pretty consistent as for the remaining quarters similar to Q2.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. All right. Got it. It's hard to forecast these quarters.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

We have so many assets, right, Tanya? That, you know, one quarter, one can slightly underperform while another one outperforms. It's hard to really go quarter-by-quarter.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Yeah. No, I appreciate that. You know, just Sandip, on the increase in Barbados, when was the last time that you increased your credit facility in your Barbados division?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

We implemented a credit facility in 2018 for a few years. It was a smaller in size. It was $100 million at the time. I believe it expired in 2021, and we didn't renew it. Now we looked at, you know, our available capital. We always look for financial flexibility and the banks were very forthcoming with very good terms, and we thought it was a good opportunity to add some additional financial flexibility and additional tool for us. We put in a $500 million credit facility.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

$500 million with the $200 million accordion. You have $750 million-

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Right.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

... in Barbados-

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yeah.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Loan that can do-

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

$1.5 billion. Yeah.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Yeah.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

$1.5 billion at the parent level, so $2.25 billion in total.

[Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank]

Okay. All right. We'll watch, stay tuned. Thank you very much for answering my questions and taking my questions.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thanks, Tanya.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from Heiko Ihle from H.C. Wainwright. Please go ahead.

[Heiko Ihle, Analyst at H.C. Wainwright]

Hey, good morning, Paul and team. Thanks for taking my questions. Most have been answered in all fairness, but I got two more little follow-ups really. Exploration at Yanacocha. I mean, it looks like Newmont seems to be willing to spend at site. You wanna maybe give a bit of color on what you're seeing in your discussions with their team?

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, Heiko, overall. On that Yanacocha site, that property, you've got the oxides, the potential sulfides project going forward. You've got Conga. You've got Quilish. The big issue in the region is community support. Their area of concern has always been around water quality. Newmont has a huge program. They're investing in the order of $2 billion over the course of four years to try and address that issue. Dealing with water management, part of that is providing fresh water to the town of Cajamarca. I think that's the program that I think will unlock all those deposits in time. You know, right now, the sulfides is on pause. They're looking at some of the other projects.

[Paul Brink, President and CEO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

The, you know, the easier one and, you know, one that may have a higher return on capital is Quilish. I don't know how they proceed, you know, in what order they proceed with those projects. In any discussions, they're very committed to the area and resolving those issues, building good social license so that ultimately they can develop all of those deposits. There's, you know, the summary on Yanacocha is that they've mined 40 million oz from that property and there's at least 40 million GEO ahead of them. It's, it's a prize worth winning.

[Heiko Ihle, Analyst at H.C. Wainwright]

Fair enough. A completely different one. I mean, you got a very strong balance sheet. You got a high available capital. You got ongoing growth in GEO margins. Gold prices don't seem to be going down anytime soon. Has there been calls for a special dividend at the Board level? I know we sort of talked about M&A earlier, which is the exact opposite. I mean, should we be more focused on elephant hunting, or has there been, you know, meaningful calls at the Board level to make like a single-time payout?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Hi, Heiko. Sandip here. You know, we do have the discussion. You know, our philosophy on the dividend has always been consistent. You know, overall, and just in terms of, you know, where we use our cash, the priority is always adding good long life assets to the portfolio. With respect to the dividend, it's being sustainable and progressive. You know, raise the dividend every single year regardless of what commodity prices are doing and be in a position to raise it for an extended period of time. We're proud of the way we have handled the dividend, 19 years in a row in terms of increases. That's the strategy. I don't think you'll see any sort of special dividend coming from Franco.

[Heiko Ihle, Analyst at H.C. Wainwright]

Fair enough. I only brought it up because it's now come up in two investor calls over the past call a month. Perfect. Thank you so much. I'll get back to you.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thanks, Heiko.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from Brian MacArthur from Raymond James. Please go ahead.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Good morning. Thank you for taking my questions. A lot of them have been answered. Can I ask, first of all, on the CRA, you got money back. Looking through the accounts, it looks like that is fully settled now, i.e., there is nothing outstanding that they owe you. Is that correct?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Brian, yes, that is correct. Any deposits that we had put down during, you know, proceeding with our dispute have now been returned by CRA along with interest. There's nothing reflected on the balance sheet.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Okay. The second thing, can you just, if you can, this whole federal government change here in Canada, to transfer pricing. I know you say you're still evaluating it, but is this potentially bigger? Do you have anything you can comment on that?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

You know, we're still looking into it. I think at the end of the day, you know, we were very successful with the settlement we reached with CRA. I think as they went through their process and actually got down into the details, we went through discovery. They realized how good our structure is and the processes we have in place, and the way we operate our business internationally. You know, the new transfer pricing rules we're still evaluating, but we think we've got a very good structure in place.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Right. This will only be, as you said, from 2026 forward. They can't go back on anything still.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Correct.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Is that right? Okay.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Correct.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

My next question is and following up what Tanya asked. Opening the facility in Barbados, does that give you, other than obviously access for capital at good rates, does it give you any other advantages? Or like, why put it there versus just more in Canada?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

I mean, it was a decision by the Franco International Board. Franco-Nevada International, the Barbadian subsidiary. Their Board wanted some additional flexibility. They requested it, and so we proceeded with it.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Perfect. My last question, just, you mentioned Condestable. You didn't get paid this quarter, but is that just, if I remember that correctly, it's just you switched the way this works. It's just one quarter you didn't get it. You make it up in Q2. Everything going forward is just on a one-quarter lag. Is that how that works?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

It's, yeah. We were fixed deliveries up until the end of the year. Once it switched into variable production in Q1, our delivery is mid-April. It was one quarter, but there was a lag. We will now be getting deliveries in the first month of the quarter, following quarter. You know, Q1 production's in April. Q2 production will get delivered in July, and so on.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Okay. It's just a timing issue, really.

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Yeah. It was just a one-quarter window there.

[Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James]

Great. Thank you very much for answering my questions.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from the line of Derick Ma from TD Cowen. Please go ahead.

[Derick Ma, Analyst at TD Cowen]

Thank you. I just wanted to ask one question on the second revolving facility in Barbados, actually. Are you able to utilize that at the parent level for royalty and onshore transactions, or does that get too messy from a structure perspective?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

No, we were able to use both for whatever purpose we see in front of us. It doesn't matter if it's royalties or streams. Just a question of how you move the funds between companies. It's open. There's no restrictions.

[Derick Ma, Analyst at TD Cowen]

Okay. Got it. Thank you.

[Operator]

Your next question comes from John Tumazos from John Tumazos Very Independent Research. Please go ahead.

[John Tumazos, Analyst at John Tumazos Very Independent Research]

Thank you. Congratulations on all the records. Could you explain the accounting of the interest income that shows up in the revenue line versus the finance income that's below operating income next to finance expense? Why both numbers were smaller this quarter than the prior period?

[Sandip Rana, CFO at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Sure. John, this quarter at the top-line revenue interest income was $0 compared to having an amount last year. That interest relates to any loans that we make. We had provided financing to G Mining, to EMX, and we were recording revenue or interest income associated with those loans. Those loans were repaid in Q4 of 2025. Now, we have no loans outstanding per se. The interest income line that's below, down at the bottom of the income statement, is your typical interest that you earn on your cash in your bank accounts. As you know, we deployed a significant amount of cash last year. With that lower cash balance, the corresponding interest income was lower.

[John Tumazos, Analyst at John Tumazos Very Independent Research]

Thank you very much.

[Operator]

There are no further questions over the phone lines. I'll now turn the Q&A session over to Bonavie Tek, who will take questions from the webcast.

[Bonavie Tek, VP of Finance and Investor Relations at Franco-Nevada Corporation]

Thank you, Vincent. There are no questions from the webcast either. This concludes our Q1 2026 results conference call and webcast. We expect to release our Q2 results on August 12, at the market close, and we will have a conference call the following morning. Thank you for your interest in Franco-Nevada.

[Operator]

Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes today's conference call. Thank you for participating, and you may now disconnect.

Participants

Executives

• Bonavie Tek, VP of Finance and Investor Relations
• Matt Begeman, VP of Business Development
• Paul Brink, President and CEO
• Sandip Rana, CFO

Analysts

• Brian MacArthur, Analyst at Raymond James
• Cosmos Chiu, Analyst at CIBC
• Derick Ma, Analyst at TD Cowen
• Fahad Tariq, Analyst at Jefferies
• George Eadie, Analyst at UBS
• Heiko Ihle, Analyst at H.C. Wainwright
• John Tumazos, Analyst at John Tumazos Very Independent Research
• Tanya Jakusconek, Analyst at Scotiabank