ASSET COUNTS Additional Information 138 FNV TSX NYSE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2022 ASSET HANDBOOK Franco-Nevada’s assets are categorized by commodity and stage of development. By commodity, assets are characterized as “Precious Metals” or “Diversified”. “Precious Metals” includes gold, silver and PGM assets. “Diversified” includes iron ore, other mining and energy assets (which encompass oil, gas and natural gas liquids). “Producing” assets are those that have generated revenue from steady-state operations for Franco-Nevada or are expected to in the next year. “Advanced” assets are interests on projects which are not yet producing, but where in management’s view, the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable. “Exploration” assets represent interests on projects where technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are not demonstrable. Management uses the following criteria in its assessment of technical feasibility and commercial viability: (i) Geology: there is a known mineral deposit which contains mineral reserves or resources; or the project is adjacent to a mineral deposit that is already being mined or developed and there is sufficient geologic certainty of converting the deposit into mineral reserves or resources. (ii) Accessibility and authorization: there are no significant unresolved issues impacting the accessibility and authorization to develop or mine the mineral deposit, and social, environmental and governmental permits and approvals to develop or mine the mineral deposit appear obtainable. For accounting purposes, the number of assets has been counted in different manners depending on the category. Royalties on a producing or advanced property are generally counted as a single asset even if Franco-Nevada has multiple different royalties on the property, such as at the Goldstrike complex. Streams covering a group of mines in close proximity and operated by a common operator such as the Sudbury streams have also been counted as one asset. However, royalties and streams on producing properties that have significant co-products have been counted twice, such as the Robinson royalties for gold and copper or the Sudbury streams for gold and PGM. Exploration royalties are simply counted by the number of royalty contracts and no effort has been made to consolidate royalties on the same property. Franco-Nevada’s energy interests are subdivided into Producing Assets, which are assets that are currently producing oil or natural gas, or Exploration Assets, which are undeveloped assets that are not producing oil or natural gas. Franco-Nevada’s energy interests consist of a variety of working interests and royalty interests which are derived from a large number of underlying leases, contractual agreements and mineral title covering land positions primarily in western Canada and Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas in the United States. For accounting purposes, these leases, contracts and mineral title have been grouped into distinct land areas and tabulated as individual assets. In many cases, Franco-Nevada owns multiple royalties or working interests that pertain to the same land area, and in these circumstances, the interests are counted as a single asset. As of April 8, 2022, Franco-Nevada estimates that it holds 221 precious metals assets and 183 diversified assets for a total of 404 assets. Franco-Nevada Asset Counts at April 8, 2022 Precious Metals Diversified TOTAL Producing 45 67 1 112 Advanced 35 7 42 Exploration 141 109 2 250 TOTAL 221 183 404 1 12 Mining Assets/55 Energy Assets. 2 82 Mining Assets/27 Energy Assets.
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