**27.**COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
As part of its ongoing business and operations, the Company has been required to provide assurance in the form of letters of credit for environmental and site restoration costs, custom credits, government grants and other general corporate purposes. As at December 31, 2025, the total amount of these guarantees was $1,338.5 million.
Certain of the Company’s properties are subject to royalty arrangements. Set out below are the Company’s most significant royalty arrangements related to operating mines:
| ● | The Company has a royalty agreement with the Finnish government relating to Kittila. Starting 12 months after Kittila’s operations commenced, the Company has been required to pay 2.0% net smelter return royalty, defined as revenue less processing costs. |
| ● | The Company is committed to pay a royalty on production or metal sales from certain Canadian Malartic properties in Quebec, Canada. The type of royalty agreements include, but are not limited to, net smelter return royalties, with percentages ranging from 1.5% to 5.0%. |
| ● | The Company is committed to pay a 5.0% net profits interest royalty on production from the Terrex property at LaRonde in Quebec, Canada. |
| ● | The Company is committed to pay a 2.0% net smelter return royalty on the metal sales from the LaRonde Complex in Quebec, Canada. |
| ● | The Company is committed to pay a 1.2% net smelter return royalty on sales from Meliadine in Nunavut, Canada. |
| ● | The Company is committed to two royalty arrangements on production from the Amaruq mine in Nunavut, Canada; a 1.4% net smelter return royalty and a 12.0% net profits interest royalty. |
| ● | The Company is committed to pay a royalty on production from certain properties in Mexico. The type of royalty agreements include, but are not limited to, net smelter return royalties, with percentages ranging from 2.5% to 3.5% at Pinos Altos. |
| ● | The Company is committed to various royalties on production from Macassa in Ontario, Canada. The type of royalty agreements include, but are not limited to, net smelter return royalties, with percentages ranging from 0.5% to 1.5%. |
| ● | The Company is committed to various royalty arrangements at Detour Lake in Ontario, Canada, including net smelter return royalties that range between 0.27% to 2.0% on gold sales, royalties of 0.3% of annual revenue in addition to other royalties based on gold price. |
| ● | The Company is committed to two royalty agreements on gold sales from Fosterville in Victoria, Australia, comprised of net smelter return royalties ranging from 1.5% to 2.0% and a 2.75% net smelter return royalty payable to the Victorian government. |
The Company also has certain payments associated with First Nation collaboration agreements at LaRonde, Canadian Malartic, Detour Lake, Macassa, Upper Beaver and Fosterville.
