Rule 2.9 Announcement

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

4 May 2017

Sandstorm Gold Ltd ("Sandstorm")

Rule 2.9 announcement

In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"), Sandstorm hereby confirms that, as at 3 May 2017, it had the following securities in issue:

· Sandstorm common shares - 151,994,269 common shares issued and outstanding of no par value. The International Securities Identification Number ("ISIN") of the common shares is CA80013R2063. Sandstorm common shares have been admitted to trading on the TSX and NYSE MKT with ticker symbols of SSL and SAND, respectively.

· Sandstorm September 2017 warrants - in issue and admitted to trading on the TSX, 5,002,500 common share purchase warrants with an exercise price of US$14.00 per common share that expire on 7 September 2017. The ISIN of the warrants is CA80013R1313. The ticker symbol for the September 2017 warrants is SSL.WT.B.

· Sandstorm November 2020 warrants - in issue and admitted to trading on the TSX, 5,043,900 common share purchase warrants with an exercise price of US$4.00 per common share that expire on 3 November 2020. The ISIN of the warrants is CA80013R1644. The ticker symbol for the November 2020 warrants is SSL.WT.

· Sandstorm March 2020 warrants - in issue but not admitted to trading on any stock exchange, 3,000,000 common share purchase warrants with an exercise price of US$4.50 per common share that expire on 23 March 2020.

· Sandstorm October 2020 warrants - in issue but not admitted to trading on any stock exchange, 15,000,000 common share purchase warrants with an exercise price of US$3.50 per common share that expire on 27 October 2020.

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