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- Freehold Royalties Ltd. acquires, manages and holds mineral title lands and royalty interests in crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and potash properties across North America; its core assets encompass gross overriding royalties, freehold mineral title lands owned in perpetuity and other non-operated interests, with approximately 6.1 million gross acres in Western Canada including 1.1 million acres of owned mineral titles, and 1.2 million gross drilling acres in the United States primarily spanning the Permian (Midland and Delaware), Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Bakken basins in Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota and New Mexico. The company operates through two main segments, Canada and United States, generating revenue from royalty payments, lease rentals and bonus consideration tied to production by third-party operators such as ExxonMobil and Diamondback Energy, targeting long-term lower-risk returns through sustainable dividends funded by high-netback oil-weighted production. Freehold Royalties Ltd., founded in 1996 and headquartered in Calgary, Canada, maintains one of the largest non-government royalty portfolios in North America, with a diversified focus on oil plays like Mannville heavy oil, Clearwater and southeast Saskatchewan representing about 30% of Canadian output. In recent developments, the company completed a strategic $261.4 million acquisition of mineral title and royalty interests in the Midland Basin in December 2024, adding 1,250-1,350 boe/d of estimated 2025 production (61% light oil) across 244,000 gross acres under high-quality operators and funded via a $125.1 million bought deal equity financing alongside credit facilities; it also closed $116.2 million in Permian Basin deals in January 2024, boosting U.S. exposure, while increasing its senior credit facility to $450 million post-transaction and reporting second quarter 2025 production of 16,584 boe/d up 9% year-over-year driven by heavy oil growth and Permian integration.