Franco-Nevada Cobre Panama Update

(in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2018 /CNW/ - Franco-Nevada (Barbados) Corporation ("FNB") has learned of an announcement of a Panamanian Supreme Court ruling in connection to the constitutionality of Law 9 of 1997.  Minera Panama, the operating subsidiary of First Quantum Minerals Ltd., has advised FNB as follows:

• Minera Panama's understanding is that the Supreme Court ruling only affects the enactment of Law 9, and does not affect the mining concession contract itself, which remains in effect, and which allows continuity of development of the Cobre Panama project.
• Minera Panama is in the process of formally obtaining and examining the ruling and its applicability and is working with appropriate parties to identify suitable legal remedies.  Such remedies would need to be analyzed by the Supreme Court.

FNB has funded $1.33 billion of its $1.356 billion funding commitment towards the estimated $6.3 billion Cobre Panama project.

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