Dear Shareholders,
I am pleased to report that Dan O’Flaherty has agreed to join Sandbox Royalties as Executive, Strategy.
Dan brings a wealth of experience in the mining royalty business. Most recently Dan served as CEO of Maverix Metals a precious metals royalty company which he co-founded in 2016, and was subsequently sold to Triple Flag Precious Metals for over US$700 million in late 2022. A biography for Dan is presented below.
We are excited to add Dan to our team to partner with us in building Sandbox into a leading diversified metals royalty company. Dan’s experience will be instrumental in executing our strategy and growing Sandbox Royalties.
We appreciate your ongoing support and look forward to providing further exciting updates about Sandbox soon.
John Armstrong
CEO & Director
Versamet Royalties Corp.
Biography | Dan O’Flaherty
Most recently, Mr. O’Flaherty held the position of CEO of Maverix Metals Inc. which he co-founded in 2016. Maverix Metals was sold to Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp in 2022 for over US$700 million. He has 20 years of investment banking and Executive Officer experience in the mining industry. Mr. O’Flaherty was previously the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Esperanza Resources, which was acquired by Alamos Gold in 2013. In addition to serving as Executive Vice President of two gold development companies, both of which were acquired, Dan was formerly a director in the investment banking team of Scotia Capital in Vancouver focused exclusively on the metals and mining sector where he specialized in providing advice to clients on acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, and hostile takeover defenses as well as on equity and debt financings. Mr. O’Flaherty holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with honours, from the University of British Columbia.