Alexandra Woodyer Sherron
CEO & President | Empress Royalty Corp. | Gold & Silver Royalty Streaming Executive
"Leading a pure-play gold and silver royalty streaming company and advocating for the royalty model in precious metals investing"
Officer Roles
Biography
Alexandra Woodyer Sherron serves as CEO and President of Empress Royalty Corp. (TSX-V: EMPR / OTC: EMPYF), a pure-play gold and silver royalty and streaming company. Under her leadership, Empress has built a portfolio of royalties and streams focused exclusively on precious metals, positioning the company as a differentiated vehicle for investors seeking exposure to gold and silver without the operational risks inherent in running mines directly.
Sherron has been a vocal advocate for the royalty and streaming model within the mining investment space, frequently appearing at major resource investment conferences such as the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference and on prominent mining finance media including Mining Stock Education, the Ellis Martin Report, and Resource Stock Digest. Her commentary centers on how royalties and streams offer leveraged upside to precious metals prices while avoiding the capital cost overruns, dilution, and operational challenges that often plague mining operators.
A defining feature of Sherron's strategy at Empress is the company's unwavering focus on gold and silver exclusively. She has stated emphatically that Empress is "truly pure gold and silver" and will not diversify into base metals or other commodities. This pure-play approach appeals to precious metals investors who want targeted exposure without the dilution of by-product credits from copper, zinc, or other minerals that can muddy the investment thesis of diversified royalty companies.
Sherron has guided Empress through a period of significant M&A activity in the gold royalty sector, providing investors with informed perspective on sector consolidation trends and valuation metrics. Her insights into how royalty companies are valued, how streaming deals are structured, and which mining assets make attractive royalty candidates make her a relevant voice for any investor evaluating royalty and streaming stocks alongside traditional mining equities.
Videos (3)
Empress Royalty is Scaling Up With Bigger Royalty & Stream Deals
- Top takeaway The CEO says the transaction announced the week before the interview puts a debt facility in place with Appian, giving Empress $20 million in additional capital for new deals.
- She reports $17 million of revenue in 2025 and another $17 million in the first half of 2026, which she credits with giving Empress the flexibility to expand its portfolio.
- She says the Almodex exploration royalty package picked up in July 2026 was a step beyond Empress's past deals, adding royalties on companies she believes have strong operators.
- She argues exploration royalties are best held in North American jurisdictions for safety, while Empress focuses development and producing streams on Africa and South America, including a new deal in Cote d'Ivoire.
- On deal selection, she says people are the number one consideration and that Empress kills most deals at the technical due diligence stage.
Empress Royalty earned $17 million in 2025 and $17 million more in the first half of 2026, funding larger streaming deals. An Appian debt facility adds $20 million for new deals as the company builds a full-spectrum royalty and streaming portfolio. A July royalty package from Almodex added exploration-stage exposure to operators including Westhaven Gold, Kodiak Copper, and McEwen Mining. Management prioritizes proven operators and uses streams rather than simple royalties across Africa and South America. Royalty and streaming firms provide upfront capital to small and mid-tier miners in exchange for a share of revenue or metal deliveries.
Alexandra Woodyer Sherron, CEO of Empress Royalty Corp | Rule Symposium 2026: Rick Rule interviews
- Top takeaway Her core thesis is that royalty and streaming is one of the smartest ways to invest in mining: exposure to discoveries, mine development and production growth, plus higher metal prices, without the operational risk of running mines.
- She argues the companies with the best assets do not always win; management quality, access to capital and consistently better decisions over time are what separate winners.
- She is more bullish than the $4,000 gold and $70 silver assumptions behind Empress's NAV math and believes the stock is significantly undervalued as of the June 2026 interview.
- She expects the company's transformation to begin within the next 12 months, saying a few more deals will move the needle, with deep due diligence under way on three opportunities.
- She co-founded Empress in late 2020 with Endeavor Financial's David Rhodes to bring streaming finance to the junior end of the market that larger streamers ignored, using that relationship to keep G&A low.
Royalty and streaming finance (upfront cash for a share of future output) gives metal-price exposure without the operational challenges of running mines. Empress Royalty targets smaller deals large streamers ignore, drawing technical capacity from its Endeavor Financial partnership to keep overheads low. Four producing assets in Peru, Mexico, Mozambique and South Africa delivered $17 million revenue in 2025 and $9 million in Q1 2026. The CEO argues Empress is undervalued: just under C$100 million market cap versus roughly US$100 million net asset value at $4,000 gold. Growth stays self-funded: $19 million held in gold, silver and cash plus a $20 million debt facility, with three deals in deep due diligence.
Gold Exposure Without Operating Mines
Empress Royalty CEO explains how royalty and streaming models offer gold and silver exposure without direct mining operational burdens. These companies finance projects or acquire royalty interests in exchange for a percentage of revenue or metal production. Investors can capitalize on precious metals production while avoiding the high capital spending and operating costs of traditional miners.
Key Quotes
"Commodity-wise, we are only gold and silver. We are truly pure gold and silver. We're not mixing anything else in there, and we won't be mixing anything else in there."
— Resource Stock Digest interview
Key Works
In-depth interview on Mining Stock Education covering gold royalty sector basics, current trends, and major M&A activity with host Bill Powers
Feature article on Empress Royalty's pure-play precious metals strategy and why royalty exposure appeals to resource investors
Interview with Resource Stock Digest on scaling a royalty company during a historic precious metals bull market
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