Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 18, 2025) - Royalties Inc. (CSE: RI) (OTC Pink: ROYIF) (or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an acquisition agreement for the purchase of 1 million common shares of Music Royalties Inc. ("MRI") at a price of $0.50 per share with a value of $500,000 from Quinsam Capital Corporation (CSE: QCA) in exchange for the issuance of 12,500,000 shares in Royalties Inc. MRI is a Toronto-based private company that acquires passive music royalties on iconic songs from rightsholders (artists, producers and songwriters) which holds a portfolio of 30 cash-flowing music royalties. MRI pays a monthly dividend generating a 7.2% annual yield and has paid out over $11 million in 65 dividend payments since 2019. The Company will now hold 3 million shares in MRI generating $108,000 in annual dividend income.
All securities issued pursuant to this acquisition will have a legend with a hold period of four months and one day from the date of issuance.
About Royalties Inc.
- Royalties Inc. owns a 100% interest, subject to a 1.5% NSR owned as a separate asset, on the Bilbao silver-zinc-lead project located in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico.
- Royalties Inc. owns 88% of the outstanding shares of Minera Portree de Zacatecas, S.A. de C.V ("MPZ") which holds an asserted claim (backed by a court approved lien) to a 2% net smelter royalty established in 2002 on five mining concessions called the 'Portree claims', a portion of which is on the Mala Noche Footwall Zone, the main source of production at the Cozamin mine where Capstone Copper Corp. ("Capstone") has been mining since 2010. Capstone assigned this royalty to themselves without the knowledge, consent or proper payment to MPZ, the longstanding and rightful owner, in August 2019. MPZ filed civil and criminal lawsuits in Zacatecas in 2021 to invalidate the contract to transfer ownership and a judgment is expected imminently. The claim is challenged by Capstone (TSX:CS). https://capstonecopper.com/operations/cozamin/
- Royalties Inc. has a 2% stake in Music Royalties Inc. ("MRI"), which has acquired 30 cash-flowing catalogs and paid out over $11 million in dividends since 2019 from 30 cash-flowing catalogs generating a 7.2% annual yield.
For further information contact Royalties Inc. at www.royaltiesinc.com
Tim Gallagher
CEO & Director
(416) 925-0090
Connor Gallagher
Investor Relations
(647) 921-2206
Andrew Robertson
Director
(416) 317-0137
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