
The geologist who once worked at the ‘pointy end of the stick’ turned patience into a business model - find the rocks, keep a slice, and let time do the expensive work.
For nearly 30 years EMX Royalty did the unglamorous half of mining - it found the ground, then let someone else dig. The payoff was a royalty machine that grew about 17% a year and ended in a US$456 million merger.