Robert Mason, a leading lawyer in the area of alternative mine finance, is providing a course on mining royalties. He provides an introduction to the various types of royalties as well as a detailed description of the key issues to keep in mind when negotiating a mining royalty deal, including the royalty percentage, the target properties, events of default, security and intercreditor issues as well as rights of first refusal and buy-back rights. Mr. Mason also provides an update on the current trends that he is seeing in the mining royalty market as well as his expectations for further activity in this sector. The course includes a PDF of Mr. Mason’s presentation as well as a precedent form of net smelter returns royalty agreement.