VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
("Sandstorm Gold Royalties", "Sandstorm" or the "Company") (NYSE:
SAND) (TSX: SSL) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors
has declared the Company's first cash dividend in the amount of
C$0.02 per common share for the first
quarter of 2022, to shareholders of record as of the close of
business on January 18, 2022. The
dividend will be paid on January 28,
2022. The dividend qualifies as an "eligible dividend" as
defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).
The declaration, timing, amount, and payment of future dividends
will be subject to the discretion and approval of the Board of
Directors. The Company will review the dividend program on an
ongoing basis and may amend it at any time depending on the
Company's then current financial position, capital allocation
framework, profitability, cash flow, debt covenant compliance,
legal requirements and other factors considered relevant. As such,
no assurances can be made that any future dividends will be
declared and/or paid. Dividends paid to shareholders outside
Canada (non-resident investors)
will be subject to Canadian non-resident withholding taxes.
SANDSTORM FILES TECHNICAL REPORT
Sandstorm has filed a Technical Report prepared in accordance
with National Instrument 43-101 for the Feasibility Study entitled
"Hod Maden Project Feasibility Study – Technical Report NI 43-101"
with an effective date of February 28,
2021 (the "Technical Report"). The results of the Technical
Report were previously announced on November
24th, 2021. The Technical Report is available for
download on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, on EDGAR at www.sec.gov or on
Sandstorm's website at www.sandstormgold.com.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For more information about Sandstorm Gold Royalties, please
visit our website at www.sandstormgold.com or email us at
info@sandstormgold.com.
ABOUT SANDSTORM GOLD ROYALTIES
Sandstorm Gold Royalties is a gold royalty company that provides
upfront financing to gold mining companies that are looking for
capital and in return, receives the right to a percentage of the
gold produced from a mine, for the life of the mine. The Company
has acquired a portfolio of 229 royalties, of which 28 of the
underlying mines are producing. Sandstorm Gold Royalties plans to
grow and diversify its low cost production profile through the
acquisition of additional gold royalties. For more information
visit: www.sandstormgold.com.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS TO U.S. SECURITYHOLDERS
The financial information included or incorporated by reference
in this press release or the documents referenced herein has been
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting
Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards
Board, which differs from US generally accepted accounting
principles ("US GAAP") in certain material respects, and thus are
not directly comparable to financial statements prepared in
accordance with US GAAP.
The disclosure and information contained or referenced herein
uses mineral reserve and mineral resource classification terms that
comply with reporting standards in Canada, and mineral reserve and mineral
resource estimates are made in accordance with Canadian NI 43-101
and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum —
CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves,
adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the "CIM Definition
Standards"). These standards differ significantly from the mineral
reserve disclosure requirements of the United States Securities
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") set forth in Industry Guide 7.
Consequently, information regarding mineralization contained or
referenced herein is not comparable to similar information that
would generally be disclosed by U.S. companies under Industry Guide
7 in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Further, the SEC has
adopted amendments to its disclosure rules to modernize the mineral
property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securities are
registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
("Exchange Act"). These amendments became effective February 25, 2019 (the "SEC Modernization Rules")
and, commencing for registrants with their first fiscal year
beginning on or after January 1,
2021, the SEC Modernization Rules replaced the historical
property disclosure requirements included in SEC Industry Guide
7. As a foreign private issuer that files its annual report
on Form 40-F with the SEC pursuant to the multi-jurisdictional
disclosure system, the Company is not required to provide
disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC Modernization
Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under NI 43-101 and
the CIM Definition Standards. The SEC Modernization Rules include
the adoption of terms describing mineral reserves and mineral
resources that are "substantially similar" to the corresponding
terms under the CIM Definition, but there are differences in the
definitions under the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM
Definition Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any
mineral reserves or mineral resources that the Company may report
as "proven mineral reserves", "probable mineral reserves",
"measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and
"inferred mineral resources" under NI 43-101 would be the same had
the Company prepared the mineral reserve or mineral resource
estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization
Rules. U.S. investors are also cautioned that while the SEC
recognizes "measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral
resources" and "inferred mineral resources" under the Modernization
Rules, investors should not assume that any part or all of the
mineralization in these categories will ever be converted into a
higher category of mineral resources or into mineral reserves.
Mineralization described using these terms has a greater amount of
uncertainty as to its existence and feasibility than mineralization
that has been characterized as reserves. Accordingly, investors are
cautioned not to assume that any measured mineral resources,
indicated mineral resources, or inferred mineral resources that the
Company reports are or will be economically or legally mineable.
Further, "inferred mineral resources" have a greater amount of
uncertainty as to their existence and as to whether they can be
mined legally or economically. Therefore, U.S. investors are also
cautioned not to assume that all or any part of the "inferred
mineral resources" exist. Under Canadian securities laws, estimates
of "inferred mineral resources" may not form the basis of
feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases.
For the above reasons, information contained or referenced herein
regarding descriptions of our mineral reserve and mineral resource
estimates is not comparable to similar information made public by
U.S. companies subject to reporting and disclosure requirements of
the SEC under either Industry Guide 7 or SEC Modernization
Rules.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This press release contains "forward-looking statements", within
the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation, concerning the
business, operations and financial performance and condition of
Sandstorm Gold Royalties. Forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to the payment of the dividend and declaration of
future dividends, including the timing and amount thereof,
statements with respect to the feasibility study, including future
production, costs and expenses of the Hod Maden project, statements
with respect to the awarding of construction contracts and sourcing
of construction resources for the Hod Maden project, the timing of
the lodgment of Forestry Permits, the impact of expropriation on
the local population in or around the Hod Maden project area, the
Hod Maden project qualifying for certain investment incentive
schemes, the payment liability of the licenses comprising the Hod
Maden project, statements with respect to obtaining the necessary
permits for the development and construction of the Hod Maden
project, statements with respect to the mineralization and deposit
types of the Hod Maden project, expected metallurgical recoveries,
the future price of gold, silver, copper, iron ore and other
metals, the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources,
realization of mineral reserve estimates, the proposed mining
method and processing and recovery operations for the Hod Maden
project, infrastructure requirements for the Hod Maden project, the
estimated capital, sustaining, operating and closure costs for the
Hod Maden project, the implementation work to be completed for the
Hod Maden project and the contractors expect to undertake such
work, and the project construction and development milestones and
related timelines. Forward-looking statements can generally be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may",
"will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe",
"continue", "plans", or similar terminology.
Forward-looking statements are made based upon certain
assumptions and other important factors that, if untrue, could
cause the actual results, performances or achievements of Sandstorm
Gold Royalties to be materially different from future results,
performances or achievements expressed or implied by such
statements. Such statements and information are based on numerous
assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and
the environment in which Sandstorm Gold Royalties will operate in
the future, including the receipt of all required approvals, the
price of gold and copper and anticipated costs. Certain important
factors that could cause actual results, performances or
achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements include, amongst others, failure to receive necessary
approvals, changes in business plans and strategies, market
conditions, share price, best use of available cash, gold and other
commodity price volatility, discrepancies between actual and
estimated production, mineral reserves and resources and
metallurgical recoveries, mining operational and development risks
relating to the parties which produce the gold or other commodity
the Company will purchase, regulatory restrictions, activities by
governmental authorities (including changes in taxation), currency
fluctuations, the global economic climate, dilution, share price
volatility and competition.
Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause the
actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of
the Company to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to: the impact of general business and economic conditions,
the absence of control over mining operations from which the
Company will purchase gold, other commodities or receive royalties
from, and risks related to those mining operations, including risks
related to international operations, government and environmental
regulation, actual results of current exploration activities,
conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project
parameters as plans continue to be refined, risks in the
marketability of minerals, fluctuations in the price of gold and
other commodities, fluctuation in foreign exchange rates and
interest rates, stock market volatility, as well as those factors
discussed in the section entitled "Risks to Sandstorm" in the
Company's annual report for the financial year ended December 31, 2020 and the section entitled "Risk
Factors" contained in the Company's annual information form dated
March 30, 2021 available at
www.sedar.com. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in forward-looking statements,
there may be other factors that cause results not to be as
anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not
undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are
contained or incorporated by reference, except in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
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