First Mining Gold Corp.

Sandstorm Gold finances gold mining projects through an arrangement called gold streaming. A gold stream involves Sandstorm making an upfront payment to a mining partner that is in need of capital to build their mine, refinance their obligations, complete an acquisition or for various other reasons. In exchange for that upfront payment, Sandstorm receives a contract which stipulates the purchase of a certain percentage of the gold produced from the mine, for the life of the mine, at a fixed per unit cost. To give an example, one of Sandstorm’s gold streaming agreements is with a company called Mutiny Gold (ASX-MYG). Mutiny needed capital for the development of its Deflector project in Western Australia. Sandstorm provided US$38 million to Mutiny as an upfront cash payment and in return, received a gold streaming agreement to purchase 15% of the life of mine gold produced from Deflector at US$500 per ounce.

BHP Group Ltd. engages in the exploration, development, production and processing of iron ore, metallurgical coal and copper. It operates through the following segments: Petroleum, Copper, Iron Ore and Coal. The Petroleum segment explores, develops and produces oil and gas. The Copper segment refers to the mining of copper, silver, lead, zinc, molybdenum, uranium and gold. The Iron Ore segment refers to mining of iron ore. The Coal segment focuses on metallurgical coal and energy coal. The company was founded on August 13, 1885 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Battle North Gold Corp. engages in acquisition, exploration and development of gold and base metal exploration properties. Its properties include Phoenix Gold, Nevada Properties and Red Lake Exploration. The company was founded by David William Adamson on March 4, 1996 and is headquartered in Toranto, Canada.