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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-069302
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130911

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRANCO NEVADA Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001456346
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			XX

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

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		STREET 1:		EXCHANGE TOWER
		STREET 2:		130 KING ST W, SUITE 740
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			XX
		ZIP:			M5X 1E4
		BUSINESS PHONE:		416-306-6306

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		STREET 1:		EXCHANGE TOWER
		STREET 2:		130 KING ST W, SUITE 740
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			XX
		ZIP:			M5X 1E4
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sandip   Rana</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief   Financial Officer</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Direct   Tel: 416-306-6303</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Franco-Nevada   Corporation</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">199   Bay Street</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Suite&nbsp;2000,   P.O.&nbsp;Box 285</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;11, 2013</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms.&nbsp;Tia L. Jenkins</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Assistant Chief Accountant</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Office of Beverages, Apparel, and Mining</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, N.E.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Extension for Responding to</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SEC Staff Comments dated August&nbsp;13, 2013, regarding<br>  </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Franco-Nevada Corporation<br> Form&nbsp;40-F for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2012<br> Filed March&nbsp;20, 2013<br>  </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File No.&nbsp;001-35286</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Jenkins:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This letter responds to the staff&#146;s comments set forth in the August&nbsp;13, 2013 letter regarding the above-referenced Form&nbsp;40-F.&#160; For your convenience, the staff&#146;s comments are included below and we have numbered our responses accordingly.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In some of the responses, we have agreed to supplement the disclosures in future filings.&#160; We are doing so in the spirit of cooperation with the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and not because we believe our prior filing is materially deficient or inaccurate.&#160; Accordingly, any changes implemented in future filings should not be taken as an admission that prior disclosures were in any way deficient.&#160; We have also indicated in some responses that we believe no change in disclosure is appropriate or feasible, and have explained why.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our responses are as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;40-F for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2012</font></u></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms. Tia L. Jenkins</font></p>
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 11, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 &#151; Annual Information Form<br> Asset Revenue and Descriptions, page&nbsp;15</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Staff Comment No.&nbsp;1.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We note a significant portion of your revenue is dependent on the mine production at your streaming properties.&#160; Please disclose the ounces received, prices, and costs associated with metals received through your streaming arrangements.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Franco-Nevada Corporation&#146;s Response:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has historically provided guidance based upon revenue and, accordingly, has provided various levels of disclosure related to Company revenues, including streaming revenue.&#160; For 2013, the Company has provided guidance based on expected attributable gold ounces to be earned by the Company from its mineral properties.&#160; As a result, for 2013, the Company now provides additional disclosure, including the amount of ounces received and sold from its streaming properties as well as total operating costs associated with its streaming properties.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Such guidance and additional disclosure may be found in the Company&#146;s Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis for the quarters ended June&nbsp;30, 2013 and March&nbsp;31, 2013, including under the headings &#147;2013 Guidance,&#148; &#147;Selected Financial Information&#148; and &#147;Overview of Financial Performance,&#148; which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Company&#146;s reports on Form&nbsp;6-K on August&nbsp;7, 2013 and May&nbsp;8, 2013, respectively.&#160; The Company intends to include this information in next year&#146;s Annual Information Form, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;40-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Summary of Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources, page&nbsp;18</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Staff Comment No.&nbsp;2.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We note your disclosure indicating that your interests often do not cover the entire mineral reserve and mineral resource that is publicly reported by the operator.&#160; Please disclose the mineral reserves or the percentage of the total mineral reserves attributable to your royalty or streaming agreement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Franco-Nevada Corporation&#146;s Response:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As previously discussed on August&nbsp;22, 2013 with John Coleman of the staff, operators estimate mineral reserves and resources with respect to a project, and our royalty and streaming agreements do not typically cover the entire project.&#160; Most reserve and resource estimates do not provide a detailed breakdown as to which areas of a project are subject to a royalty and, accordingly, we are unable to provide the requested information.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Staff Comment No.&nbsp;3.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally, disclose the annual production or annual percentage of depletion of mineral reserves in regards to the materials mined from the areas in which you have a royalty or streaming agreement, such that investors understand the longevity of your royalty or streaming arrangements.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms. Tia L. Jenkins</font></p>
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 11, 2013</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Franco-Nevada Corporation&#146;s Response:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As noted in our response to Comment No.&nbsp;2 above, and as previously discussed on August&nbsp;22, 2013 with John Coleman of the staff, operators provide depletion and longevity estimates with respect to a project, and our royalty and streaming agreements do not typically cover the entire project.&#160; This information is not broken out by royalty so we are unable to provide this information.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As further discussed with John Coleman of the staff, the Company ensures the completeness and accuracy of its royalty and stream payments by exercising its rights under applicable agreements to conduct regular audits of the Company&#146;s royalty and streaming interests during which mine plans, commingling processes, onsite accounting records and related items are reviewed to ensure such royalties and streams are accurate.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.3<br> Independent Auditor&#146;s Report, page&nbsp;2</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Staff Comment No.&nbsp;4.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We note the independent auditor&#146;s integrated report is not signed.&#160; Please revise to include a signed integrated report of the independent auditor and amend your Form&nbsp;40-F as appropriate to comply.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Franco-Nevada Corporation&#146;s Response:</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We will file an amendment to the Form&nbsp;40-F to include the conformed signature to the auditor&#146;s report which was inadvertently omitted from the Form&nbsp;40-F.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Franco-Nevada Corporation hereby acknowledges that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Franco-Nevada Corporation is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Franco-Nevada Corporation may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms. Tia L. Jenkins</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you should have any questions regarding the response letter, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (416) 306-6303, Lloyd Hong of Franco-Nevada Corporation at (416) 306-6317 or Kimberley Anderson of Dorsey&nbsp;&amp; Whitney LLP at (206) 903-8803.</font></p>
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