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Franco-Nevada Reports Strong Full-Year 2016 Results

22.03.2017  |  CNW

(in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

Guidance exceeded and $110 million agreement to acquire second package of U.S. oil & gas royalties

TORONTO, March 22, 2017 /CNW/ - Franco-Nevada's CEO, David Harquail, commented: "Our diversified portfolio continues to perform very well. In 2016, we exceeded our recently increased guidance ranges for both Gold Equivalent Ounces1 ("GEOs") and oil & gas revenues. The growth in 2016 is reflecting the contribution from acquisitions we made during the recent downturn and increased activity by many of the operators on our lands. Franco-Nevada has no debt and is growing its cash balances. We continue to see investment opportunities and Franco-Nevada has just agreed to acquire, for $110 million, oil & gas royalties on the Midland portion of the Permian Basin in Texas, U.S."

2016 Q4 Financial Highlights

2016 Full Year Financial Highlights

Revenue and GEOs by Asset Categories


Q4/2016

Q4/2015



Revenue


GEOs


Revenue


GEOs



(in millions)


#


(in millions)


#

Precious Metals












Gold


$

112.8


93,775


$

88.0


79,800


Silver



21.9


18,650



18.9


17,112


PGM



8.0


7,611



7.9


7,523

Precious Metals - Total


$

142.7


120,036


$

114.8


104,435

Other Minerals



2.2


1,874



2.1


1,877

Oil & Gas



10.4




4.4




$

155.3


121,910


$

121.3


106,312

 

For Q4/2016, revenue was sourced 91.9% from precious metals (72.6% gold, 14.1% silver and 5.2% PGM) and 87.2% from the Americas (18.5% U.S., 22.3% Canada and 46.4% Latin America).  Operating costs and expenses decreased slightly year-over-year, reflecting a realized gain of $14.1 million on the partial buy back of the Kirkland Lake NSR. Oil & gas revenue increased 136%, reflecting both higher prices and production levels year-over-year.  Cash provided by operating activities was $121.9 million, an increase of 43.5% compared to Q4/2015.

Corporate Updates

2017 Guidance

In 2017, Franco-Nevada expects attributable royalty and stream production to total 470,000 to 500,000 GEOs from its mineral assets and revenue of $35 million to $45 million from its oil & gas assets. Of the royalty and stream production, 335,000 to 345,000 GEOs are expected from Franco-Nevada's various stream agreements. For 2017 guidance, silver, platinum and palladium metals have been converted to GEOs using assumed commodity prices of $1,200/oz Au, $17.50/oz Ag, $950/oz Pt and $750/oz Pd. The WTI oil price is assumed to average $50 per barrel with a $3.50 per barrel price differential between the Edmonton Light and realized prices for Canadian oil. The Company estimates depletion expense of $265 million to $295 million. 2017 guidance and 2021 outlook below is based on assumptions including the forecasted state of operations from our assets based on the public statements and other disclosures by the third-party owners and operators of the underlying properties (subject to our assessment thereof).

2021 Outlook

Our outlook to 2021 further assumes that the Cobre Panama project will be ramping up production in 2019. At the same time, scheduled fixed ounce payments from Midas/Fire Creek, Karma and Sabodala are expected to step down to longer term royalty or stream payments. Using the same commodity price assumptions as were used for our 2017 guidance (see above) and assuming no other acquisitions, Franco-Nevada expects its existing portfolio to generate between 515,000 to 540,000 GEOs by 2021. Oil & gas revenues at the same $50 per barrel WTI oil price assumption are expected to range between $55 million and $65 million.

Q4/2016 Portfolio Updates

Shareholder Information and 2017 Asset Handbook

The complete Consolidated Annual Financial Statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis can be found today on Franco?Nevada's website at www.franco-nevada.com, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

Management will host a conference call tomorrow, Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to review Franco?Nevada's 2016 results, as well as discuss the 2017 and five-year outlook. In addition, Franco-Nevada will be releasing its 2017 Asset Handbook with updated disclosures on our assets and the number of gold ounces and royalty equivalent units associated with each asset.

Interested investors are invited to participate as follows:



Contact
For more information, please go to our website at www.franco-nevada.com or contact: Stefan Axell, Director, Corporate Affairs, (416) 306-6328, info@franco-nevada.com; Sandip Rana, Chief Financial Officer, (416) 306-6303