Cash Flows From Operating Activities of $24.8 Million

MONTRÉAL, May 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (the “Company” or “Osisko”) (OR: TSX & NYSE) today announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2019.

Highlights
•Earned 19,753 gold equivalent ounces1 (“GEOs”) compared to 20,036 in Q1 2018;
•Revenues from royalties and streams of $33.5 million compared to $32.6 million in Q1 2018;
•Generated cash flows from operating activities of $24.8 million compared to $23.3 million in Q1 2018;
•Adjusted earnings2 of $5.8 million, $0.04 per basic share2 compared to $8.9 million, $0.06 per basic share in Q1 2018;
•Recorded cash operating margins3 of 89% from royalty and stream interests, generating $29.9 million in operating cash flow in the first quarter, in addition to a quarterly cash operating margin of $0.7 million from offtake interests;
•Closed the previously announced senior secured silver stream facility with reference to up to 100% of the future silver produced from the Horne 5 property owned by Falco Resources Ltd.;
•Repaid in full the revolving credit facility in January 2019 (payment of $30.0 million);
•Incurred an impairment charge of $38.9 million ($28.6 million, net of income taxes) on the Renard diamond stream. This impairment is mainly due to a significant impairment charge of $83.2 million announced on March 28, 2019 by the operator of the Renard diamond mine in Québec, Canada, reflecting a lower diamond pricing outlook than expected;
•Acquired for cancellation 852,500 of our common shares for $10.2 million (average acquisition cost of $11.96 per share);
•Held $108.5 million in cash and $403.8 million in equity investments4 as at March 31, 2019;
•Declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per common share paid on April 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 29, 2019.

For more details, please refer to the Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Recent Performance

Sean Roosen, Chair and Chief Executive Officer commented on the first quarter of 2019 activities: “Our Q1 results were in-line with our expectation and we anticipate to meet our guidance with stronger GEO deliveries from our asset base during the remainder of the year. With stronger deliveries from the Renard and Gibraltar streams as well as growth expected this year from the Lamaque and Eagle Gold royalties, Osisko looks forward to enhanced financial flexibility and to potentially increase its dividend towards the end of the year, and continues to be in a great position to deploy capital as opportunities present themselves in the current depressed market environment. We congratulate the Eldorado Gold Corporation team for achieving commercial production at its Lamaque mine in Québec”.

Outlook

Osisko’s 2019 outlook on royalty, stream and offtake interests is based on publicly available forecasts, in particular the forecasts for the Canadian Malartic mine published by Yamana Gold Inc. and Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, for the Éléonore mine published by Newmont Goldcorp Corporation, and for the Renard mine published by Stornoway Diamond Corporation. When publicly available forecasts on properties are not available, Osisko obtains internal forecasts from the producers, which is the case for the Mantos Blancos mine, or uses management’s best estimate.

Attributable GEOs for 2019 remains unchanged from previous guidance. GEOs and cash margin by interest are estimated as follows:

Low High Cash margin
(GEOs) (GEOs) (%)

Royalty interests 54,700 61,100 99.9
Stream interests 28,000 31,300 65.5
Offtake interests 2,300 2,600 1.2
85,000 95,000


For the 2019 guidance, silver, diamonds and cash royalties have been converted to GEOs using commodity prices of US$1,300 per ounce of gold, US$15.50 per ounce of silver and US$95 per carat for diamonds from the Renard mine (blended sales price) and an exchange rate (US$/C$) of 1.30.

Q1 2019 Results Conference Call
Osisko will host a conference call on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 10:00 am EDT to review and discuss its Q1 2019 results.

MONTREAL, May 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (“Osisko” or the “Company”) (TSX:OR) (NYSE:OR) is pleased to announce a second quarter 2019 dividend of C$0.05 per common share. The dividend will be paid on July 15, 2019 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 28, 2019.

For shareholders residing in the United States, the U.S. dollar equivalent will be determined based on the daily rate published by the Bank of Canada on June 28, 2019. This dividend is an “eligible dividend” as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada).

The Company also wishes to remind its shareholders that it has implemented a dividend reinvestment plan (the “Plan”). Shareholders who are residents of Canada and the United States may elect to participate in the Plan in connection with the dividend to be paid on July 15, 2019 to shareholders on record as of June 28, 2019. If a shareholder elects to participate in the Plan, the Company will issue to the shareholder, in lieu of a cash dividend, common shares from treasury at a 3% discount to the weighted average price of the common shares during the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the dividend payment date. Participation in the Plan is optional and will not affect a shareholders’ cash dividends if the shareholder elects not to participate in the Plan. Quarterly dividends are only payable as and when declared by Osisko’s Board of Directors.

A complete copy of the Plan and the enrolment form are available on Osisko’s website at http://osiskogr.com/en/dividends/drip/. Shareholders should carefully read the complete text of the Plan before making any decisions regarding their participation in the Plan.

Non-registered beneficial shareholders who wish to participate in the Plan should contact their financial advisor, broker, investment dealer, bank or other financial institution that holds their common shares to inquire about the applicable enrolment deadline and to request enrolment in the Plan. For more information on how to enroll or any other inquiries, contact the Agent at 1-800-387-0825 (toll-free in Canada) or inquiries@canstockta.com.

Participation in the Plan does not relieve shareholders of any liability for taxes that may be payable in respect of dividends that are reinvested in common shares under the Plan. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors concerning the tax implications of their participation in the Plan having regard to their particular circumstances.

This press release is not an offer or a solicitation of an offer of securities.