M&A Deal Summary

Franco-Nevada Acquires Mesa Minerals Partners

On December 1, 2020, Franco-Nevada acquired metals/mining company Mesa Minerals Partners from Quantum Energy Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Franco-Nevada’s 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is Franco-Nevada’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Franco-Nevada’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-12-01
Target Mesa Minerals Partners
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) Franco-Nevada
Sellers(s) Quantum Energy Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Mesa Minerals Partners

Houston, Texas, United States
Mesa Minerals provides competitive offers for mineral and royalty interests in East Texas and North Louisiana, with a primary focus on the Haynesville and Cotton Valley plays. Mesa Minerals Partners was formed in 2018 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Franco-Nevada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Metals/Mining
Revenue 1.2B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Franco-Nevada is a gold-focused royalty and streaming company globally with the largest and most diversified portfolio of royalties and streams by commodity, geography, revenue type, and stage of project. Franco-Nevada was founded in 1986 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-13 Skeena

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Skeena is a junior Canadian mining exploration company focused on developing prospective base and precious metal properties in the Golden Triangle region of northern British Columbia, Canada. The Company’s primary activities are the evaluation and development of the Spectrum gold project and adjacent GJ copper-gold project as well as exploration. Skeena was founded in 1979 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Quantum Energy Partners

Houston, Texas, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 17.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Quantum Energy Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investments within the energy sector. Quantum's primary focus is on opportunities within the oil and gas upstream and midstream sectors, however, the Firm will also consider investments in oil field services and equipment, coal, power generation and transmission, and renewable/alternative energy. Quantum's target investment size is $100 to $400 million. Quantum invests in start-ups as well as established companies needing expansion capital. Quantum Energy Partners was formed in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 26
Sector (Metals/Mining) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 17
State (Texas) 9 of 14
Country (United States) 16 of 23
Year (2020) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-16 Datagration

Houston, Texas, United States

Datagration is a provider of an open, and collaborative ecosystem of domain-specific platforms that create solutions for organizations by aggregating and integrating data from disparate legacy systems, databases, and unstructured documents into a unified cloud-based or on-premise environment. Datagration is based in Houston, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-01 Whitecap Resources

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Whitecap Resources is a oil-weighted company focused on providing sustainable monthly dividends to its shareholders and per share growth through a combination of accretive oil-based acquisitions and organic growth on existing and acquired assets. Whitecap Resources was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Calgary, Alberta.

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