Articles 
June
03
2013
Viewpoints
"Meet the skateboarder, the philanthropist, the software dreamer, the bike polo entrepreneur, the world changer, the Olympic skier, the wish granter, the bookish fashion designer, the Monet-collecting lawyer and the healthcare-and-bagel vendor: ten Sauder graduates talk about what Tumm Est has meant to them, in good times and bad, success and mishaps,business and personal life."
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May
27
2013
The College Investor
"Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Nolan Watson, the youngest CEO of a NYSE-listed company! Nolan is the founder and CEO of Sandstorm Gold (SAND), and is only 33 years old. Prior to founding Sandstorm, Nolan was the CFO of Silver Wheaton (and at 26 years old, was the youngest CFO of any NYSE-listed company), where he helped raise over $1 billion in debt in equity to fund Silver Wheaton's growth to a $5 billion market capitalization in less than 5 years."
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May
20
2013
HR Reporter
"And when it comes to balancing risk and reward, the challenge isn't normally with the reward, says Watson. "Usually the problem lies in not understanding the risk that you're taking on and allowing the company or an organization to take on systemic risk when they do try that innovation. So the key is isolating the risk and mitigating it.""
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March
28
2013
Stockhouse
Like Franco-Nevada, Sandstorm doesn't require its employees to don hard hats and dig metals out of the dirt. Rather it earns its keep by providing mining companies with up front financing to fund the cost of exploration drilling or mine development. In return, Sandstorm gains the right through agreements known as streaming to buy a percentage of the metals over the life of the mine at a fixed price.
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February
01
2013
Details Magazine
"Nolan Watson, a fresh-faced 33-year-old from British Columbia, is willing to go anywhere in the world to make his fortune in gold. He's on the road nearly 150 days a year, traveling from deserts of Nevada and New Mexico to the mountains of Peru. He manages the outposts from his office high in the sky in downtown Vancouver, where his two-and three-year-old companies, Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd. and Sandstorm Gold Ltd., respectively, have headquarters."
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December
31
2012
Skillings Mining Review
"The success of our business is dependent on our ability to complete streaming deals with companies that have excellent mining assets and strong management teams. We complete through due diligence to ensure that the mine has robust economics, that the management team has the ability to deliver on their plan and there is exploration upside at the property."
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November
20
2012
The International Resource Journal
"Nolan Watson, CEO of Sandstorm Gold, a company that finances mining projects globally, sees other, theoretically more stable jurisdictions in which permits can take five to ten years as a driver of the flight to newer territories. In territories in which permits can take several years to secure, the need to save time - and the attendant expense associated with interest, personnel and other ongoing expenses is often enough for some to roll the dice."
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November
20
2012
Benzinga
"In his teenager years, Watson was mandated by his father to work at one of the factories he managed. Inhaling dust in the warehouse's hot, sweaty environment, Watson dreaded going to work. That job motivated Watson to seek a more prominent career. To say that he achieved that goal is an understatement: now 33, Watson is the CEO of Sandstorm Gold. Calm and soft-spoken, Watson spoke to Benzinga from his office in Vancouver. Catching Watson in his office is a rare opportunity; between his firm's global mining investments and his philanthropic work in Sub-Saharan Africa, the man is a frequent flyer."
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November
14
2012
The Province
"Ten University of B.C. alumni were feted Wednesday evening for their efforts to improve communities locally and globally…Nolan Watson Receives the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award."
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November
06
2012
Business in Vancouver
"No one could ever accuse Nolan Watson of being an underachiever. That's just not the word you use to describe someone who's been a class valedictorian (twice), a BC Gold Medal winner on his CA qualification exam, a CFO of a multibillion-dollar mining company, a pioneering philanthropist, a successful entrepreneur and now, a BC CEO of the Year Award winner - particularly when he's done it all by the age of 33."
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November
01
2012
PWC: Junior Mine 2012
"The office of Sandstorm Gold Ltd is reflective of the company's young CEO, Nolan Watson: calm and quiet, but not without a well-deserved dose of self-assurance. It all makes sense, considering the streaming company is currently sitting on top of a recently secured $150 million in bought deal financing, and as at June 30, 2012 had a market capitalization of $582 million. Said market capitalization secured Sandstorm Gold the top spot in this year's Top 100 Junior Mine list. On the heels of this success, PwC's British Columbia Mining Leader, Michael Cinnamond, met up with Nolan Watson to discuss Sandstorm's aggressive growth goals for 2013, the evolving streaming model and what Sandstorm Gold looks for in a streaming partner."
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November
01
2012
The International Resource Journal
"All too often, he says, joint ventures give rise not only to additional funds, but to "a lot of monkeying around and meddling from the parties who now believe that they are an owner of the project and should have the rights of an owner. The bad thing about joint ventures is you get a co-manager you might not want." Streaming replicates the funding component
of a jv, but does so in a way that is bound by contract "and does not provide us with any ability to tell you how to run your life," says Watson. If raising funds via jv tends to come with a noisy meddlesome partner, other methods of fundraising come with what sounds a lot like a controlling, miserly, worrywort maiden aunt."
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October
29
2012
Bloomberg
"Nolan Watson, whose Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SSL) has risen five-fold by buying and selling gold rather than mining it, says his smaller company focused on base metals and energy has even more growth potential. "I firmly believe it will be the larger of the two entities in the long run just because the space is so much larger," Watson, 33, said in an Oct. 25 interview at his Vancouver office. "The companies are bigger, the mines are bigger, there's more of them and we're going to take advantage of that.""
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October
16
2012
Business In Vancouver
"Fast-moving Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (TSXV:SS L) is riding gold streams past the usual rocky shores of capital and operating expenses that sink some emerging miners. "Generally speaking, the key ingredient in a gold stream is us making an upfront payment to receive a certain percentage of the life-of-mine production from the mine for a fixed price per ounce," said Sandstorm president and CEO Nolan Watson."
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October
01
2012
The African Business Journal
"Africa is the new mining frontier, with companies from all over the world descending to find the next great deposit," says Nolan Watson, president and CEO of Sandstorm Gold and Sandstorm Metals and Energy, two companies that provide financing to the resource sector and have been evaluating the opportunities and challenges associated with investing in Africa.
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September
03
2012
The Northern Miner
"Sandstorm Gold (SSL-V) is looking to raise $150 million so it can add to its precious-metal streams. The sum is comprised of $130 million from a bought-deal financing at $10 per unit, plus up to $20 million from underwriters who can buy an extra 15% over what gets sold in the market. The units consist of a share and a third of a warrant, with a full warrant exercisable at $14 for five years."
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August
24
2012
Mineweb
"You have to think Royal Gold and Franco-Nevada are now paying more attention to Sandstorm Gold. This week Sandstorm doubled up a C$75 million financing to between C$130 million to C$150 million. It's a bought deal, led by Cormark Securities @ C$10 a Sandstorm share, that will give Sandstorm a suddenly very swollen war chest. Add to that Sandstorm's C$50 million line of credit, undrawn as of yet, and assuming it pulls in the upper end of the financing, the upstart royalty streaming company headed up by Silver Wheaton's former CFO, Nolan Watson, will have some C$200 million to play with as it goes after more streaming deals."
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August
23
2012
The Northern Miner
"Sandstorm Gold (SSL-T) is looking to raise $150 million so it can potentially add to its precious metal streams. The sum includes $130 million raised from a bought deal financing at $10 per unit, plus roughly $20 million from underwriters who can buy an extra 15% over what gets sold in the market. The units consist of one share and one-third of a purchase warrant, with full warrants exercisable at $14 for five years."
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August
23
2012
Financial Post
"For the second time this week, and the fourth time this month, mining companies are being financed by other mining companies — and not the market. Welcome to the world of royalty companies whose business is providing cash in return for a share of the output. Vancouver-based Sandstorm Gold Ltd. is the latest example. On Thursday, it announced a $75-million bought deal financing (later upped to $130-million) at $10 per unit where investors will receive a common share plus one-third of a warrant..."
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August
16
2012
The Epoch Times
"Gold Has Further Upside, Says Sandstorm Gold CEO…'The macroeconomic environment for gold is bullish, most people would agree that the price of gold has more to go up,' says CEO and President Nolan Watson of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. in an interview with The Epoch Times."
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August
01
2012
Mining Leaders 2012
"Sandstorm Gold's 2009 entry into the Brazilian market has proved a huge success. Investing $17.8 million in Luna Gold, Sandstorm received the right to purchase 17% of the company's future gold production at $400 per ounce. Today Luna Gold is producing 70,000 ozs per year and has planned a ramp up to 100,000 ozs. Sandstorm Gold expects to have 40% of their investments in South America in the next ten years."
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July
25
2012
Financial Post
"Nolan Watson's phone is ringing off the hook these days. On the other end of the line are increasingly desperate mining executives trying to entice him to part with some of his precious cash. As the chief executive of gold-streaming firm Sandstorm Gold Ltd., Mr. Watson, a youthful 32, represents one of the few options for miners to turn to as they struggle to raise a penny of new capital."
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May
01
2012
The Northern Miner
Sandstorm Gold (SSL-T) is not an exploration or operational mining outfit. The company is not interested in spending equity capital on surface exploration, drill programs or environmental-impact studies. Instead, Sandstorm took the idea of commodity streaming, and generated a net earnings increase of 189% in the fourth quarter of 2011."
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September
13
2011
Financial Post Magazine
"Nolan Watson isn't getting much rest these days. When he's not flying across North America and Europe to meet investors and prospective business partners, chances are he's hunkered down in his Vancouver office for up to 18 hours a day trying to get "things out the door." It's a grind for sure, but Watson, the 32-year-old CEO of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. and Sandstorm Metals & Energy Ltd., isn't complaining."
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July
24
2011
mo.com
"Today, we had the pleasure of interviewing Nolan Watson, the President and CEO of Sandstorm Gold (TSXV: SSL) and Sandstorm Metals & Energy (TSXV: SND). At the age of 31, Nolan certainly has an impressive list of achievements including being the youngest CFO (at age 26) of any company listed on the New York Stock Exchange."
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June
20
2011
Business In Vancouver
"'There's a lot of companies out there, especially the larger ones, that feel like they have the currency, in terms of higher share prices, to go out and make acquisitions,' Nolan Watson, president and CEO of Sandstorm Gold (TSX-V:SSL), recently told Business in Vancouver."
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May
27
2011
The Globe and Mail
"After leaving Silver Wheaton as its chief financial officer, Nolan Watson co-founded Sandstorm Gold in 2009, and the following year, Sandstorm Metals & Energy, which deals in everything but gold and silver. Both companies follow Silver Wheaton's approach - offering financing for companies to build mines, and in return, getting a piece of the output at a prenegotiated price"
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May
03
2011
Advantage Magazine
"As the president and CEO of Sandstorm Resources and Sandstorm Metals & Energy, Nolan Watson is working to revolutionize the resource-streaming business model. Watson's current work expands on the framework conceptualized five years ago at Silver Wheaton, where Nolan served as CFO. In addition, Nolan is the founder of Nations Cry, a philanthropic organization bringing schools to Sierra Leone and El Salvador. Oh, did we mention that he's only 31?."
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April
19
2011
The Globe and Mail
"Each year, Caldwell Partners International chooses 40 Canadians who were under 40 in the past year to honour for their outstanding achievements...The business world almost lost one of its success stories when Nolan Watson was determined to drop out of his commerce degree at the University of British Columbia after only one year of study."
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April
19
2011
Startup3.0
"One of the strongest bulwarks of the Canadian economy is the mining industry. Nevertheless, strong as it is, the industry depends entirely upon the availability and accessibility of funding. That is where Nolan Watson's Sandstorm steps in. Sandstorm is a "metal streaming" financier for mining companies with advanced staged development projects or operating mines."
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October
04
2010
Casey Research
"From whiz kid prodigy to youthful CFO, to innovative CEO - that's the Nolan Watson story. He's compiled successes beyond his years since he burst onto the resource scene in 2001 and has a list of laudable charity efforts to boot."
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July
01
2010
Latin Finance
"Watson says that in the past year, most of Sandstorm's business has been mostly focused on LatAM, providing financing to projects in Mexico and Brazil. 'South America is one of our favourite places to do business,' he says. 'It has some of the best environments for mining. Governments are not as bureaucratic as North American governments,' he adds. "
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March
13
2009
The Northern Miner
"Two former directors of Silver Wheaton (SLW.T) are trying out the precious metal stream again, remaking a junior resource company into a small-scale gold stream outfit with two contracts to buy future gold production from as-yet unbuilt mines."
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