EMX Royalty Acquires Boreal Energy Metals Shares for the Guldgruvan Cobalt Project in Sweden

Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 20, 2018) - EMX Royalty Corporation (TSXV: EMX) (NYSE American: EMX) ("EMX") is pleased to announce its acquisition of 2,979,798 common shares of Boreal Energy Metals Corp. ("BEMC"), representing 5.9% of BEMC's outstanding common shares. Prior to this transaction, BEMC was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boreal Metals Corporation ("Boreal"). EMX acquired the shares pursuant to the sale of the Guldgruvan cobalt project in Sweden to BEMC (see EMX news release dated February 9, 2018). The shares were issued to EMX at a deemed price of CDN $0.05 per share.

EMX has also been granted a 3% NSR royalty on the Guldgruvan project and other considerations to EMX's benefit. The TSX Venture Exchange has approved the transfer of the Guldgruvan exploration licenses from EMX to BEMC, subject to customary final filings.

In addition to the newly acquired shares of BEMC, EMX also owns 10,530,063 common shares of its parent company, Boreal, representing 19.9% of Boreal's outstanding common shares. The shares of Boreal resulted from the earlier sale of royalty generation projects in Sweden and Norway to Boreal¹. EMX retains 3% NSR royalty interests on the Boreal properties, and will receive annual advance royalty payments, as well as other consideration from the sale of the projects.

¹ See EMX news releases dated November 22, 2016, January 16, 2018, and February 15, 2018.

About EMX. EMX leverages asset ownership and exploration insight into partnerships that advance our mineral properties, with EMX receiving pre-production payments and retaining royalty interests. EMX complements its royalty generation initiatives with royalty acquisitions and strategic investments.

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