Thursday October 9, 11:53 am ET TSX:IRC DENVER, CO, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - International Royalty Corporation (AMEX: ROY, TSX: IRC) (the "Company" or "IRC") is pleased to announce that it has expanded its precious metal royalty portfolio through the acquisition of three additional royalties on the Pinson gold project and trend in Nevada from two private individuals. The Pinson gold project is a joint venture between Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick") and Atna Resources Ltd. ("Atna"). IRC paid US$2.85 million in cash for a 16.842% share of the variable rate (0.5% to 5.0%) net smelter return ("NSR") Rayrock Royalty ("Rayrock") and a 40% share of the Cordilleran 3.0% and 5.0% NSR royalties ("Cordex"). With this purchase, IRC now owns 97.9% of the Rayrock Royalty and 100% of the Cordex Royalties, the two largest...
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