International Royalty announces result of Special Meeting

    NYSE-A: ROY
    TSX: IRC

DENVER, CO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - International Royalty Corporation (NYSE-A: ROY, TSX: IRC) ("IRC") today announced that it has received shareholder and optionholder approval of IRC's previously announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") with Royal Gold, Inc. ("Royal Gold").

IRC will now apply to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) for a final order (the "Final Order") approving the Arrangement. The hearing in respect of the Final Order is expected to take place on February 19, 2010.

Provided that the Final Order is granted, IRC and Royal Gold expect to complete the Arrangement on or about February 22, 2010.

International Royalty Corporation

IRC is a global mineral royalty company. IRC holds 85 royalties including an effective 2.7% NSR on the Voisey's Bay mine, a sliding scale NSR on the Chilean portion of the Pascua-Lama project, a 1.5% NSR on the Las Cruces project and a 1.5% NSR on approximately 3.0 million acres of gold lands in Western Australia. IRC is senior listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:IRC) as well as the NYSE Amex (NYSE-A:ROY).

    On behalf of the Board of Directors,
    INTERNATIONAL ROYALTY CORPORATION

    Douglas B. Silver
    Chairman and CEO

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements including the expected completion of the Arrangement. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words or phrases such as "plans", "expects", "anticipates", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", or "does not anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Since forward-looking statements are not statements of historical fact and address future events, conditions and expectations, forward-looking statements inherently involve unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors well beyond IRC's ability to control or predict. Actual results and developments may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements depending on certain factors. IRC's forward-looking statements in this release are based on certain assumptions. Any forward-looking statements included in this release represent IRC's views as of the date of this release. While IRC anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause IRC's views to change, IRC specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements unless required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing IRC's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this release. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

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