Abstract: For those overseas exploration companies which are listed on the global stock exchange that provide listing and financing services primarily in the mining sector, there are a number of financial instruments that can be used for financing and trading.This article emphatically introduces two of the most widely used financial instruments and transactions, the royalties and metal streams.On this basis, this paper also analyses a subdivided industry which is extended by these two investment tools, summarizes and sums up the inspirations and put forward countermeasures and suggestions for overseas investment of Chinese enterprises.