Behind the story of Abitibi Royalties (RZZ-TSX) is the key to their stock price rise over the past few years. The prolific Canadian Malartic mine was hotly pursued through a hostile bid of owner Osisko Mining-by Goldcorp in early 2014. I wish to present this follow up article in response to several valid comments on my June 22nd Abitibi article in the hopes of highlighting the value in ownership of simple but highly quantifiable and productive royalties.
Osisko Mining had begun to produce significant gold (137,321 ounces in fourth quarter of 2013) from their Canadian