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Q: What is your view of Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp. on the Toronto exchange? Thanks.

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A: Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp., $25.33, symbol LIF on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 64.0 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; www.labradorironore.com), holds interests in Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), which operates a major iron mine near Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador. Most iron produced globally is used to make steel. Labrador Iron Ore owns its 15.1% equity in IOC both directly and through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hollinger-Hanna Limited. It also receives a 7% gross overriding royalty (or 7% of the selling price) on all iron ore products that IOC produces from its leased lands and what it sells and ships. On top of that, Labrador Iron Ore gets a $0.10-per-tonne commission on all iron ore that IOC makes, sells and ships. On July 1, 2010, the firm converted from an income trust to a dividend-paying corporation. The change was in response to Ottawa’s new tax on income-trust distributions, which came into effect on January 1, 2011. Labrador Iron Ore’s primary holding, IOC, has…