Franco-Nevada and Quadra FNX Confirm the Closing of the Sale of Gold Wheaton Stock

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 12/22/10 -- Further to their press release dated December 16, 2010, Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX: FNV) ('Franco-Nevada') and Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. (TSX: QUX) ('Quadra FNX') announced today that they have received clearance from the Competition Bureau to the previously announced sale of shares of Gold Wheaton (TSX: GLW) and advise that closing will occur on January 5, 2011.


About Franco-Nevada

Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX: FNV) is a gold-focused royalty company with additional interests in platinum group metals, oil and gas and other assets. Its portfolio of high-margin cash flow producing assets is located principally in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Franco-Nevada also holds a pipeline of potential future cash flowing assets that are being developed, permitted or explored.


About Quadra FNX

Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. is a leading mid-tier copper mining company with corporate offices in Vancouver, B.C. and Toronto, Ontario. Quadra FNX produces copper and platinum group metals from its operating mines: Robinson in Nevada, Carlota in Arizona, Franke in northern Chile, Levack, which includes Morrison, Podolsky and McCreedy West in Sudbury, Ontario. Quadra FNX possesses several advanced development projects, including the Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project in Chile and the Victoria project, an advanced exploration project, in Sudbury. Quadra FNX employs approximately 1,700 people in North and South America.



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For more information on Franco-Nevada, please go to our website at www.franco-nevada.com.
For more information on Quadra FNX, please go to our website at www.quadrafnx.com.



Contacts:

Franco-Nevada Corporation
David Harquail
President & CEO
416-306-6300

Franco-Nevada Corporation
Paul Brink
SVP Business Development
416-306-6300
www.franco-nevada.com

Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.
Don MacDonald
Chief Financial Officer
604-689-8550

Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.
Nawojka Wachowiak
VP, Investor Relations
416-642-9209
www.quadrafnx.com