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RE Royalties Ltd. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021

Jul 23, 2021

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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RE ROYALTIES LTD.

14[th] Floor, 1040 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 4H1 Telephone No.: (604) 684-6365 Fax No.: (604) 681-2741

INFORMATION CIRCULAR as at July 15, 2021 (except as otherwise indicated)

This Information Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the management of RE Royalties Ltd. (the "Company") for use at the annual general meeting (the "Meeting") of its shareholders to be held on August 19, 2021 at the time and place and for the purposes set forth in the accompanying notice of the Meeting.

In this Information Circular, references to "the Company", "RE Royalties", "we" and "our" refer to RE Royalties Ltd. "Common Shares" means common shares without par value in the capital of the Company. "Beneficial Shareholders" means shareholders who do not hold Common Shares in their own name and "intermediaries" refers to brokers, investment firms, clearing houses and similar entities that own securities on behalf of Beneficial Shareholders.

NOTE OF CAUTION Concerning COVID-19 Outbreak

At the date of publication of this Notice and Information Circular it is the intention of the Company to hold the Meeting at the location stated above in the Notice of Meeting. We are continuously monitoring development of current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak (“COVID-19”). In light of the rapidly evolving public health guidelines related to COVID-19, we ask shareholders to consider voting their shares by proxy and not attend the meeting in person. Those shareholders who do wish to attend the Meeting in person, should carefully consider and follow the instructions of the federal Public Health Agency of Canada: (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html). We ask that shareholders also review and follow the instructions of any regional health authorities of the Province of British Columbia, including the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, the Fraser Health Authority and any other health authority holding jurisdiction over the areas you must travel through to attend the Meeting. Please do not attend the Meeting in person if you are experiencing any cold or flu-like symptoms, or if you or someone with whom you have been in close contact has travelled to/from outside of Canada within the 14 days immediately prior to the Meeting. All shareholders are strongly encouraged to vote by submitting their completed form of proxy (or voting instruction form) prior to the Meeting by one of the means described on pages 2 to 5 of this Information Circular.

The Company reserves the right to take any additional pre-cautionary measures deemed to be appropriate, necessary or advisable in relation to the Meeting in response to further developments in the COVID-19 outbreak, including: (i) holding the Meeting virtually or by providing a webcast of the Meeting; (ii) hosting the Meeting solely by means of remote communication; (iii) changing the Meeting date and/or changing the means of holding the Meeting; (iv) denying access to persons who exhibit cold or flu-like symptoms, or who have, or have been in close contact with someone who has, travelled to/from outside of Canada within the 14 days immediately prior to the Meeting; and (v) such other measures as may be recommended by public health authorities in connection with gatherings of persons such as the Meeting. Should any such changes to the Meeting format occur, the Company will announce any and all of these changes by way of news release, which will be filed under the Company’s profile on SEDAR as well as on our Company website at www.reroyalties.com. We strongly recommend you check the Company’s website prior to the Meeting for the most current information. In the event of any changes to the Meeting format due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Company will not prepare or mail amended Meeting Proxy Materials.

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GENERAL PROXY INFORMATION

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

The solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail, but proxies may be solicited personally or by telephone by directors, officers and regular employees of the Company. The Company will bear all costs of this solicitation. We have arranged for intermediaries to forward the meeting materials to beneficial owners of the Common Shares held of record by those intermediaries and we may reimburse the intermediaries for their reasonable fees and disbursements in that regard.

APPOINTMENT OF PROXYHOLDERS

The individuals named in the accompanying form of proxy (the "Proxy") are directors and/or officers of the Company. If you are a shareholder entitled to vote at the Meeting, you have the right to appoint a person or company other than either of the persons designated in the Proxy, who need not be a shareholder, to attend and act for you and on your behalf at the Meeting. You may do so either by inserting the name of that other person in the blank space provided in the Proxy or by completing and delivering another suitable form of proxy.

VOTING BY PROXYHOLDER

The persons named in the Proxy will vote or withhold from voting the Common Shares represented thereby in accordance with your instructions on any ballot that may be called for. If you specify a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, your Common Shares will be voted accordingly. The Proxy confers discretionary authority on the persons named therein with respect to:

  • (a) each matter or group of matters identified therein for which a choice is not specified, other than the appointment of an auditor and the election of directors,

  • (b) any amendment to or variation of any matter identified therein, and

  • (c) any other matter that properly comes before the Meeting.

In respect of a matter for which a choice is not specified in the Proxy, the persons named in the Proxy will vote the Common Shares represented by the Proxy for the approval of such matter.

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

Registered shareholders may wish to vote by proxy whether or not they are able to attend the Meeting in person. Registered shareholders electing to submit a proxy may do so using one of the following methods:

  • (a) complete, date and sign the enclosed form of proxy and return it to the Company's transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc. ("Computershare"), by fax within North America at 1-866249-7775, outside North America at (416) 263-9524, or by mail to the 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1 or by hand delivery at 3rd Floor, 510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3B9; or

  • (b) use a touch-tone phone to transmit voting choices to a toll free number. Registered shareholders must follow the instructions of the voice response system and refer to the enclosed proxy form for the toll free number, the holder's account number and the proxy access number; or

  • (c) log on to Computershare's website at www.investorvote.com. Registered shareholders must follow the instructions on the website and refer to the enclosed proxy form for the holder's account number and the proxy access number.

Whatever method a registered shareholder uses to submit their proxy, they must ensure that the proxy is received at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays) before the Meeting or the adjournment thereof.

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BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following information is of significant importance to shareholders who do not hold Common Shares in their own name. Beneficial Shareholders should note the only proxies that can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting are those deposited by registered shareholders (those whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of Common Shares) or as set out in the following disclosure.

If Common Shares are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those Common Shares will not be registered in the shareholder's name on the records of the Company. Such Common Shares will more likely be registered under the names of the shareholder's broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada the vast majority of such Common Shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co. (the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms), and in the United States, under the name of Cede & Co. as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (which acts as depository for many U.S. brokerage firms and custodian banks).

Intermediaries are required to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders' meetings. Every intermediary has its own mailing procedures and provides its own return instructions to clients.

There are two kinds of Beneficial owners - those who object to their name being made known to the issuers of securities which they own (called OBOs for Objecting Beneficial Owners) and those who do not object to the issuers of the securities they own knowing who they are (called NOBOs for Non-Objecting Beneficial Owners).

The Company is taking advantage of provisions of National Instrument 54-101, which allow it to deliver proxy-related materials directly to its NOBOs. As a result NOBOs can expect to receive a scanable Voting Instruction Form ("VIF") from Computershare, our transfer agent. VIFs are to be completed and returned to Computershare following the instructions using one of the methods detailed on the VIF. Computershare tabulates results of VIFs received from NOBOs and provides appropriate instructions at the Meeting concerning Common Shares represented by VIFs they received prior to the Meeting.

Securityholder materials are sent to both registered and non-registered owners of the Company's securities. If you are a non-registered owner, and the Company or its agent sent these materials directly to you, your name, address and information about your holdings of securities, were obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding securities on your behalf.

By choosing to send these materials to you directly, the Company (and not the intermediary holding securities on your behalf) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you, and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your VIF as specified in your request for voting instructions.

Management of the Company does not intend to pay for intermediaries to forward proxy-related materials to OBOs. If you are an OBO you will not receive the proxy-related materials unless your intermediary assumes the cost of delivery. If you are an OBO please follow the instructions of your intermediary carefully to ensure your Common Shares are voted at the Meeting.

The form of proxy supplied to you by your broker will be similar to the proxy provided to registered shareholders by the Company. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the intermediary on how to vote on your behalf. Most brokers now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. ("Broadridge") in Canada and the United States. Broadridge mails a VIF in lieu of a proxy provided by the Company. The VIF will name the same persons as the Company's Proxy to represent you at the Meeting. You have the right to appoint a person (who need not be a Beneficial Shareholder of the Company), different from the persons designated in the VIF, to represent your Common Shares at the Meeting, and that person may be you. To exercise this right, insert the name of your desired

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representative in the blank space provided in the VIF. The completed VIF must then be returned to Broadridge following Broadridge's instructions using one of the methods detailed on the VIF. Broadridge then tabulates results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions concerning voting of Common Shares to be represented at the Meeting. If you receive a VIF from Broadridge, it must be completed and returned to Broadridge, in accordance with Broadridge's instructions, well in advance of the Meeting in order to: (a) have your Common Shares voted as per your instructions, or (b) to have an alternate representative you have chosen, if any, duly appointed to attend and vote your Common Shares on your behalf at the Meeting.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES

The solicitation of proxies involve securities of an issuer located in Canada and are being effected in accordance with the corporate laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada and securities laws of the provinces of Canada. The proxy solicitation rules under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended, are not applicable to the Company or this solicitation, and this solicitation has been prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of the securities laws of the provinces of Canada. Shareholders should be aware that disclosure requirements under the securities laws of the provinces of Canada differ from the disclosure requirements under United States securities laws.

The enforcement by Shareholders of civil liabilities under United States federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that the Company is incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), as amended, certain of its directors and its executive officers are residents of Canada and a substantial portion of its assets and the assets of such persons are located outside the United States.

Shareholders may not be able to sue a foreign company or its officers or directors in a foreign court for violations of United States federal securities laws. It may be difficult to compel a foreign company and its officers and directors to subject themselves to a judgment by a United States court.

REVOCATION OF PROXIES

In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a registered shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it as follows:

  • (a) sign a proxy bearing a later date or sign a valid notice of revocation, either of the foregoing to be signed by the registered shareholder or the registered shareholder's authorized attorney in writing, or, if the shareholder is a corporation, under its corporate seal by an officer or attorney duly authorized, and deliver the proxy bearing a later date to Computershare, by fax within North America at 1-866-249-7775, outside North America at (416) 263-9524, or by mail to the 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1 or by hand delivery at 3rd Floor, 510 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3B9, at any time up to and including the last business day that precedes the day of the Meeting or, if the Meeting is adjourned, the last business day that precedes any reconvening thereof, or to the chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or any reconvening thereof, or in any other manner provided by law, or

  • (b) the registered shareholder may personally attend the Meeting in person and vote their Common Shares.

A revocation of a proxy will not affect a matter on which a vote is taken before the revocation.

INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

No director or executive officer of the Company, or any person who has held such a position since the beginning of the last completed financial year of the Company, nor any nominee for election as a director of the Company, nor any associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons, has any substantial or material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted on at the Meeting other than the election of directors, the appointment of the auditor and as may be set out herein.

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VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES

The board of directors (the "Board") of the Company has fixed July 15, 2021, as the record date (the "Record Date") for determination of persons entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date who either attend the Meeting personally or complete, sign and deliver a form of proxy in the manner and subject to the provisions described above will be entitled to vote or to have their Common Shares voted at the Meeting. A quorum for the Meeting is one or more persons present and being, or presenting by proxy, one or more shareholders entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting.

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares. As of the Record Date there were 33,289,927 Common Shares issued and outstanding, each carrying the right to one vote. No group of shareholders has the right to elect a specified number of directors, nor are there cumulative or similar voting rights attached to the Common Shares. The Company is also authorized to issue an unlimited number of Preferred Shares. There were no Preferred Shares issued and outstanding as at the Record Date.

To the knowledge of the directors and executive officers of the Company, no person or corporation beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over, Common Shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding Common Shares as at the Record Date, except for the following:

xcept for the following:
Shareholder Name Number of Common Shares Held Percentage of Issued Common
Shares
CTR Holdings Ltd. 5,396,900 16.2%

Notes:

  • (1) The above information was supplied to the Company by the shareholder(s) and from the insider reports available at www.sedi.ca.

VOTES NECESSARY TO PASS RESOLUTIONS

A simple majority of affirmative votes cast at the Meeting is required to pass the other resolutions described herein. If there are more nominees for election as directors than there are vacancies to fill, the seven nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected. If the number of nominees for election is equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, all such nominees will be declared elected by acclamation.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board has determined that the number of persons to be elected as directors of the Company be set at seven (7). The term of office of each of the current directors will end at the conclusion of the Meeting. Unless the director's office is vacated earlier in accordance with provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) ("BCA"), each director elected will hold office until the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting, or, if no director is then elected, until a successor is elected.

Management’s Director Nominees

The following disclosure sets out the names of the seven management nominees for election as director, all major offices and positions with the Company and any of its significant affiliates each now holds, each nominee's principal occupation, business or employment, the period of time during which each has been a director of the Company and the number of Common Shares of the Company beneficially owned by each director, both directly and indirectly, or over which each director exercised control or direction as at the Record Date:

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Name of Nominee;
Current Position with the Company
and Province of Residence
Period as a Director
of the Company
Common Shares
Beneficially Owned or
Controlled(1)
Rene Carrier
Director(3)(4)
British Columbia, Canada
Since November 2018 400,000 Common Shares(2)
160,000 Options
Stephen Cheeseman
Director(4)(5)
British Columbia, Canada
Since February 2019 480,000 Common Shares
160,000 Options
$555,000 Green Bonds
Gord Fretwell
Director(5)
British Columbia, Canada
Since February 2019 100,000 Common Shares
160,000 Options
Paul Larkin
Director(3)(5)
British Columbia, Canada
Since November 2018 580,000 Common Shares
160,000 Options
Jill Leversage
Director(3)(4)
British Columbia, Canada
Since November 2018 30,000 Common Shares
160,000 Options
Marchand Snyman
Director, Chairman
British Columbia, Canada
Since November 2018 25,001 Common Shares
275,000 Options
Bernard Tan
Chief Executive Officer,
British Columbia, Canada
Since February 2019 2,125,001 Common Shares(2)
490,000 Options
$20,000 Green Bonds

Notes:

(1) The information as to number of Common Shares beneficially owned or controlled is not within the knowledge of the management of the Company and has been furnished by the respective nominees as filed on SEDI. Each nominee has held the same or a similar principal occupation with the organization indicated or a predecessor thereof for the last five years.

(2) Certain of the Common Shares are held by family members or companies controlled by directors and officers.

(3) Member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

(4) Member of the Compensation Committee.

(5) Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

A shareholder can vote for all of the above nominees, vote for some of the above nominees and withhold for other of the above nominees, or withhold for all of the above nominees. Unless otherwise instructed, the named proxyholders will vote FOR the election of each of the proposed nominees set forth above as directors of the Company.

None of the proposed nominees for election as a director of the Company are proposed for election pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between the nominee and any other person, except the directors and senior officers of the Company acting solely in such capacity.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON NOMINEES

The following information as to principal occupation, business or employment has been furnished by the respective nominees.

Rene Carrier, Independent Director

Mr. Carrier has been the President of Euro-American Capital Corporation, a Canadian private investment company, since May 1991. He served as Vice-President of Pacific International Securities Inc. where he worked for ten years until 1991 and as Lead Director of International Royalty Corp. ("IRC") from 2003 to 2010. IRC

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was a global mineral royalty company engaged in the acquisition and creation of natural resource royalties which was acquired by Royal Gold Inc. in 2010. He also serves as an independent director of various other public companies involved in the mining industry.

Stephen Cheeseman, Independent Director

Mr. Cheeseman is the President of Chinook Power Corp., a private renewable energy company that identified and developed the 142MW Quality Wind Project. He is a former director of the Clean Energy Association of B.C. (CEABC). Mr. Cheeseman is a recipient of the 2016 Clean16 award for his dedication and contribution to sustainability and clean capitalism. In 2017, the CEABC honoured him with a Lifetime Achievement award for his advocacy work in the field of renewable energy.

Gordon Fretwell, Independent Director

Mr. Fretwell is a former partner at a large Vancouver law firm. Mr. Fretwell is currently a partner for a boutique law firm in Vancouver practicing primarily in the areas of corporate and securities law. Mr. Fretwell was also a founding director of IRC from 2003 until its sale for $700 million in 2010.

Paul Larkin, Independent Director

Mr. Larkin is the President of the New Dawn Group, an investment and financial consulting firm primarily involved in corporate finance, merchant banking and administrative management of public companies. Mr. Larkin currently serves as a director on various publicly traded companies and was a founding director, chairman of the audit and special purpose committees of US Geothermal Inc., a successful NYSE publicly listed renewable energy company which was acquired by Ormat Technologies Inc. for an enterprise value exceeding US$200 million.

Jill Leversage, Independent Director

Ms. Leversage is a senior investment banker with over 30 years of executive experience in investment banking and private equity. Ms. Leversage was the former Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking for TD Securities Inc., a global investment bank and Former Managing Director at Highland West Capital Ltd., a private equity and merchant bank. She currently serves as a director on various public and private company boards. Ms. Leversage is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC.

Marchand Snyman, Chairman and Independent Director

Mr. Snyman is a co-founder of the Company. Mr. Snyman has over 20 years of senior executive experience in global corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, financing and divestiture activities. He also currently serves as a director and officer on a number of publicly traded companies. Mr. Snyman is currently a Director and the Chief Operating Officer of Hunter Dickinson Inc. Mr. Snyman is a Chartered Accountant (Australia and New Zealand) and a Chartered Accountant (South Africa).

Bernard Tan, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Tan is the founder of the Company and former Chief Financial Officer of Hunter Dickinson Inc. (“HDI”), where he managed diverse teams in the strategic development and execution of new opportunities for HDI, and provided financial oversight and governance on HDI’s affiliated companies. He was Chief Financial Officer of Curis Resources Ltd., a previously publicly listed company that traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), from November 2010 to March 2012. He has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance in resource and technology and is a recipient of Young Mining Leader Award from Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum. Mr. Tan is a CPA, CA and has a MBA (Finance) from McGill University and BComm from the University of British Columbia.

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Advance Notice Provision

The Company’s articles contains provisions for advance notice (the "Advance Notice Provision") to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by shareholders of the Company other than pursuant to (i) a requisition of a meeting made pursuant to the provisions of the BCA or (ii) a shareholder proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the BCA.

Among other things, the Advance Notice Provision fixes a deadline by which holders of Common Shares must submit director nominations to the Company prior to any annual general meeting, or any special meeting of shareholders at which there will be an election of directors, and sets forth the minimum information that a shareholder must include in the notice to the Company for the notice to be in proper written form.

The foregoing is merely a summary of the Advance Notice Provision, is not comprehensive and is qualified by the full text of such provision contained in Section 14.2 of the Company’s Articles, a copy of which is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

PENALTIES, SANCTIONS AND ORDERS

Except as disclosed below, within the last 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, no proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company was a director or executive officer of any company (including the Company in respect of which this Information Circular is prepared) or acted in that capacity for a company that was:

  • (a) subject to a cease trade or similar order or an order denying the relevant company access to any exemptions under securities legislation, for more than 30 consecutive days;

  • (b) subject to an event that resulted, after the director or executive officer ceased to be a director or executive officer, in the company being the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under the securities legislation, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days;

  • (c) within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets; or has become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the proposed director;

  • (d) subject to any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or

  • (e) subject to any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or a regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.

Gordon Fretwell was a director of TSX-V listed Lignol Energy Corporation (“Lignol”) from January 2007 to May 2015. Lignol went into receivership on August 22, 2014.

Paul Larkin was a director of Esrey Resources Ltd. (“Esrey”), a TSXV listed company, which was ceasetraded on April 3, 2019 for failure to file its 2018 audited financial statements and management discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) in a timely manner. The Cease Trade Orders were lifted as of June 11, 2019, the annual filings having been attended to on June 3, 2019. A subsequent cease trade order was issued on February 4, 2020 for failure to file its 2019 audited financial statements and management discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) in a timely manner. Mr. Larkin resigned from the Board of Esrey on February 27[th] 2020.

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DIRECTORSHIP

Several directors of the Company also serve as directors of one or more renewable energy companies. It may occur from time to time that, because of his or her activity in the renewable energy industry and serving on such other boards, a director may become aware of potential opportunities that are of interest to more than one of the companies on whose boards that person serves. Accordingly, situations may arise in the ordinary course that will involve a director in an actual or potential conflict of interest, as well as issues in connection with the general obligation of a director to make corporate opportunities available to the company on whose board the director serves. In all such events, any director is required to disclose a financial interest in a contract or transaction by virtue of office, employment or security holdings or other such interest in another company or in a property interest under consideration by the Board, and is obliged to abstain from voting as a director of the Company in respect of any transaction involving that other company or in respect of any property in which an interest is held by him or her. The directors will use their best business judgment to avoid situations where conflicts or corporate opportunity issues might arise, and they must at all times fulfill their duties to act honestly and in the best interests of the Company as required by law.

APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR

Deloitte LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, of 939 Granville St, Vancouver, British Columbia, will be nominated at the Meeting for reappointment as auditor of the Company, based upon a recommendation of the audit committee.

AUDIT COMMITTEE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH AUDITOR

National Instrument 52-110 of the Canadian Securities Administrators ("NI 52-110") requires the Company, as a venture issuer, to disclose annually in its information circular certain information concerning the constitution of its audit committee and its relationship with its independent auditor, set forth as follows.

THE AUDIT COMMITTEE'S CHARTER

The Audit and Risk Committee has adopted a charter setting out its mandate and responsibilities. The Charter is contained in the Company’s Corporate Governance Policies and Procedures Manual (the “Manual”) at Appendix 6, which is available for viewing under Corporate Governance of the Company's website www.reroyalties.com.

COMPOSITION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

Members of the Audit and Risk Committee are Rene Carrier (Chair), Paul Larkin and Jill Leversage. Each member of the Audit and Risk Committee is financially literate and an independent director.

RELEVANT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

See disclosure under heading "Biographical Information on Nominees".

As a result of their education and experience, each member of the Audit and Risk Committee has familiarity with, an understanding of, or experience in:

  • the accounting principles used by the Company to prepare its financial statements, and the ability to assess the general application of those principles in connection with estimates, accruals and reserves;

  • reviewing or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Company's financial statements, and

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  • an understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT

The Audit and Risk Committee has not made any recommendations to the Board to nominate or compensate any external auditor that was not adopted by the Board.

RELIANCE ON CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS

The Company’s external auditor, Deloitte LLP, has not provided any material non-audit services.

PRE-APPROVAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Section 1(a)(iv) of the Audit Committee Charter states that the Audit and Risk Committee must review and approve in advance all permitted non-audit services with Company’s auditors and the Audit and Risk Committee may delegate the ability to pre-approve such services to a subcommittee, provides such subcommittee shall present its decision to the full Audit and Risk Committee at the following Audit and Risk Committee meeting. Other than the foregoing, the Audit and Risk Committee has not adopted specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services.

EXTERNAL AUDITOR SERVICE FEES

The audit committee has reviewed the nature and amount of the non-audit services provided by Deloitte LLP to the Company to ensure auditor independence. Fees incurred with Deloitte LLP for professional services in the last three fiscal years are outlined in the following table:

Nature of
Services
Year Ended
Dec 31, 2020
Year Ended
Dec 31, 2019
Year Ended
Dec 31, 2018
Audit Fees includes fees necessary to perform the annual audit and quarterly
reviews of the Company's financial statements. Audit Fees
include fees for review of tax provisions and for accounting
consultations on matters reflected in the financial statements.
Audit Fees also include audit or other attest services required by
legislation or regulation, such as comfort letters, consents,
reviews of securities filings and statutory audits.
$ 131,000 $ 81,150 $ 146,000
Audit-Related
Fees
includes services that are traditionally performed by the auditor.
These audit-related services include employee benefit audits,
due diligence assistance, accounting consultations on proposed
transactions, internal control reviews and audit or attest services
not required by legislation or regulation.
Nil Nil Nil
Tax Fees includes fees for all tax services other than those included in
"Audit Fees" and "Audit-Related Fees". This category includes
fees for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax
planning and tax advice includes assistance with tax audits and
appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions, and
requests for rulings or technical advice from tax authorities.
Nil Nil Nil
All Other Fees includes all other non-audit services. Nil Nil Nil
Total $ 131,000 $ 81,150 $ 146,000

EXEMPTION

The Company is a venture issuer as defined by NI 52-110 and is relying upon the exemption in section 6.2 of NI 52-110 in respect of Part 5 – Reporting Obligations .

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

GENERAL

Corporate governance refers to the policies and structure of the board of directors of a company, whose members are elected by and are accountable to the shareholders of the company. Corporate governance encourages establishing a reasonable degree of independence of the board of directors from executive management and the adoption of policies to ensure the board of directors recognizes the principles of good management. The Board is committed to sound corporate governance practices; as such practices are both in the interests of shareholders and help to contribute to effective and efficient decision-making.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Applicable governance policies require that a listed issuer’s board of directors determine the status of each director as independent or not, based on each director’s interest in or other relationship with, the Company. Applicable governance policies recommend that a board of directors be constituted with a majority of directors who qualify as independent directors (as defined below). A board of directors should also examine its size with a view of determining the impact of the number of directors upon the effectiveness of the board of directors, and the board of directors should implement a system which enables an individual director to engage an outside advisor at the expense of the Company in appropriate circumstances. The Company’s policies allow for retention of independent advisors for members of the board of directors when they consider it advisable.

Under the policies, an “independent” director is one who “has no direct or indirect material relationship” with the Company. Generally, a director is independent if he or she is free from any employment, business or other relationship that could, or could reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with the exercise of the director’s independent judgment. A material relationship includes having been (or having a family member who has been), within the last three years, an employee or executive of the Company or having been employed by the Company’s external auditor. Any individual (or whose family members or partners) received directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory, accounting, legal fee or investment banking compensation from the Company (other than compensation for acting as a director) is deemed to have a material relationship with the Company.

The independent members of the Board are Rene Carrier, Paul Larkin, Jill Leversage, Stephen Cheeseman Gordon Fretwell and Marchand Snyman.

Bernard Tan, a current director and Chief Executive Officer, is considered non-independent due to his executive management functions with the Company.

The Board monitors the activities of senior management through regular meetings and discussions amongst the Board members and between the Board and senior management. For the year ended 2019, the Board held three meetings and for the year ended 2020, the Board held two meetings. Communication between the independent directors also occur on an ongoing basis and as needs arise from regularly scheduled meetings of the Board. The Board also facilitates its independent supervision in a number of other ways including: by holding meetings without the presence of management; by retaining independent consultants; by relying on experience and understanding the obligations and expectations of directors and officers; and by reviewing corporate developments with larger shareholders, analysts and potential industry partners, where it deems necessary. The Board encourages independent directors to bring up and discuss any issues or concerns and the Board is advised of and addresses any issues or concerns raised thereby. The Board is of the view that its communication policy between senior management, members of the Board and shareholders is good. The Board believes that adequate structures and processes are in place to facilitate the functioning of the Board with a sufficient level of independence from the Company’s management. The Board is satisfied with the integrity of the Company’s internal controls and financial management information systems.

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OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS

The following directors and nominees are also directors of the following public companies.

Rene Carrier Rathdowney Resources Ltd. (TSXV)
Gord Fretwell Galiano Gold Inc. (TSX, NYSE
American) Pucara Gold Ltd. (TSX)
Canada Rare Earth Corporation (TSXV)
Paul Larkin Condor Resources Inc. (TSXV)
Earl Resources Limited (TSXV)
Gstaad Capital Corp. (TSXV-NEX)
Prime Mining Corp. (CVE)
Tyner Resources Ltd. (TSXV-NEX)
Westbridge Energy Corporation (TSXV)
Kelly Ventures Ltd. (TSXV)
Jill Leversage Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ)
MAG Silver Corp. (TSX, NYSE American)
Marchand Snyman Northcliff Resources Ltd. (TSX)
Electric Royalties Ltd(TSXV)

Stephen Cheeseman and Bernard Tan currently do not serve on any other public company board of directors.

ORIENTATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

When new directors are appointed, they receive an orientation commensurate with their previous experience on the Company’s investments, business, technology and industry and on the responsibilities of the directors. The Company will focus on retaining experienced renewable energy and/or royalty investment candidates as directors, and hence, the orientation needed should be minimized. Board meetings generally include presentations by the Company's senior management and employee staff in order to give the directors full insight into the Company's operations.

ETHICAL BUSINESS CONDUCT

The Board has adopted a Code of Ethics and Trading Restrictions policy, which deals with issues concerning ethical conduct and insists that all members of management of the Company, and all employees adhere to this code. The Code of Ethics and Trading Restrictions Policy can be found in Appendix 4 to the Manual and is available for viewing on the Company's website, under Corporate Governance of www.reroyalties.com. The Board also understands that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by the Company's governing corporate legislation and the common law and the restrictions placed by applicable corporate legislation on an individual director's participation in decisions of the Board in which the director has an interest have been sufficient to ensure that the Board operates independently of management and in the best interests of the Company.

NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS

The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider the size of the Board each year when it considers the number of directors to recommend to the Board and shareholders for election at the annual meeting of shareholders, taking into account the number required to carry out the Board’s duties effectively and to maintain a diversity of views and experience. The specific duties of the Nominating and Governance

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Committee Charter, which is set out as Appendix 8 of the Corporate Governance Manual and available on the Company’s website.

The current members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are Stephen Cheeseman (Chair), Paul Larkin, and Gord Fretwell.

COMPENSATION

The Compensation Committee reviews and recommends to the Board the compensation for the directors and executive officers, including the CEO, and its specific duties are prescribed in the Compensation Committee Charter, which is set out as Appendix 7 to the Manual and is available for viewing on the Company’s website under Corporate Governance at www.reroyalties.com. .

The current members of the Compensation Committee are Jill Leversage (Chair), Stephen Cheeseman and Rene Carrier.

The Board determines the compensation for directors and executives. See Compensation Discussion and Analysis , the NEO Summary Compensation Table and the Director Compensation Table in Appendix A for details of compensation paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

OTHER BOARD COMMITTEES

The Board has no committees other than the Audit and Risk Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.

ASSESSMENTS

The Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee monitor the adequacy of information given to directors, communication between the Board and management and the strategic direction and processes of the Board and its committees. Under its charter, the Nominating and Governance Committee oversees an annual formal assessment of the Board and all its committees. The Board is satisfied with the overall corporate achievements of the Company and believes this reflects well on the Board and its practices.

STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

See the report set out as Appendix A.

SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

The following table sets out equity compensation plan information as at the Company's December 31, 2020 fiscal year end:

fiscal year end:
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options
Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance under
equity compensation plans (excluding
securities reflected in column (a)
Plan Category (a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans
approved by securityholders
1,195,000 $0.82 2,133,993
Equity compensation plans not
approved by securityholders
N/A N/A N/A
Total 1,195,000 $0.82 2,133,993
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Note:

At December 31, 2020 there were 1,195,000 options outstanding under the Company’s share option plan (the “Plan”) with weighted average price of $0.82 leaving 2,133,993 securities remaining available for future issuance under the Plan. After the reporting period ended December 31, 2020, in February 2021 the Company granted additional 1,450,000 options to its directors, officers, employees and certain consultants. At the date of this Information Circular, 2,645,000 options to purchase Common Shares are outstanding under the Plan. Therefore, a further 683,993 Common Shares, representing 2.05% of the outstanding Common Shares, remain available for reserve for options to be granted under the Plan.

See “ Particulars of Matters to be Acted Upon ” for a description of the material terms of the Company’s Share Option Plan.

INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

No directors, proposed nominees for election as directors, executive officers or their respective associates or affiliates, or other management of the Company were indebted to the Company as of the end of the most recently completed financial year or as at the date hereof.

INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS

To the knowledge of management of the Company, no informed person (a director, officer or holder of 10% or more of the Common Shares) or nominee for election as a director of the Company or any associate or affiliate of any informed person or proposed director had any interest in any transaction which has materially affected or could materially affect the Company or any of its subsidiaries during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, or has any interest in any material transaction in the current year other than as set out herein.

MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

There are no material management contracts.

PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

1. SHARE OPTION PLAN

Introduction

The Company has a Share Option Plan (the "Plan"), which is a "rolling" plan. Under the Plan, options totaling a maximum of 10% of the Common Shares outstanding from time to time are available for grant.

To comply with TSXV policies covering "rolling" option plans, continued grants under the Plan must be approved annually by the shareholders of the Company. At the Meeting shareholders will be asked to ratify and approve the Plan for continuation until the next annual general meeting of the Company.

As at the Record Date, there were 33,289,927 Common Shares issued and outstanding. Accordingly, under the Plan the Company has the authority to grant options to purchase up to a total of 3,328,993 Common Shares. At the date of this Information Circular, 2,645,000 options to purchase Common Shares are outstanding under the Plan. Therefore, a further 683,993 Common Shares, representing 2.05% of the outstanding Common Shares, remain available for reserve for options to be granted under the Plan, at the Board's discretion, to eligible optionees (the "Optionees").

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Material Terms of the Plan

The following is a summary of the material terms of the Plan:

  • (a) Persons who are Service Providers to the Company or its affiliates, or who are providing services to the Company or its affiliates, are eligible to receive grants of options under the Plan;

  • (b) Options granted under the Plan are non-assignable and non-transferable and are issuable for a period of up to 10 years and the exercise price must be paid in full upon exercise of options;

  • (c) For options granted to Service Providers, the Company must ensure that the proposed Optionee is a bona fide Service Provider of the Company or its affiliates;

  • (d) An Option granted to any Service Provider will expire 90 days (or such other time, not to exceed one year, as shall be determined by the Board as at the date of grant or agreed to by the Board and the Optionee at any time prior to expiry of the Option), after the date the Optionee ceases to be employed by or provide services to the Company, but only to the extent that such Option was vested at the date the Optionee ceased to be so employed by or to provide services to the Company;

  • (e) If an Optionee dies, any vested option held by him or her at the date of death will become exercisable by the Optionee's lawful personal representatives, heirs or executors until the earlier of one year after the date of death of such Optionee and the date of expiration of the term otherwise applicable to such option;

  • (f) In the case of an Optionee being dismissed from employment or service for cause, such Optionee's options, whether or not vested at the date of dismissal, will immediately terminate without right to exercise same;

  • (g) The exercise price of each option will be set by the Board on the effective date of the option and will not be less than the Market Price (as defined in Policy 1.1 of the Policies);

  • (h) Vesting of options shall be at the discretion of the Board, and will generally be subject to: (i) the Service Provider remaining employed by or continuing to provide services to the Company or its affiliates, as well as, at the discretion of the Board, achieving certain milestones which may be defined by the Board from time to time or receiving a satisfactory performance review by the Company or its affiliates during the vesting period; or (ii) the Service Provider remaining as a Director of the Company or its affiliates during the vesting period; and

  • (i) in the event of a change of control occurring, all options subject to vesting provisions shall be deemed to have immediately vested, subject to the TSXV approval.

  • (j) The Board reserves the right in its absolute discretion to amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue the Plan with respect to all Plan shares in respect of options which have not yet been granted under the Plan; and

  • (k) The Board may, without shareholder approval:

  • (i) amend the Plan to correct typographical, grammatical or clerical errors;

  • (ii) change the vesting provisions of an option granted under the Plan, subject to prior written approval of the TSXV, if applicable;

  • (iii) change the termination provision of an option granted under the Plan if it does not entail an extension beyond the original expiry date of such option;

  • (iv) make such amendments to the Plan as are necessary or desirable to reflect changes to securities laws applicable to the Company;

  • (v) make such amendments as may otherwise be permitted by the TSXV Policies;

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  • (vi) if the Company becomes listed or quoted on a stock exchange or stock market senior to the TSXV, make such amendments as may be required by the policies of such senior stock exchange or stock market; and

  • (vii) amend the Plan to reduce the benefits that may be granted to Service Providers.

Restrictions of the Plan

The Plan is subject to the following restrictions, which restrictions are included as part of the material terms of the Plan:

  • (a) The Company must not grant an option to any one director, employee, consultant, or consultant company (the "Service Provider") in any 12 month period that exceeds 5% of the outstanding shares, unless the Company has obtained approval by a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of the Company eligible to vote at a shareholders' meeting, excluding votes attaching to shares beneficially owned by Insiders and their Associates (defined below) ("Disinterested Shareholder Approval");

  • (b) The aggregate number of options granted to all employees conducting Investor Relations Activities in any 12 month period must not exceed 2% of the outstanding shares calculated at the date of the grant, without the prior consent of the TSXV;

  • (c) The Company must not grant an option to any one consultant in any 12 month period that exceeds 2% of the outstanding shares calculated at the date of the grant of the option;

  • (d) The Company is required to obtain Disinterested Shareholder Approval prior to any of the following actions becoming effective:

  • i. The Plan, together with all of the Company’s previous Share Compensation Arrangements (as defined in the Plan), could result at any time in:

    • The aggregate number of Common Shares reserved for issuance under Options granted to Insiders exceeding 10% of the Outstanding Shares in the event that this Plan is amended to reserve for issuance more than 10% of the Outstanding Shares;

    • the number of optioned shares issued to Insiders in any 12 month period must not exceed 10% of the outstanding shares (in the event that the Plan is amended to reserve for issuance more than 10% of the outstanding shares) unless the Company has obtained Disinterested Shareholder Approval to do so; and

    • the issuance to any one Optionee, within a 12-month period, of a number of Common Shares exceeding 5% of the Outstanding Shares; or

  • ii. Any reduction in the exercise price of an option previously granted to an Insider.

A copy of the Plan will be available for inspection at the Meeting.

Definitions

An "ordinary resolution" is a resolution passed by the shareholders of the Company at a general meeting by a simple majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy.

A "disinterested shareholder" means a shareholder that is not an Insider to whom options may be granted under the Plan and any Associates of such Insider.

An "Insider" is a director or an officer of the Company, a director or an officer of a company that is itself an Insider or a subsidiary of an Insider, or a person that has beneficial ownership of, and/or control or direction, either directly or indirectly over, securities of the Company carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all the Company's outstanding voting securities.

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An "Associate" means if used to indicate a relationship with any person,

  • (a) a partner, other than a limited partner, of that person,

  • (b) a trust or estate in which that person has a substantial beneficial interest or for which that person serves as trustee or in a similar capacity,

  • (c) an issuer in respect of which that person beneficially owns or controls, directly or indirectly, voting securities carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding voting securities of the issuer, or

  • (d) a relative, including the spouse, of that person or a relative of that person's spouse, if the relative has the same home as that person.

Vote Required and Recommendation of the Board

At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to consider ratification and approval of the Plan for continuation, and to vote on the ordinary resolution, with or without variation, as follows:

" BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Share Option Plan, be ratified and approved for continuation until the next annual general meeting of the Company."

The Board recommends that shareholders vote in favour of the Plan.

In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote the Common Shares represented thereby in favour of passing this resolution.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The audited financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, the report of the auditor and related management discussion and analysis will be placed before the Meeting. Additional information may be obtained free of charge by a security holder of the Company from the Company's Investor Relations department at 14[th] Floor, 1040 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4H1 at telephone number: 604-684-6365 or fax number 604-681-2741. The financial statements and additional information are filed on www.sedar.com.

OTHER MATTERS

The Board is not aware of any other matters that it anticipates will come before the Meeting as of the date of mailing of this Information Circular.

The contents of this Information Circular and its distribution to shareholders have been approved by the Board.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, July 15, 2021.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

"Marchand Snyman"

Marchand Snyman Chairman

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Appendix A

STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

On June 29, 2021, the Company filed on SEDAR a statement of executive compensation, dated June 29, 2021 and prepared as at and for the year ended December 31, 2020, as required under Form 51-102F6V Statement of Executive Compensation (Venture Issuers).

There have been no material compensation actions, decisions or policies made to date since the filing of the aforementioned statement of executive compensation, a copy of which is appended below.