Heads Up Poker Podcast

Derrick Pattenden, Chief Investment Officer of Nations Royalty, speaks from the 2025 Rule Symposium to detail how Canada’s only majority Indigenous-owned public company is transforming the mining royalty landscape. With a CA$70M market cap, CA$5.7M in cash, zero debt, and a strategy built on equity-based partnerships, Nations Royalty is uniting high-quality mining royalties held by Indigenous communities into one powerful, value-driven vehicle. Core assets include KSM (Seabridge Gold), Brucejack (Newmont), and the Premier and Red Mountain gold projects, giving the company exposure to some of the most strategic properties in northern British Columbia. Derrick explains how the company’s leadership—backed by industry veterans like Frank Giustra and ex-Franco-Nevada CFO Alec Morrison—has built a team blending technical mining experience with deep Indigenous ties. Nations Royalty’s structure allows it to expand through collaboration, not competition, by acting as a trusted advisor and partner to Indigenous natio