Dry Creek

Asset Summary

Asset Dry Creek
Interest A $0.87/g gold ore milled (effective 0.85% Net Smelter Royalty)
Commodity Gold
Location Australia
Stage Development
Counterparty Westgold Resources Ltd.
Additional Notes The Royalty was created in 1992 and is a tonnage-based royalty with escalators for gold grade mined and the spot Australian dollar-denominated gold price. The base gold price set in the 1992 royalty agreement was A$435/ounce (A$14/gram).

Asset Highlights

  • Dry Creek is a near-term producing gold royalty which is part of the 2020/2021 Higginsville Gold Operations (HGO) mine plan.
  • Royalty tenements cover 3,366 hectares located 4km to the southeast of the HGO Mill and include the following deposits with resource estimates under CIM standards: Paleochannels, Hidden Secret and Mousehollow.
  • High grade exploration results in 2019/2020 drilling campaigns at Hidden Secret and Mousehollow, including visible gold intersections at Hidden Secret.
  • Over 17,500 metres (330 holes) drilled at HGO since RNC acquired the operation in June-2019.
  • 45,000 – 50,000 metres expected to be drilled by RNC in Western Australia in 2020 (HGO and Beta Hunt).
  • Further information can be found at this website: https://irp.cdn-website.com/f6695bc1/files/uploaded/May+27-+2020.pdf