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Independent Proxy Advisory Firms Glass Lewis and Iss Recommend That Osisko Shareholders Vote FOR the Proposed Acquisition of the Orion MINE Finance Royalty Portfolio

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INDEPENDENT PROXY ADVISORY FIRMS GLASS LEWIS AND ISS RECOMMEND THAT

OSISKO SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION

OF THE ORION MINE FINANCE ROYALTY PORTFOLIO

Montréal, Québec, July 18, 2017 – Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd (TSX & NYSE: OR) (“Osisko” or the

“Company”) is pleased to announce that Glass Lewis and Co. ("Glass Lewis") and Institutional

Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), two leading i ndependent proxy advisory firms that provide voting

recommendations to institutional investors, have recommended that shareholders of Osisko vote

IN FAVOUR of the proposed acquisition of the Orion Mine Finance royalty portfolio dated June 5,

2017 (“Transaction”).

Sean Roosen, Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Office of Osisko noted “We are pleased to

receive the positive endorsement for our transformational transaction to acquire the 74 royalty, metals

stream, and offtake agreement assets from Ori on Mine Finance. We believe this transaction

complements our current portfolio extremely well and provides our shareholders with increasing near-

term cash flows.”

Glass Lewis stated the Transaction to be “based on sound rationale”. In reaching its conclusion, Glass

Lewis commented that the Transaction “would provide the Company with significantly greater size,

scale and mineral diversification, which in turn could enhance the Company’s competitive position and

access to capital” and as such recommended that Osisko shareholders vote FOR the share issuance

resolution associated with the Transaction.1

ISS has also recommended that Osisko shareholders vote FOR the share issuance resolution

associated with the Transaction for a number of reasons, including the fact “the proposed transaction

makes strategic sense as shareholders might benefit from upside potential of the large royalty

package with different advancement levels that maintains the Company's precious metals focus and

diversifies the Company's portfolio while keeping low geopolitical risk. Moreover, the proposed

transaction is expected to be immediately accretiv e to the Company's cash flow per share and to

double the Company's near-term cash flow.”1

We encourage all Osisko shareholders to read the management information circular with respect to

the Transaction, which was filed on Osisko’s issuer profiles on SEDAR and EDGAR on June 30, 2017.

The management information circular is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at

www.sec.gov and contains a detailed description of the Transaction.

Osisko’s Board of Directors and Management UNANIMOUSLY recommend that Shareholders

vote FOR the share issuance resolution associated with of the Transaction.

1Permission to quote from the ISS’ and Glass Lewis’ reports was neither sought nor obtained. 

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HOW TO VOTE

Due to essence of time, shareholders are encouraged to vote today using the internet,

telephone or facsimile.

Registered shareholders of Osisko

Registered shareholders may vote by:

 Internet: www.cstvotemyproxy.com

 Telephone: 1-888-489-7352 (North American Toll Free)

 Facsimile: 1-866-781-3111 (North American Toll Free) or 416-368-2502 (outside North

America)

 Mail: CST Trust Company, P.O. Box 721, Agincourt, ON M1S 0A1

 Attending the meeting in person: 1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 4000, Montréal, Québec

Non-registered shareholders of Osisko

Shareholders who hold shares of Osisko through a bank or other intermediary will have different

voting instructions. In most cases, non-registered shareholders will receive a voting instruction form as

part of the meeting materials. Non-registered shareholders are encouraged to carefully follow the

instructions found therein, on how to submit their votes.

SHAREHOLDERS QUESTIONS

Shareholders of Osisko who have questions regardi ng the Transaction or require assistance with

voting may contact Laurel Hill Advisory Group, the proxy solicitation agent, by telephone or email as

set forth below.

Laurel Hill Advisory Group

By telephone (North American Toll Free) at: 1-877-452-7184

By telephone (Collect Outside North America) at: +1-416-304-0211

By email at: [email protected]

About Osisko

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd is an intermediate precious metal royalty company focused on the Americas

that commenced activities in June 2014. Prior to the Transaction announced on June 5, 2017, it held

over 50 royalties and one stream, including a 5% NSR royalty on the Canadian Malartic Mine

(Canada), a 2.0% to 3.5% sliding scale NSR royalty on the Éléonore Mine (Canada) and a silver

stream on the Gibraltar mine (Canada). It maintains a strong financial position with cash resources of

C$423.6 million at March 31, 2017 and has distributed C$39.4 million in dividends to its shareholders

during the past eleven consecutive quarters. Osisko also owns a portfolio of publicly held resource

companies, including a 15.3% interest in Osisko Mining Inc., 13.3% in Falco Resources Ltd. and

33.4% in Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.

Osisko’s head office is located at 1100 Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, Suite 300, Montréal,

Québec, H3B 2S2. For more information, visit www.osiskogr.com.

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For further information please contact, Osisko Gold Royalties:

Vincent Metcalfe

Vice President, Investor Relations

Tel. (514) 940-0670

[email protected]

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements contained in this press release may be considered "forward-looking statements" or "forward-

looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws. Any statement that

involves discussions with respect to predictions, expe ctations, interpretations, beliefs, plans, projections,

objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or

"does not expect", "is expected", "int erpreted", "management's view", "antic ipates" or "does not anticipate",

"plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts ", "estimates", "believes" or "intend s" or variations of such words and

phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to

occur or be achieved) are not statem ents of historical fact and may be forward-looking information and are

intended to identify forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is based on reasonable

assumptions and estimates of management of the Compan y, at the time it was made, involves known and

unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors wh ich may cause the actual results, performance or

achievements of Osisko to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements

expressed or implied by such forward-looking informati on. Although the forward-looking information contained in

this news release is based upon what management be lieves, or believed at the time, to be reasonable

assumptions, Osisko cannot assure shareholders and pros pective purchasers of securities of the Company that

actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking information, as there may be other factors that cause

results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended, and neither Osisko nor any other person assumes

responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any such forward-looking inform ation. Osisko does not

undertake, and assumes no obligation, to update or revise any such forward-looking statements or forward-

looking information contained herein to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required by law.”