Elemental Altus to Consolidate Cash-Flowing Gold Royalty Portfolio from AlphaStream for Equity Consideration

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Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 16, 2024) - Elemental Altus Royalties Corp. (TSXV: ELE) (OTCQX: ELEMF) ("Elemental Altus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire an additional 50% ownership of 24 existing royalties (the "Portfolio") from AlphaStream Limited ("AlphaStream") for a consideration of US$28 million in equity (the "Acquisition"). The Portfolio includes Elemental Altus' existing producing gold royalties on the Bonikro Gold Project ("Bonikro"), the Ballarat Mine ("Ballarat"), South Kalgoorlie Operations ("SKO") and 21 additional royalties located in Australia. Upon completion of the Acquisition, Elemental Altus, through a 100% interest in the Portfolio, will hold an effective 4.5% NSR royalty on Bonikro, a 2.5% NSR royalty on Ballarat, and a A$10/oz royalty and A$1 million Discovery Bonus on SKO.

Acquisition Highlights:

  • Producing Gold Royalties: immediate cash flow with approximately US$6 million additional revenue forecast in 2025 by consolidating the Portfolio

  • Margin Expansion: expected pro forma 2025 revenue increase of ~25% to US$31 million1, driving a material step up in free cash flow with no increase in management costs

  • Substantial Leverage to Gold: the Portfolio provides immediate exposure to gold prices that are significantly above consensus forecasts

  • Exploration Optionality: upside already demonstrated across the Portfolio with operators in Australia including Northern Star Resources Limited, Evolution Mining Limited, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, Mineral Resources Limited and Zijin Mining Group Company Limited

  • Increased Financial Strength: further improves financial flexibility with regards to acquisitions, deleveraging profile and dividends

  • Strategic Shareholder: AlphaStream join the Register as another cornerstone shareholder moving forward with the right to nominate a director to the Board

Frederick Bell, CEO of Elemental Altus, commented:
"Building on top of our organic growth in 2025 and 2026, this acquisition provides a step change in revenue with accompanying margin expansion and introduces a new strategic shareholder in AlphaStream. The assets are well known to Elemental Altus through our existing joint ownership over the last 3 years and the producing assets have been substantially de-risked over that time. We also continue to see material exploration upside across the portfolio, most notably at the Hampton-Boulder-Jubilee and Hercules deposits at Northern Star's SKO in Western Australia.