UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021


☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-13357

Royal Gold, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware		84-0835164
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation)		Identification No.)

1144 15^th Street, Suite 2500
Denver, Colorado		80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 573-1660

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of the Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	RGLD	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files) Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☒	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

There were 65,606,496 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of ~~January 28,~~April 29, 2021.

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In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is collectively referred to as “Royal Gold,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”

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PART I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)

	Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income	4
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	19

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	3132

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	3132

PART II	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	3132

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	3233

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	3233

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	3233

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosure	3233

Item 5.	Other Information	3233

Item 6.	Exhibits	3334

SIGNATURES		3435

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands except share data)


	December 31,		June 30,		March 31,		June 30,
	2020		2020		2021		2020
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents	$	381,859	$	319,128	$	370,260	$	319,128
Royalty receivables		44,316		27,689		45,427		27,689
Income tax receivable		8,939		2,435		14,669		2,435
Stream inventory		13,900		11,671		14,491		11,671
Prepaid expenses and other		1,477		1,227		1,475		1,227
Total current assets		450,491		362,150		446,322		362,150
Stream and royalty interests, net (Note 3)		2,231,980		2,318,913		2,224,435		2,318,913
Other assets		81,263		85,224		82,769		85,224
Total assets	$	2,763,734	$	2,766,287	$	2,753,526	$	2,766,287
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	$	2,587	$	2,484	$	4,380	$	2,484
Dividends payable		19,680		18,364		19,680		18,364
Income tax payable		23,318		13,323		25,660		13,323
Other current liabilities		11,569		9,384		12,971		9,384
Total current liabilities		57,154		43,555		62,691		43,555
Debt (Note 5)		195,983		300,439		146,270		300,439
Deferred tax liabilities		85,017		86,439		84,079		86,439
Uncertain tax positions		13,267		25,427		12,957		25,427
Other liabilities		7,634		8,308		7,404		8,308
Total liabilities		359,055		464,168		313,401		464,168
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
EQUITY
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; and 0 shares issued		—		—		—		—
Common stock, $.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; and 65,548,415 and 65,531,288 shares outstanding, respectively		656		655
Common stock, $.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; and 65,550,445 and 65,531,288 shares outstanding, respectively						656		655
Additional paid-in capital		2,201,076		2,210,429		2,202,410		2,210,429
Accumulated earnings		189,910		61,133		224,254		61,133
Total Royal Gold stockholders’ equity		2,391,642		2,272,217		2,427,320		2,272,217
Non-controlling interests		13,037		29,902		12,805		29,902
Total equity		2,404,679		2,302,119		2,440,125		2,302,119
Total liabilities and equity	$	2,763,734	$	2,766,287	$	2,753,526	$	2,766,287

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands except share data)


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020		2021		2020
Revenue (Note 7)	$	158,360	$	123,643	$	305,240	$	242,417	$	142,589	$	136,437	$	447,829	$	378,853

Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization)		24,859		21,077		46,760		41,188		21,469		21,961		68,230		63,149
General and administrative		6,789		6,665		14,244		14,108		6,932		9,551		21,175		23,658
Production taxes		1,401		984		2,756		2,083		1,835		851		4,591		2,934
Exploration costs		—		1,514		563		4,140		—		565		563		4,705
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		47,945		40,096		94,245		78,810		41,296		51,228		135,541		130,038
Total costs and expenses		80,994		70,336		158,568		140,329		71,532		84,156		230,100		224,484

Gain on sale of Peak Gold JV interest		—		—		33,906		—		—		—		33,906		—
Operating income		77,366		53,307		180,578		102,088		71,057		52,281		251,635		154,369

Fair value changes in equity securities		(382)		222		2,158		(1,153)		1,902		(3,819)		4,060		(4,972)
Interest and other income		613		226		1,034		1,001		733		620		1,767		1,621
Interest and other expense		(1,578)		(2,217)		(3,454)		(5,051)		(1,820)		(2,088)		(5,274)		(7,139)
Income before income taxes		76,019		51,538		180,316		96,885		71,872		46,994		252,188		143,879

Income tax (expense) benefit		(16,031)		(11,124)		(13,654)		12,401		(17,679)		(8,702)		(31,332)		3,700
Net income and comprehensive income		59,988		40,414		166,662		109,286		54,193		38,292		220,856		147,579
Net (income) loss and comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests		(99)		907		166		2,488		(167)		262		(1)		2,750
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders	$	59,889	$	41,321	$	166,828	$	111,774	$	54,026	$	38,554	$	220,855	$	150,329
Net income per share attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders:
Basic earnings per share	$	0.91	$	0.63	$	2.55	$	1.70	$	0.82	$	0.59	$	3.36	$	2.30
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		65,546,938		65,495,907		65,542,326		65,480,759		65,550,400		65,511,878		65,544,978		65,501,678
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.91	$	0.63	$	2.54	$	1.70	$	0.82	$	0.59	$	3.36	$	2.29
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		65,619,241		65,611,567		65,625,965		65,613,406		65,621,603		65,600,770		65,624,472		65,626,400
Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.300	$	0.280	$	0.580	$	0.545	$	0.300	$	0.280	$	0.880	$	0.825

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

Three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019~~2020

(unaudited, amounts in thousands except share data)


	Royal Gold Stockholders											Royal Gold Stockholders

				Additional											Additional
	Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total		Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total
	Shares	Amount		Capital		(Losses) Earnings		Interests		Equity		Shares	Amount		Capital		Earnings (Losses)		Interests		Equity
Balance at September 30, 2020	65,545,606	$	656	$	2,199,705	$	149,702	$	13,158	$	2,363,221
Balance at December 31, 2020												65,548,415	$	656	$	2,201,076	$	189,910	$	13,037	$	2,404,679
Stock-based compensation and related share issuances	2,809		—		1,371		—		—		1,371	2,030		—		1,334		—		—		1,334
Distributions to non-controlling interests	—		—		—		—		(220)		(220)	—		—		—		—		(399)		(399)
Net income and comprehensive income	—		—		—		59,889		99		59,988	—		—		—		54,026		167		54,193
Dividends declared	—		—		—		(19,681)		—		(19,681)	—		—		—		(19,682)		—		(19,682)
Balance at December 31, 2020	65,548,415	$	656	$	2,201,076	$	189,910	$	13,037	$	2,404,679
Balance at March 31, 2021												65,550,445	$	656	$	2,202,410	$	224,254	$	12,805	$	2,440,125

	Royal Gold Stockholders											Royal Gold Stockholders

				Additional											Additional
	Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total		Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total
	Shares	Amount		Capital		(Losses) Earnings		Interests		Equity		Shares	Amount		Capital		Earnings (Losses)		Interests		Equity
Balance at September 30, 2019	65,495,787	$	655	$	2,202,350	$	(12,676)	$	31,999	$	2,222,328
Balance at December, 2019												65,496,004	$	655	$	2,205,364	$	10,290	$	30,905	$	2,247,214
Stock-based compensation and related share issuances	217		—		1,214		—		—		1,214	16,244		—		3,134		—		—		3,134
Distributions from (to) non-controlling interests	—		—		1,800		—		(187)		1,613	—		—		600		—		(344)		256
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		41,321		(907)		40,414	—		—		—		38,554		(262)		38,292
Dividends declared	—		—		—		(18,355)		—		(18,355)	—		—		—		(18,361)		—		(18,361)
Balance at December 31, 2019	65,496,004	$	655	$	2,205,364	$	10,290	$	30,905	$	2,247,214
Balance at March 31, 2020												65,512,248	$	655	$	2,209,098	$	30,483	$	30,299	$	2,270,535

ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

~~Six~~Nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019~~2020

(unaudited, amounts in thousands except share data)


	Royal Gold Stockholders											Royal Gold Stockholders

				Additional											Additional
	Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total		Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total
	Shares	Amount		Capital		(Losses) Earnings		Interests		Equity		Shares	Amount		Capital		Earnings (Losses)		Interests		Equity
Balance at June 30, 2020	65,531,288	$	655	$	2,210,429	$	61,133	$	29,902	$	2,302,119	65,531,288	$	655	$	2,210,429	$	61,133	$	29,902	$	2,302,119
Stock-based compensation and related share issuances	17,127		1		1,476		—		—		1,477	19,157		1		2,810		—		—		2,811
Sale of Peak Gold JV interest	—		—		(10,829)		—		(16,218)		(27,047)	—		—		(10,829)		—		(16,218)		(27,047)
Distributions to non-controlling interests	—		—		—		—		(481)		(481)	—		—		—		—		(880)		(880)
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		166,828		(166)		166,662
Net income and comprehensive income												—		—		—		220,855		1		220,856
Dividends declared	—		—		—		(38,051)		—		(38,051)	—		—		—		(57,734)		—		(57,734)
Balance at December 31, 2020	65,548,415	$	656	$	2,201,076	$	189,910	$	13,037	$	2,404,679
Balance at March 31, 2021												65,550,445	$	656	$	2,202,410	$	224,254	$	12,805	$	2,440,125

	Royal Gold Stockholders											Royal Gold Stockholders

				Additional											Additional
	Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total		Common Shares			Paid-In		Accumulated		Non-controlling		Total
	Shares	Amount		Capital		(Losses) Earnings		Interests		Equity		Shares	Amount		Capital		(Losses) Earnings		Interests		Equity
Balance at June 30, 2019	65,440,492	$	655	$	2,201,773	$	(65,747)	$	33,772	$	2,170,453	65,440,492	$	655	$	2,201,773	$	(65,747)	$	33,772	$	2,170,453
Stock-based compensation and related share issuances	55,512		—		891		—		—		891	71,756		—		4,025		—		—		4,025
Distributions from (to) non-controlling interests	—		—		2,700		—		(379)		2,321	—		—		3,300		—		(723)		2,577
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss)	—		—		—		111,774		(2,488)		109,286	—		—		—		150,329		(2,750)		147,579
Dividends declared	—		—		—		(35,737)		—		(35,737)	—		—		—		(54,099)		—		(54,099)
Balance at December 31, 2019	65,496,004	$	655	$	2,205,364	$	10,290	$	30,905	$	2,247,214
Balance at March 31, 2020												65,512,248	$	655	$	2,209,098	$	30,483	$	30,299	$	2,270,535

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited, amounts in thousands)


	Six Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2021		2020
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income and comprehensive income	$	166,662	$	109,286	$	220,856	$	147,579
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Adjustments to reconcile net income and comprehensive income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		94,245		78,810		135,541		130,038
Gain on sale of Peak Gold JV interest		(33,906)		—		(33,906)		—
Non-cash employee stock compensation expense		2,892		3,639		4,236		8,283
Fair value changes in equity securities		(2,158)		1,153		(4,060)		4,972
Deferred tax benefit		(8,405)		(36,126)		(9,050)		(37,117)
Other		398		566		684		703
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Royalty receivables		(16,627)		(7,714)		(17,738)		(11,589)
Stream inventory		(2,229)		(3,956)		(2,820)		(567)
Income tax receivable		(6,504)		(6,968)		(12,235)		(8,658)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		900		(7,020)		998		(5,771)
Accounts payable		(549)		(929)		1,244		(1,295)
Income tax payable		9,995		7,392		12,337		14,054
Uncertain tax positions		(12,160)		3,230		(12,470)		(132)
Other liabilities		1,510		8,133		2,681		8,695
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	194,064	$	149,496	$	286,298	$	249,195

Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of stream and royalty interests		(48,832)		(72,417)		(82,488)		(107,855)
Proceeds from sale of Peak Gold JV interest		49,154		—		49,154		—
Proceeds from sale of Contango shares		12,146		—		12,146		—
Other		(364)		4,363		(451)		2,766
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	$	12,104	$	(68,054)
Net cash used in investing activities					$	(21,639)	$	(105,089)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of debt		(105,000)		(85,000)		(155,000)		(115,000)
Net payments from issuance of common stock		(1,415)		(2,747)		(1,425)		(4,257)
Common stock dividends		(36,735)		(34,755)		(56,417)		(53,111)
Other		(287)		2,089		(685)		2,502
Net cash used in financing activities	$	(143,437)	$	(120,413)	$	(213,527)	$	(169,866)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents		62,731		(38,971)		51,132		(25,760)
Cash and equivalents at beginning of period		319,128		119,475		319,128		119,475
Cash and equivalents at end of period	$	381,859	$	80,504	$	370,260	$	93,715

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1. OPERATIONS, SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Royal Gold is engaged in the business of acquiring and managing precious metals streams, royalties and similar interests. We seek to acquire existing stream and royalty interests or to finance projects that are in production or in the development stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests. A metal stream is a purchase agreement that provides, in exchange for an upfront deposit payment, the right to purchase all or a portion of one or more metals produced from a mine at a price determined for the life of the transaction by the purchase agreement. Royalties are non-operating interests in a mining project that provide the right to revenue or metals produced from the project after deducting contractually specified costs, if any.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments which are of a normal recurring nature considered necessary for a fair presentation of our interim financial statements have been included in this Form 10-Q. Operating results for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2020 (“Fiscal 2020 10-K”).

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

Current Expected Credit Loss

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses of Financial Instruments, which, together with subsequent amendments, changes how an entity records credit losses from an “incurred loss” approach to an “expected loss” approach. This update was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim financial statement periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. On July 1, 2020, we adopted the new guidance and, based on our assessment, the adoption of the new guidance did not have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.

2. SALE OF PEAK GOLD JV INTEREST

On September 30, 2020, we entered into an agreement with an affiliate of Kinross Gold Corporation to sell our 40% membership interest in the Manh Choh Project (formerly known as the Peak Gold ~~Project~~Project) for cash consideration of $49.2 million and to sell our 809,744 common shares in Contango Ore, Inc. (“Contango”), our partner in Peak Gold, LLC, the owner of the Manh Choh Project, for cash consideration of $12.1 million.

In addition to the total cash consideration of $61.3 million, we received the following royalty interests:

●

An incremental 28% net smelter return royalty on silver produced from an area of interest which includes the current ~~Peak Gold~~Manh Choh Project resource area. Peak Gold, LLC retains the right to acquire 50% of this royalty for consideration of $4.0 million; and

●

An incremental 1% net smelter return royalty on certain State of Alaska mining claims acquired by a wholly owned subsidiary of Contango in the transaction, increasing our royalty on this area from 2% to 3%.

The royalties ~~were~~are recorded as exploration stage royalty interests in Stream and royalty interests, net in our consolidated balance sheet as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and were assigned a combined value of approximately $4.4 million on the date of the transaction. We recorded a gain of $33.9 million on the sale of our 40% membership interest in the ~~Peak Gold~~Manh Choh Project during the three months ended September 30, 2020. The mark-to-market increase of $3.6 million on the sale of our 809,744

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

common shares in Contango is included in Fair value changes in equity securities on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income and was recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2020.

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3. STREAM AND ROYALTY INTERESTS, NET

The following tables summarize our stream and royalty interests, net as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and June 30, 2020.


As of December 31, 2020 (Amounts in thousands):	Cost		Accumulated Depletion		Net
As of March 31, 2021 (Amounts in thousands):							Cost		Accumulated Depletion		Net
Production stage stream interests:
Mount Milligan	$	790,635	$	(270,370)	$	520,265	$	790,635	$	(283,660)	$	506,975
Pueblo Viejo		610,405		(226,083)		384,322		610,404		(235,169)		375,235
Andacollo		388,182		(120,847)		267,335		388,182		(124,225)		263,957
Rainy River		175,727		(34,820)		140,907		175,727		(38,368)		137,359
Wassa		146,475		(72,839)		73,636		146,475		(76,131)		70,344
Total production stage stream interests		2,111,424		(724,959)		1,386,465		2,111,423		(757,553)		1,353,870
Production stage royalty interests:
Voisey's Bay		205,724		(104,850)		100,874		205,724		(107,225)		98,499
Peñasquito		99,172		(47,263)		51,909		99,172		(48,765)		50,407
Cortez		80,681		(16,418)		64,263		80,681		(17,584)		63,097
Other		521,289		(433,800)		87,489		442,891		(377,642)		65,249
Total production stage royalty interests		906,866		(602,331)		304,535		828,468		(551,216)		277,252
Total production stage stream and royalty interests		3,018,290		(1,327,290)		1,691,000		2,939,891		(1,308,769)		1,631,122

Development stage stream interests:
Khoemacau		180,220		—		180,220
Khoemacau								212,877		—		212,877
Other		12,037		—		12,037		12,037		—		12,037
Development stage royalty interests:
Other		69,780		—		69,780		73,416		—		73,416
Total development stage stream and royalty interests		262,037		—		262,037		298,330		—		298,330

Exploration stage royalty interests:
Pascua-Lama		177,690		—		177,690		177,690		—		177,690
Other		101,253		—		101,253		117,293		—		117,293
Total exploration stage royalty interests		278,943		—		278,943		294,983		—		294,983
Total stream and royalty interests, net	$	3,559,270	$	(1,327,290)	$	2,231,980	$	3,533,204	$	(1,308,769)	$	2,224,435

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As of June 30, 2020 (Amounts in thousands):	Cost		Accumulated Depletion		Impairments		Net
Production stage stream interests:
Mount Milligan	$	790,635	$	(236,352)	$	—	$	554,283
Pueblo Viejo		610,404		(203,935)		—		406,469
Andacollo		388,182		(110,521)		—		277,661
Rainy River		175,727		(27,278)		—		148,449
Wassa		146,475		(67,619)		—		78,856
Total production stage stream interests		2,111,423		(645,705)		—		1,465,718

Production stage royalty interests:
Voisey's Bay		205,724		(101,381)		—		104,343
Peñasquito		99,172		(44,614)		—		54,558
Cortez		80,681		(15,065)		—		65,616
Other		521,837		(426,931)		(1,341)		93,565
Total production stage royalty interests		907,414		(587,991)		(1,341)		318,082
Total production stage stream and royalty interests		3,018,837		(1,233,696)		(1,341)		1,783,800

Development stage stream interests:
Khoemacau		136,608		—		—		136,608
Other		12,037		—		—		12,037

Development stage royalty interests:
Other		70,952		—		—		70,952
Total development stage royalty interests		70,952		—		—		70,952
Total development stage stream and royalty interests		219,597		—		—		219,597

Exploration stage royalty interests:
Pascua-Lama		177,690		—		—		177,690
Other		137,826		—		—		137,826
Total exploration stage royalty interests		315,516		—		—		315,516
Total stream and royalty interests, net	$	3,553,950	$	(1,233,696)	$	(1,341)	$	2,318,913

Separation of the Wassa and ~~Prestea/~~Prestea and Bogoso Stream Agreement

On October 1, 2020, we announced the separation of the Wassa gold stream and ~~Prestea/~~the Prestea and Bogoso gold ~~stream agreement~~streams into two separate stream agreements effective September 30, 2020. This separation was completed to facilitate the sale by Golden Star Resources Ltd. (“Golden Star”) of the ~~Prestea/~~Prestea and Bogoso mines to Future Global Resources (“FGR”).

The Wassa stream agreement, which remains with Golden Star, continues to provide us the right to purchase 10.5% of the gold ~~produced~~payable from the Wassa mine until the delivery of 240,000 ounces, after which the stream percentage will decrease to 5.5%. The cash purchase price for gold remains at 20% of the spot price per ounce delivered until the delivery of 240,000 ounces, and 30% of the spot price per ounce delivered thereafter. As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, approximately ~~110,200~~115,700 ounces remain to be delivered from the Wassa mine until the 240,000 ounce delivery threshold is reached.

The ~~Prestea/~~Prestea and Bogoso stream agreement with FGR provides us the right to purchase 5.5% of the gold ~~produced~~payable from the ~~Prestea/~~Prestea and Bogoso mines in return for a cash purchase price of 30% of the spot price per ounce delivered.

The material terms of both the Wassa stream agreement and the ~~Prestea/~~Prestea and Bogoso stream agreement, including security and the rights and obligations of both Royal Gold and Golden Star, remain substantially consistent with those terms in the original agreement. The Wassa stream is recorded as a production stage stream interest within Stream and royalty interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets and has a carrying value of ~~$73.6~~$70.3 million as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020.~~2021.

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COVID-19 ~~and current economic environment~~Pandemic

Throughout calendar 2020 and into calendar 2021, several of our operating counterparties have instituted temporary operational curtailments due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the pandemic and resulting economic and societal impacts have made it difficult for operators to forecast expected production amounts and, at times, operators have had to withdraw or revise previously disclosed guidance. For the most part, our results of operations and financial condition have not been materially impacted by these measures to date. However, the effects of the pandemic will ultimately depend on many factors that are ~~fluid~~outside of our control, including the severity and ~~changing rapidly, including with respect~~duration of the pandemic, government and operator actions in response to ~~vaccine~~the pandemic, and ~~treatment developments~~the development, availability, and ~~deployment~~public acceptance of effective treatments and ~~potential mutations of COVID-19.~~vaccines. As a result, we are currently unable to predict the nature or extent of any future impact on our results of operations and financial condition. We continue to monitor the impact of developments associated with the pandemic on stream and royalty interests as part of our regular asset impairment analysis.

4. MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES

As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, our marketable equity securities include 3,949,575 common shares of Battle North Gold Corporation (“Battle North Gold”), and warrants to purchase up to 19,640,000 common shares of TriStar Gold Inc. Our marketable equity securities are measured at fair value (Note 12) each reporting period with any changes in fair value recognized in net income.

On March 15, 2021, Evolution Mining Limited announced it had entered into a definitive arrangement with Battle North Gold to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Battle North Gold at a price of $2.65 Canadian dollars per common share, payable in cash. The transaction remains subject to the affirmative vote of Battle North Gold’s shareholders, which is expected to be held in May 2021, and is expected to close during the quarter ending June 30, 2021.

As discussed in Note 2, on September 30, 2020, we sold 809,744 common shares of Contango for total consideration of $12.1 million and recorded a mark-to-market increase of $3.6 million on the sale, which is included in Fair value changes in equity securities in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income for the ~~three~~nine months ended ~~September 30, 2020.~~March 31, 2021.

The fair value of our marketable equity securities ~~decreased $0.4~~increased $1.9 million and ~~increased $2.2~~$4.0 million for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively, and are included in Fair value changes in equity securities on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The carrying value of our marketable equity securities as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and June 30, 2020 was ~~$7.9~~$9.8 million and $17.9 million, respectively, and is included in Other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.

5. DEBT

Our debt as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and June 30, 2020 consists of the following:


	As of December 31, 2020						As of June 30, 2020						As of March 31, 2021						As of June 30, 2020
	Principal		Debt Issuance Costs		Total		Principal		Debt Issuance Costs		Total		Principal		Debt Issuance Costs		Total		Principal		Debt Issuance Costs		Total

		(Amounts in thousands)						(Amounts in thousands)						(Amounts in thousands)						(Amounts in thousands)
Revolving credit facility	$	200,000	$	(4,017)	$	195,983	$	305,000	$	(4,561)	$	300,439	$	150,000	$	(3,730)	$	146,270	$	305,000	$	(4,561)	$	300,439
Total debt	$	200,000	$	(4,017)	$	195,983	$	305,000	$	(4,561)	$	300,439	$	150,000	$	(3,730)	$	146,270	$	305,000	$	(4,561)	$	300,439

Revolving credit facility

As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we had ~~$200~~$150 million outstanding and ~~$800~~$850 million available under our revolving credit facility. The interest rate on borrowings under our revolving credit facility as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 was LIBOR plus 1.10% for an all-in rate of ~~1.33%~~1.34%. Interest expense, which includes interest on outstanding borrowings and amortization of debt issuance costs, was ~~$1.0~~$0.8 million and ~~$2.2~~$3.0 million for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively, and ~~$1.6~~$1.2 million and ~~$3.8~~$5.0 million for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively. As discussed in Note 6 to the consolidated financial statements in our Fiscal 2020 10-K, we have financial covenants associated with our revolving credit facility. As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we were in compliance with each financial covenant.

On January 4, 2021, we repaid $50 million of the outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility. This increased the amount available under our revolving credit facility to $850 million and decreased the amount outstanding to $150 million.

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On April 1, 2021, we repaid the remaining outstanding borrowings ($150 million) under our revolving credit facility. This increased the amount available under our revolving credit facility to $1 billion and decreased the amount outstanding to 0.

Royal Gold may repay any borrowings under our revolving credit facility at any time without premium or penalty. Our revolving credit facility matures on June 3, 2024.

6. LEASES

Our significant lease arrangements relate to our office spaces. These arrangements are for leases of assets such as corporate office space and office equipment. We lease office space and office equipment under operating leases expiring at various dates through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2030. The following amounts were recorded in the consolidated balance sheets at ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 (amounts in thousands):


	Classification	December 31, 2020		Classification	March 31, 2021
Operating Leases
Right-of-use assets - current	Prepaid expenses and other	$	806	Prepaid expenses and other	$	805
Right-of-use assets - non-current	Other assets		6,404	Other assets		6,206
Total right-of-use assets		$	7,210		$	7,011

Lease liabilities - current	Other current liabilities	$	951	Other current liabilities	$	952
Lease liabilities - non-current	Other long-term liabilities		7,634	Other long-term liabilities		7,403
Total operating lease liabilities		$	8,585		$	8,355

Maturities of operating lease liabilities at ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 were as follows (amounts in thousands):


Fiscal Years:	Operating Leases		Operating Leases
2021	$	574	$	287
2022		1,145		1,143
2023		1,121		1,120
2024		1,121		1,120
2025		1,082		1,083
Thereafter		4,524		4,533
Total lease payments	$	9,567	$	9,286
Less imputed interest		(982)		(931)
Total	$	8,585	$	8,355

Other information pertaining to leases ~~consist~~consists of the following:


	~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021
Operating Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted average remaining lease term in years		98.5
Weighted average discount rate		2.5%

We did not have any finance leases as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020.~~2021.

7. REVENUE

Revenue Recognition

Under U.S. GAAP guidance, a performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer control of a distinct good or service (or integrated package of goods and/or services) to a customer. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, a performance obligation is satisfied. In accordance with this guidance, revenue attributable to our stream interests and royalty interests is generally recognized at the point in

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Stream Interests

A metal stream is a purchase agreement that provides, in exchange for an upfront deposit payment, the right to purchase all or a portion of one or more of the metals produced from a mine, at a price determined for the life of the transaction by the purchase agreement. Gold, silver and copper received under our metal streaming agreements are taken into inventory, and then sold primarily using average spot rate gold, silver and copper forward contracts. The sales price for these average spot rate forward contracts is determined by the average daily gold, silver or copper spot prices during the term of the contract, typically a consecutive number of trading days between ten days and three months (depending on the frequency of deliveries under the respective streaming agreement and our sales policy in effect at the time) commencing shortly after receipt and purchase of the metal. We settle our forward sales contracts via physical delivery of the metal to the purchaser (our customer) on the settlement date specified in the contract. Under our forward sales contracts, there is a single performance obligation to sell a contractually specified volume of metal to the purchaser, and we satisfy this obligation at the point in time of physical delivery. Accordingly, revenue from our metal sales is recognized on the date of settlement, which is the date that control, custody and title to the metal transfer to the purchaser.

Royalty Interests

Royalties are non-operating interests in mining projects that provide the right to a percentage of revenue or metals produced from the project after deducting specified costs, if any. We are entitled to payment for our royalty interest in a mining project based on a contractually specified commodity price (for example, a monthly or quarterly average spot price) for the period in which metal production occurs. As a royalty holder, we act as a passive entity in the production and operations of the mining project, and the third-party operator of the mining project is responsible for all mining activities, including subsequent marketing and delivery of all metal production to their ultimate customer. In all of our material royalty interest arrangements, we have concluded that we transfer control of our interest in the metal production to the operator at the point at which production occurs, and thus, the operator is our customer. We have further determined that the transfer of each unit of metal production comprising our royalty interest to the operator represents a separate performance obligation under the contract, and each performance obligation is satisfied at the point in time of metal production by the operator. Accordingly, we recognize revenue attributable to our royalty interests in the period in which metal production occurs at the specified commodity price per the agreement, net of any contractually allowable offsite treatment, refining, transportation and, if applicable, mining costs.

Royalty Revenue Estimates

For a small number of our royalty interests, we may not receive, or be entitled to receive, payment information, including production information from the operator, for the period in which metal production occurred prior to issuance of our financial statements for that period. As a result, we may estimate revenue for these royalties based on available information, including public information, from the operator. If adequate information is not available from the operator or from other public sources before we issue our financial statements, we will recognize royalty revenue during the period in which the necessary payment information is received. Differences between estimates and actual amounts could differ significantly and are recorded in the period that the actual amounts are known. Please also refer to our “Use of Estimates” accounting policy discussed in our Fiscal 2020 10-K. For the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, royalty revenue that was estimated or was attributable to metal production for a period prior to ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, was not material.

Disaggregation of Revenue

We have identified 2 material revenue sources in our business: stream interests and royalty interests. These identified revenue sources are consistent with our reportable segments as discussed in Note 11.

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Revenue by metal type attributable to each of our revenue sources is disaggregated as follows (amounts in thousands):


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,			March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020			2021		2020
Stream revenue:
Gold	$	83,685	$	69,111	$	167,282	$	141,335	$	65,511	$	78,503		$	232,793	$	219,838
Silver		11,128		8,929		22,026		17,365		12,805		8,284			34,832		25,648
Copper		12,906		11,585		24,914		17,906		17,030		10,673			41,943		28,579
Total stream revenue	$	107,719	$	89,625	$	214,222	$	176,606	$	95,346	$	97,460		$	309,568	$	274,065
Royalty revenue:
Gold	$	36,471	$	22,068	$	63,375	$	43,825	$	31,245	$	28,792		$	94,620	$	72,617
Silver		4,193		3,365		7,634		5,194		4,208		2,666	��		11,842		7,860
Copper		4,395		4,107		8,456		7,087		4,015		3,340			12,471		10,427
Other		5,582		4,478		11,553		9,705		7,775		4,179			19,328		13,884
Total royalty revenue	$	50,641	$	34,018	$	91,018	$	65,811	$	47,243	$	38,977		$	138,261	$	104,788
Total revenue	$	158,360	$	123,643	$	305,240	$	242,417	$	142,589	$	136,437		$	447,829	$	378,853

Revenue attributable to our principal stream and royalty interests is disaggregated as follows (amounts in thousands):


		Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended					Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,			March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	Metal(s)	2020		2019		2020		2019		Metal(s)	2021		2020		2021		2020
Stream revenue:
Mount Milligan	Gold & Copper	$	44,713	$	30,629	$	79,332	$	61,126	Gold & Copper	$	33,803	$	32,298	$	113,135	$	93,423
Pueblo Viejo	Gold & Silver		27,554		23,614		58,824		45,232	Gold & Silver		30,173		28,302		88,998		73,534
Andacollo	Gold		17,766		20,665		41,275		41,269	Gold		13,022		22,055		54,297		63,324
Wassa	Gold		6,761		4,794		15,870		10,113	Gold		8,774		8,647		24,644		18,760
Other	Gold & Silver		10,925		9,923		18,921		18,866	Gold & Silver		9,574		6,158		28,494		25,024
Total stream revenue		$	107,719	$	89,625	$	214,222	$	176,606		$	95,346	$	97,460	$	309,568	$	274,065
Royalty revenue:
Peñasquito	Gold, Silver, Lead & Zinc	$	12,952	$	7,577	$	23,161	$	11,997	Gold, Silver, Lead & Zinc	$	13,128	$	7,425	$	36,289	$	19,422
Cortez	Gold		8,128		3,292		13,812		7,709	Gold		8,609		6,400		22,421		14,109
Other	Various		29,561		23,149		54,045		46,105	Various		25,506		25,152		79,551		71,257
Total royalty revenue		$	50,641	$	34,018	$	91,018	$	65,811		$	47,243	$	38,977	$	138,261	$	104,788
Total revenue		$	158,360	$	123,643	$	305,240	$	242,417		$	142,589	$	136,437	$	447,829	$	378,853

Please refer to Note 11 for the geographical distribution of our revenue by reportable segment.

8. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

We recognized stock-based compensation expense as follows:


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020		2021		2020

		(Amounts in thousands)				(Amounts in thousands)				(Amounts in thousands)				(Amounts in thousands)
Stock options	$	17	$	26	$	33	$	57	$	17	$	94	$	50	$	151
Stock appreciation rights		430		430		801		872		430		1,365		1,231		2,237
Restricted stock		588		697		1,585		1,940		533		2,659		2,118		4,599
Performance stock		363		385		473		770		364		526		837		1,296
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	1,398	$	1,538	$	2,892	$	3,639	$	1,344	$	4,644	$	4,236	$	8,283

Stock-based compensation expense is included within General and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

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During the ~~six~~three and nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019,~~2020, we granted the following stock-based compensation ~~awards (note that 0 awards were granted during the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019):~~awards:


	Six Months Ended		Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	December 31,	December 31,	March 31,	March 31,	March 31,	March 31,
	2020	2019	2021	2020	2021	2020

	(Number of shares)		(Number of shares)		(Number of shares)
Stock options	2,860	1,604	—	—	2,860	1,604
Stock appreciation rights	64,100	46,726	—	6,890	64,100	53,616
Restricted stock	26,104	23,976	—	2,050	26,104	26,026
Performance stock (at maximum 200% attainment)	35,380	28,560	—	4,280	35,380	32,840
Total equity awards granted	128,444	100,866	—	13,220	128,444	114,086

As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, unrecognized compensation expense (expressed in thousands below) and weighted-average vesting period for each of our stock-based compensation awards were as follows:


	Unrecognized		Weighted-		Unrecognized		Weighted-
	compensation		average vesting		compensation		average vesting
	expense		period (years)		expense		period (years)
Stock options	$	123		2.3	$	108		2.1
Stock appreciation rights		3,172		2.2		2,790		2.0
Restricted stock		4,993		3.5		4,551		3.3
Performance stock		2,367		1.9		2,050		1.7

9. EARNINGS PER SHARE (“EPS”)

Basic EPS were computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, considering the effect of participating securities. Unvested stock-based compensation awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents are considered participating securities and are included in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. Our unvested restricted stock awards contain non-forfeitable dividend rights and participate equally with common stock with respect to dividends issued or declared. Our unexercised stock option awards, unexercised stock-settled stock appreciation rights and unvested performance stock do not contain rights to dividends. Under the two-class method, the earnings used to determine basic EPS are reduced by an amount allocated to participating securities. Use of the two-class method has an immaterial impact on the calculation of basic and diluted EPS.

The following tables summarize the effects of dilutive securities on diluted EPS for the period (amounts in thousands, except share data):


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020		2021		2020
Net income attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders	$	59,889	$	41,321	$	166,828	$	111,774	$	54,026	$	38,554	$	220,855	$	150,329
Weighted-average shares for basic EPS		65,546,938		65,495,907		65,542,326		65,480,759		65,550,400		65,511,878		65,544,978		65,501,678
Effect of other dilutive securities		72,303		115,660		83,639		132,647		71,203		88,892		79,494		124,722
Weighted-average shares for diluted EPS		65,619,241		65,611,567		65,625,965		65,613,406		65,621,603		65,600,770		65,624,472		65,626,400
Basic EPS	$	0.91	$	0.63	$	2.55	$	1.70	$	0.82	$	0.59	$	3.36	$	2.30
Diluted EPS	$	0.91	$	0.63	$	2.54	$	1.70	$	0.82	$	0.59	$	3.36	$	2.29

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10. INCOME TAXES


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020		2021		2020

	(Amounts in thousands, except rate)				(Amounts in thousands, except rate)				(Amounts in thousands, except rate)				(Amounts in thousands, except rate)
Income tax expense (benefit)	$	16,031	$	11,124	$	13,654	$	(12,401)	$	17,679	$	8,702	$	31,332	$	(3,700)
Effective tax rate		21.1%		21.6%		7.6%		(12.8%)		24.6%		18.5%		12.4%		(2.6)%

The effective tax rate for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~December~~March 31, 2021, included an income tax expense attributable to an increase in valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020, included income tax benefits resulting from foreign exchange rate movements compared to the U.S. dollar.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, included discrete tax benefits ($~~24.5~~21.8 million) primarily attributable to the settlement of an uncertain tax position with a foreign jurisdiction and the release of a valuation allowance related to deferred tax ~~assets, both of which were recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2020.~~assets. The effective tax rate for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, included discrete benefits ($32.3 million) attributable to the remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and a net step-up in the basis of tax assets due to the enactment of the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing (Swiss Tax Reform).

11. SEGMENT INFORMATION

We manage our business under 2 reportable segments, consisting of the acquisition and management of stream interests and the acquisition and management of royalty interests. Royal Gold’s long-lived assets (stream and royalty interests, net) are geographically distributed as shown in the following table (amounts in thousands):


	As of December 31, 2020						As of June 30, 2020						As of March 31, 2021						As of June 30, 2020
					Total stream						Total stream						Total stream						Total stream
	Stream		Royalty		and royalty		Stream		Royalty		and royalty		Stream		Royalty		and royalty		Stream		Royalty		and royalty
	interest		interest		interests, net		interest		interest		interests, net		interest		interest		interests, net		interest		interest		interests, net
Canada	$	661,172	$	184,601	$	845,773	$	702,732	$	189,855	$	892,587	$	644,334	$	181,382	$	825,716	$	702,732	$	189,855	$	892,587
Dominican Republic		384,322		—		384,322		406,469		—		406,469		375,235		—		375,235		406,469		—		406,469
Chile		267,334		224,116		491,450		277,661		223,922		501,583		263,957		224,116		488,073		277,661		223,922		501,583
Africa		253,856		321		254,177		215,463		321		215,784		283,221		321		283,542		215,463		321		215,784
Mexico		—		71,843		71,843		—		75,951		75,951		—		69,440		69,440		—		75,951		75,951
United States		—		115,427		115,427		—		159,445		159,445		—		114,776		114,776		—		159,445		159,445
Australia		—		29,161		29,161		—		30,006		30,006		—		28,484		28,484		—		30,006		30,006
Rest of world		12,038		27,789		39,827		12,038		25,050		37,088		12,037		27,132		39,169		12,038		25,050		37,088
Total	$	1,578,722	$	653,258	$	2,231,980	$	1,614,363	$	704,550	$	2,318,913	$	1,578,784	$	645,651	$	2,224,435	$	1,614,363	$	704,550	$	2,318,913

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ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Our reportable segments for purposes of assessing performance are shown below (amounts in thousands):


	Three Months Ended December 31, 2020										Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
	Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit		Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit
Stream interests	$	107,719	$	24,859	$	—	$	40,226	$	42,634	$	95,346	$	21,469	$	—	$	32,595	$	41,282
Royalty interests		50,641		—		1,401		7,635		41,605		47,243		—		1,835		8,607		36,801
Total	$	158,360	$	24,859	$	1,401	$	47,861	$	84,239	$	142,589	$	21,469	$	1,835	$	41,202	$	78,083

	Three Months Ended December 31, 2019										Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit		Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit
Stream interests	$	89,625	$	21,077	$	—	$	32,181	$	36,367	$	97,460	$	21,961	$	—	$	43,240	$	32,259
Royalty interests		34,018		—		984		7,801		25,233		38,977		—		851		7,875		30,251
Total	$	123,643	$	21,077	$	984	$	39,982	$	61,600	$	136,437	$	21,961	$	851	$	51,115	$	62,510


	Six Months Ended December 31, 2020										Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021
	Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit		Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit
Stream interests	$	214,222	$	46,760	$	—	$	79,253	$	88,209	$	309,568	$	68,230	$	—	$	111,848	$	129,490
Royalty interests		91,018		—		2,756		14,822		73,440		138,261		—		4,591		23,428		110,242
Total	$	305,240	$	46,760	$	2,756	$	94,075	$	161,649	$	447,829	$	68,230	$	4,591	$	135,276	$	239,732

	Six Months Ended December 31, 2019										Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit		Revenue		Cost of sales⁽¹⁾		Production taxes		Depletion ⁽²⁾		Segment gross profit
Stream interests	$	176,606	$	41,188	$	—	$	63,643	$	71,775	$	274,065	$	63,149	$	—	$	106,883	$	104,033
Royalty interests		65,811		—		2,083		15,000		48,728		104,788		—		2,934		22,875		78,979
Total	$	242,417	$	41,188	$	2,083	$	78,643	$	120,503	$	378,853	$	63,149	$	2,934	$	129,758	$	183,012

(1)	Excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization

(2)	Depletion amounts are included within Depreciation, depletion and amortization on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

A reconciliation of total segment gross profit to the consolidated Income before income taxes is shown below (amounts in thousands):


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
		2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020		2021		2020
Total segment gross profit	$	84,239	$	61,600	$	161,649	$	120,503	$	78,083	$	62,510	$	239,732	$	183,012

Costs and expenses
General and administrative expenses		6,789		6,665		14,244		14,108		6,932		9,551		21,175		23,658
Exploration costs		—		1,514		563		4,140		—		565		563		4,705
Depreciation and amortization		84		114		170		167		94		113		265		280
Gain on sale of Peak Gold JV interest		—		—		(33,906)		—		—		—		(33,906)		—
Operating income		77,366		53,307		180,578		102,088		71,057		52,281		251,635		154,369
Fair value changes in equity securities		(382)		222		2,158		(1,153)		1,902		(3,819)		4,060		(4,972)
Interest and other income		613		226		1,034		1,001		733		620		1,767		1,621
Interest and other expense		(1,578)		(2,217)		(3,454)		(5,051)		(1,820)		(2,088)		(5,274)		(7,139)
Income before income taxes	$	76,019	$	51,538	$	180,316	$	96,885	$	71,872	$	46,994	$	252,188	$	143,879

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ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Our revenue by reportable segment for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019~~2020 is geographically distributed as shown in the following table (amounts in thousands):


	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended				Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		December 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,		March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019		2021		2020		2021		2020
Stream interests:
Canada	$	54,302	$	38,191	$	95,888	$	75,854	$	42,609	$	37,136	$	138,497	$	112,990
Dominican Republic		27,554		23,614		58,824		45,232		30,173		28,302		88,998		73,534
Chile		17,766		20,665		41,275		41,269		13,022		22,055		54,296		63,323
Africa		8,097		7,155		18,235		14,251		9,542		9,967		27,777		24,218
Total stream interests	$	107,719	$	89,625	$	214,222	$	176,606	$	95,346	$	97,460	$	309,568	$	274,065

Royalty interests:
United States	$	17,090	$	10,012	$	30,788	$	20,614	$	16,474	$	13,199	$	47,262	$	33,813
Mexico		15,174		9,376		26,751		15,763		15,270		9,126		42,021		26,084
Australia		8,314		3,546		12,856		7,348		4,360		9,160		17,217		24,923
Canada		6,047		8,037		13,458		16,958		8,612		3,714		22,069		11,062
Africa		744		911		1,494		1,606		748		925		2,241		2,531
Rest of world		3,272		2,136		5,671		3,522		1,779		2,853		7,451		6,375
Total royalty interests	$	50,641	$	34,018	$	91,018	$	65,811	$	47,243	$	38,977	$	138,261	$	104,788
Total revenue	$	158,360	$	123,643	$	305,240	$	242,417	$	142,589	$	136,437	$	447,829	$	378,853

12. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, we utilize a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1: Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

Level 3: Prices or valuation techniques requiring inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

The following table sets forth our financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually) by level within the fair value hierarchy.


	As of December 31, 2020										As of March 31, 2021
			Fair Value										Fair Value
	Carrying Amount		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Carrying Amount		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets (amounts in thousands):
Marketable equity securities⁽¹⁾	$	7,874	$	7,874	$	6,447	$	1,427	$	—	$	9,777	$	9,777	$	8,155	$	1,622	$	—

(1) Included in Other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.

Our marketable equity securities classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy are valued using quoted market prices in active markets multiplied by the quantity of shares held. The ~~carrying value of our revolving credit facility (Note 5) approximates fair value as of December 31, 2020. The~~ TriStar Gold Inc. warrants classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy are model-derived (Black-Scholes) valuations in which the significant inputs are observable in active markets. The carrying value of our revolving credit facility (Note 5) approximates fair value as of March 31, 2021.

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ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we had assets that, under certain conditions, are subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis like those associated with stream and royalty interests, intangible assets and other long-lived assets. For these assets, measurement at fair value in periods subsequent to their initial recognition is applicable if any of these assets are determined to be impaired. If recognition of these assets at their fair value becomes necessary, such measurements will be determined utilizing Level 3 inputs.

13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Khoemacau Silver Stream Acquisition

~~Pursuant to our~~Our Khoemacau silver stream transaction closed in February 2019. Between November 2019 and January 2021, we ~~made~~completed a total of $212 million in advanced payments required to earn the ~~following advance payments~~base silver stream of 80% of payable silver under our conditional funding schedule:

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$65.8 million – November 5, 2019

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$22.0 million – February 2, 2020

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$47.9 million – April 3, 2020

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$11.1 million – July 5, 2020

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$32.5 million – October 5, 2020

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$32.6 million – January 6, 2021

~~Including the sixth~~On April 7, 2021, we made a seventh advance payment ~~made~~of $10.6 million toward the option silver stream which increased our right to receive payable silver produced from Khoemacau from a rate of 80% to 84% until the delivery of approximately 33.6 million silver ounces, and 42% (from 40%) thereafter. Additionally, on ~~January 6,~~April 7, 2021, we have made total contributions of $212 million which completes the advance payments for the Base Silver Stream. We are further committed to up to $53.0 million in additional contributions should KhoemacauKhoemacau Copper Mining (Pty.) Limited ~~elect~~(“KCM”) drew $18.0 million on a $25.0 million subordinated debt facility provided by Royal Gold. The subordinated debt facility has a term of seven years, carries interest at a rate of LIBOR +11% and requires mandatory repayment upon certain events.

Royal Gold has remaining committed funding of $49.4 million to ~~fully exercise~~KCM in the ~~Option Silver Stream. Any further payments under~~form of $42.4 million of additional stream financing and $7.0 million of debt, both of which may be drawn at the ~~Option Silver Stream are subject~~election of KCM prior to ~~certain conditions and are scheduled to be made using an agreed formula and certification process as project spending progresses.~~the completion of construction. Refer to our Fiscal 2020 10-K for further details on the Khoemacau silver stream ~~acquisition.~~acquisition and subordinated debt facility.

Ilovica Gold Stream Acquisition

As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, our conditional funding schedule of $163.75 million, as part of the Ilovica gold stream acquisition entered into in October 2014, remains subject to certain conditions.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

General Presentation

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to provide information to assist you in better understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations. You should read this MD&A in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 6, 2020 (“Fiscal 2020 10-K”).

This MD&A contains forward-looking information. You should review our important note about forward-looking statements following this MD&A.

We do not own, develop, or mine the properties on which we hold stream or royalty interests. Certain information provided in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q about operating properties in which we hold interests, including information about reserves, historical production, production estimates, property descriptions, and property developments, was provided to us by the operators of those properties or is publicly available information filed by these operators with applicable securities regulatory bodies, including the SEC. We have not verified, and are not in a position to verify, and expressly disclaim any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or fairness of, this third-party information and refer the reader to the public reports filed by the operators for information regarding those properties.

We refer to “GSR,” “NSR,” “NVR,” “metal stream (or “stream”)” and other types of royalty or similar interests throughout this MD&A. These terms are defined in our Fiscal 2020 10-K.

Overview of Our Business

We acquire and manage precious metal streams, royalties, and similar interests. We seek to acquire existing stream and royalty interests or finance projects that are in production or in the development stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests.

We manage our business under two segments:

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Acquisition and Management of Stream Interests — A metal stream is a purchase agreement that provides, in exchange for an upfront deposit payment, the right to purchase all or a portion of one or more metals produced from a mine, at a price determined for the life of the transaction by the purchase agreement. As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we owned eight stream interests, which are on six producing properties and two development stage properties. Stream interests accounted for approximately ~~68%~~67% and ~~70%~~69% of our total revenue for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively, and ~~72%~~71% and ~~73%~~72% for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively. We expect stream interests to continue representing a significant portion of our total revenue.

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Acquisition and Management of Royalty Interests — Royalties are non-operating interests in mining projects that provide the right to revenue or metals produced from the project after deducting specified costs, if any. As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we owned royalty interests on 35 producing properties, 1517 development stage properties and ~~131~~127 exploration stage properties, of which we consider 4948 to be evaluation stage projects. We use “evaluation stage” to describe exploration stage properties that contain mineralized material and on which operators are engaged in the search for reserves. Royalty interests accounted for ~~approximately 32%~~33% and ~~30%~~31% of our total revenue for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, respectively, and ~~28%~~29% and ~~27%~~28% for the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, respectively.

We do not conduct mining operations on the properties in which we hold stream and royalty interests, and we generally are not required to contribute to capital costs, exploration costs, environmental costs or other operating costs on those properties.

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We are continually reviewing opportunities to grow our portfolio, whether through the creation or acquisition of new or existing stream or royalty interests or other acquisition activity. We generally have acquisition opportunities in various

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stages of review. Our review process may include, for example, engaging consultants and advisors to analyze an opportunity; analysis of technical, financial, legal, and other confidential information of an opportunity; submission of indications of interest and term sheets; participation in preliminary discussions and negotiations; and involvement as a bidder in competitive processes.

Business Trends and Uncertainties

Metal Prices

Our financial results are primarily tied to the price of gold, silver, copper, and other metals. Metal prices have fluctuated widely in recent years and we expect this volatility to continue. The marketability and ~~the~~ price of metals are influenced by numerous factors beyond our control, and significant changes in metal prices can have a material effect on our revenue.

For the three and ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019,~~2020, average metal prices and percentages of revenue by metal were as follows:


	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended						Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	December 31, 2020			December 31, 2019			December 31, 2020			December 31, 2019			March 31, 2021			March 31, 2020			March 31, 2021			March 31, 2020
Metal	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue	Average Price		Percentage of Revenue
Gold ($/ounce)	$	1,874	76%	$	1,481	74%	$	1,892	76%	$	1,477	76%	$	1,794	68%	$	1,583	79%	$	1,859	73%	$	1,512	77%
Silver ($/ounce)	$	24.39	10%	$	17.32	10%	$	24.32	10%	$	17.15	9%	$	26.26	12%	$	16.90	8%	$	24.96	10%	$	17.07	9%
Copper ($/pound)	$	3.25	11%	$	2.67	13%	$	3.10	11%	$	2.65	10%	$	3.86	15%	$	2.56	10%	$	3.35	12%	$	2.62	10%
Other		N/A	3%		N/A	3%		N/A	3%		N/A	5%		N/A	5%		N/A	3%		N/A	5%		N/A	4%

COVID-19 ~~and the Current Economic Environment~~Pandemic

Sale of Peak Gold JV Interest

On September 30, 2020, we announced an agreement with Kinross Gold Corporation to sell our interest in the Manh Choh Project (formerly known as the Peak Gold ~~Project~~Project) and our common share position in Contango Ore, Inc. (“Contango”), our partner in Peak Gold, LLC ~~the~~and owner of the ~~Peak Gold~~Manh Choh Project. Consideration received for the sale of these interests included cash of $61.3 million, an incremental 28% net smelter return royalty on silver produced from an area of interest which includes the current ~~Peak Gold~~Manh Choh Project resource area, and an incremental 1% net smelter return royalty on certain State of Alaska mining claims acquired by a wholly owned subsidiary of Contango in the transaction. Peak Gold, LLC retains the right to acquire 50% of the incremental 28% net smelter return royalty on silver for $4 million.

After this transaction, our interests in the ~~Peak Gold~~Manh Choh Project and State of Alaska mining claim property owned by Contango consist solely of net smelter return royalties. Refer to Note 2 of our notes to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the sale of the Peak Gold JV interest.

Separation of the Wassa and ~~Prestea/~~Prestea and Bogoso Stream Agreement

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The Wassa stream agreement, which remains with Golden Star, continues to provide us the right to purchase 10.5% of the gold ~~produced~~payable from the Wassa mine until the delivery of 240,000 ounces, after which the stream percentage will decrease to 5.5%. The cash purchase price for gold remains at 20% of the spot price per ounce delivered until the delivery of 240,000 ounces, and 30% of the spot price per ounce delivered thereafter. As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~ approximately ~~110,200~~115,700 ounces remain to be delivered from the Wassa mine until the 240,000 ounce delivery threshold is reached.

Operators’ Production Estimates by Stream and Royalty Interest for Calendar ~~2020~~2021

We generally receive annual production estimates from many of the operators of our producing mines during the first quarter of each calendar year. In some instances, an operator may revise its original calendar year guidance throughout the year. The following table shows current production estimates for calendar ~~2020,~~2021, as well as actual production through ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, for our principal properties as reported to us by the operators.

Operators’ Estimated and Actual Production by Stream and Royalty Interest for Calendar ~~2020~~2021

Principal Producing Properties

Calendar 2020 Operator’s Production

Calendar 2021 Operator’s Production

Estimate⁽¹⁾

Actual⁽²⁾

Estimate⁽¹⁾

Actual⁽²⁾

Gold

Silver

Base Metals

Gold

Silver

Base Metals

Gold

Silver

Base Metals

Gold

Silver

Base Metals

Stream/Royalty

(oz.)

(lbs.)

(oz.)

(lbs.)

(oz.)

(lbs.)

(oz.)

(lbs.)

Stream:

Andacollo⁽³⁾

53,000

49,200

N/A

10,500

Mount Milligan⁽⁴⁾

140,000 - 160,000

161,900

180,000 - 200,000

N/A

Copper

80 - 90 Million

82.8 Million

70 - 80 Million

N/A

Pueblo Viejo⁽⁵⁾

530,000 - 580,000

N/A

542,000

N/A

470,000 - 510,000

N/A

137,000

N/A

Wassa⁽⁶⁾

165,000 - 170,000

168,000

165,000 - 175,000

N/A

Royalty:

Cortez GSR1

66,900

101,700

Cortez GSR2

109,600

103,900

Cortez GSR3

146,300

161,100

Cortez NVR1

113,500

121,600

Cortez NVR1C

30,100

44,500

Peñasquito⁽⁷⁾

510,000

28 million

343,000

20.4 Million

Cortez⁽⁷⁾

350,000 - 375,000

58,600

Peñasquito⁽⁸⁾

660,000

30 Million

178,000

8.2 Million

Lead

190 million

130 Million

190 Million

50 Million

Zinc

360 million

281 Million

475 Million

111 Million

(1)	Production estimates received from our operators are for calendar ~~2020, unless otherwise noted in footnotes to this table.~~2021. There can be no assurance that production estimates received from the operators will be achieved.

(2)	Actual production figures are provided by our operators and cover the period from January 1, ~~2020,~~2021, through ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, unless otherwise noted in footnotes to this table.

(3)	The ~~estimated and~~ actual production ~~figures~~figure shown for Andacollo ~~are~~is contained gold in concentrate. The estimated production figure was not available on the date of this report.

(4)	The estimated ~~and actual~~ production figures shown for Mount Milligan are payable gold and copper in concentrate. The actual production figure was not available on the date of this report.

(5)	The estimated and actual production figures shown for Pueblo Viejo are payable gold in doré and represent ~~Barrick’s~~the 60% interest in Pueblo ~~Viejo.~~Viejo held by Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”). The operator did not provide estimated or actual silver production.

(6)	The estimated ~~and actual~~ production ~~figures~~figure shown for Wassa ~~are~~is payable gold in doré. The actual production figure was not available on the date of this report.

(7)	Production from Cortez subject to Royal Gold’s royalty interests.

(8)

The estimated and actual gold and silver production figures shown for Peñasquito are payable gold and silver in concentrate and doré. The estimated and actual lead and zinc production figures shown are payable lead and zinc in concentrate. The estimated production figures shown are for the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, while actual production figures shown are for the period January1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, per the operator. Full calendar year 2020 information was not available from the operator as of the date of this report.

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Property Developments

This section provides recent updates for our principal properties as reported by the operators, either directly to us or in their publicly available documents.

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Stream Interests

Andacollo

Gold stream deliveries from Andacollo were approximately 10,700 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to approximately ~~18,600~~9,500 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, 2019. Decreased deliveries during the current period resulted from operational impacts due to COVID-19 in July 2020, in addition to differences in the timing of shipments and settlements during the periods.2020.

Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”) expects grades to continue to decline towards reserve grades. The current life of mine for Andacollo is expected to continue until calendar ~~year~~ 2035. According to Teck, additional permits or permit amendments will be required to execute the life of mine plan.

Khoemacau

According to ~~Khoemac~~auKhoemacau Copper Mining (Pty.) Limited (“KCM”), progress continued at the Khoemacau Project (“Khoemacau”) during the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, and the project reached approximately ~~85%~~92% of construction completion as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020.~~2021. According to KCM, activities are focused on refurbishment and upgrading of the Boseto mill, underground development, completion of accommodation, power and water infrastructure at Zone 5, ~~and~~ completion of haul road surfacing between Zone 5 and the Boseto ~~mill.~~mill, and the tailings storage facility. The Zone 5 area was connected to the national power grid in February 2021 and commissioning of support systems within the Boseto plant was initiated in March 2021. Also, according to KCM, underground development had cumulatively advanced ~~8,311~~11,181 meters in the three mines and approximately ~~70,000~~190,000 tonnes of ore were stockpiled on surface at the end of ~~December 2020.~~March 2021.

The ~~six-month~~ state of emergency declared by the Government of Botswana in March 2020 to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 was extended again on ~~September 28, 2020,~~March 30, 2021 for ~~an additional~~a further six months through ~~March~~September 30, 2021. Mining remains designated as an “essential service” and KCM reports that general development activity at Khoemacau is ~~continuing without significant impact. In line with previous reporting, and barring~~continuing. Barring any potential further unforeseen impacts caused by COVID-19 considerations, KCM ~~is targeting~~expects to ~~begin~~continue commissioning activities ~~late in~~through the second ~~calendar~~ quarter of calendar 2021 with first shipment of concentrate to occur ~~late~~ in the third ~~calendar~~ quarter of ~~2021.~~calendar 2021 and a ramp-up to nameplate production capacity by the beginning of calendar 2022.

On January 6, 2021, Royal Gold made the sixth advance payment of $32.6 million ~~which brings~~toward the silver stream. With this payment, Royal Gold has completed the total ~~contribution to~~ $212 million ~~and completes the~~ advance payment required to earn the ~~full~~ base silver ~~stream. For any remaining funding required to complete construction, KCM may elect under~~stream of 80% of payable silver. On April 7, 2021, we made a seventh advance payment of $10.6 million toward the ~~stream agreement to draw up to $53 million in additional stream financing, earning Royal Gold up to an additional 20%~~ option silver stream, ~~draw up~~which increased our right to ~~$25~~purchase 84% of the payable silver from Khoemacau until the delivery of approximately 33.6 million ~~under~~silver ounces and 42% thereafter. Additionally, on April 7, 2021, KCM drew $18.0 million on a $25.0 million subordinated debt facility provided by Royal ~~Gold, and/or seek at least $25 million in equity from project sponsors.~~Gold. The subordinated debt facility has a term of seven years, carries interest at a rate of LIBOR +11%, and requires mandatory repayment upon certain events.

Royal Gold has remaining committed funding of $49.4 million to KCM ~~currently anticipates that up to $50~~in the form of $42.4 million of ~~this~~ additional ~~funding is required to complete construction~~advance payments and ~~ramp up~~$7.0 million of ~~Khoemac~~a~~u to commercial production, largely a result~~debt, both of previously reported schedule impacts caused by COVID-19 considerations. The added funding mechanisms built into the stream agreement allow KCM to seamlessly access the additional capital required. KCM is currently reviewing its funding options in advance of the next funding draw, which may ~~occur as early as April 2021,~~be drawn at the election of KCM prior to completion of construction. KCM has advised that subject to maintaining the schedule mentioned above for commissioning, first concentrate and ~~does not anticipate requiring any~~operational ramp-up, no further material funding ~~after this date to reach commercial production.~~will be required from Royal Gold.

Mount Milligan

Gold stream deliveries from Mount Milligan were approximately ~~9,700~~12,200 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to approximately ~~18,800~~12,100 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019. Decreased~~2020.

Copper stream deliveries from Mount Milligan were ~~primarily a result~~approximately 3.4 million pounds during each of ~~lower processed gold grades partially resulting from reduced open pit operations due to COVID-19 during~~ the three months ended ~~June 30, 2020, in addition~~March 31, 2021, and 2020.

In calendar 2021, Centerra Gold Inc. (“Centerra”) expects total gold production to ~~differences~~be in the ~~timing~~range of ~~shipments~~180,000 to 200,000 ounces and ~~settlements during~~copper production of between 70 to 80 million pounds, compared to actual gold and copper production of 161,900 ounces and 83 million pounds, respectively, in calendar 2020. Gold and copper production is expected to be slightly back-end weighted in calendar 2021 with 45% or more of the ~~periods.~~total annual metal production to occur in the first half of the year and up to 55% in the second half of the year.

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~~Copper stream deliveries from Mount Milligan were approximately 2.5 million pounds during~~Centerra expects to continue to work on continuous improvement projects in calendar 2021, including secondary crusher improvements and the ~~three months ended December 31, 2020, compared~~installation of staged flotation reactors, which is expected to ~~approximately 4.4 million pounds during the three months ended December 31, 2019. Decreased deliveries resulted from differences~~improve metal recoveries in ~~the timing of shipments and settlements during the periods.~~

On January 14, 2021, Centerra reported that Mount Milligan produced approximately 161,900 ounces of gold during calendar 2020, above previously issued gold production guidance of between 140,000 and 160,000 ounces.future years. Centerra also ~~reported that copper production~~expects to have adequate water inventory levels for ~~calendar year 2020 was 82.8 million pounds, in line~~targeted throughput and is working with ~~previously issued copper production guidance of between 80~~government regulators, its First Nations partners, and ~~90 million pounds.~~other stakeholders to maintain access to its existing water resources and secure a stable long-term water solution.

Pueblo Viejo

Gold stream deliveries from Pueblo Viejo were approximately ~~10,500~~11,100 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to approximately ~~13,200~~10,200 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, 2019. The decrease in deliveries resulted from lower grade and recovery rates. On January 14, 2021, Barrick reported that its 60% share of Pueblo Viejo gold production during calendar year 2020 was 542,000 ounces, in line with previously issued guidance of between 530,000 and 580,000 ounces.2020.

Silver stream deliveries were approximately ~~418,200~~247,500 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to approximately ~~417,800~~394,700 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. Decreased deliveries were the result of temporary operational issues with the silver circuit that caused silver recoveries to fall below the fixed 70% recovery rate specified in the stream agreement. The stream agreement includes a deferral mechanism for ounces that cannot be delivered at this fixed recovery rate, with the economic impact of any shortfall in deliveries to be made up in future periods. Deferred deliveries of approximately 362,000 ounces of silver are expected to be made incrementally as Barrick expects the operational issues with the silver circuit to be resolved.

Barrick reported continued progress at Pueblo Viejo during the March 2021 quarter to expand the process plant and tailings storage facilities. Barrick estimates that the expansion project could significantly increase throughput and allow the mine to maintain average annual gold production of approximately 800,000 ounces after calendar 2022 (on a 100% basis), and that the increase in tailings storage capacity has the potential to convert ~~approximately 11~~over 9 million ounces of mineralized material to reserves (on a 100% basis).

~~As reported by~~ Barrick ~~the Environmental Impact Assessment for~~expects completion of the process plant expansion ~~has been approved~~by the end of calendar 2022.

In calendar 2021, gold production from Barrick’s 60% interest in Pueblo Viejo is expected to be between 470,000 and ~~an amended environmental license has been issued, and progress continued with engineering, procurement~~510,000 ounces, compared to actual gold production of long lead equipment packages, earthworks and tendering of contracts for construction activities. Barrick also reported that studies and permitting discussions to support additional tailings capacity continued to progress.542,000 ounces in calendar 2020.

Wassa

Gold stream deliveries from Wassa were approximately ~~4,700~~4,400 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to approximately ~~4,900~~3,800 ounces for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

~~On January 20,~~In calendar 2021, Golden Star ~~reported full~~expects Wassa to produce between 165,000 and 175,000 ounces, in line with the calendar ~~year~~ 2020 actual production performance, which benefited from an increase in the underground mining rates and the processing of low-grade stockpiles. The contribution from low-grade stockpiles is expected to continue throughout calendar 2021, subject to gold ~~production from Wassa of 168,000 ounces, within the revised guidance range of 165,000 to 170,000 ounces, and a 7% increase over 2019 production.~~prices sustaining near current levels. Golden Star ~~also provided full~~expects mining rates for calendar ~~year~~ 2021 ~~gold production guidance~~to be in excess of ~~165,000 to 175,000 ounces.~~4,500 tonnes per day, in line with the 4,469 tonnes per day achieved in calendar 2020.

~~Also according to~~ Golden Star ~~work~~released an updated mineral reserve on March 1, 2021. The mineral reserve plan outlines a ~~preliminary economic assessment~~six-year mine life with annual production averaging 177,000 ounces of gold. In addition, Golden Star issued a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) on the ~~expansion~~Southern Extension of the Wassa orebody. The PEA supports an 11-year mine ~~into the southern extension~~life with average annual gold production of ~~the Wassa ore body is nearing completion, with release~~294,000 ounces for total gold production of ~~the study results in conjunction with an updated reserve and resource estimate expected from~~3.5 million ounces. Golden Star ~~in February 2021.~~ is targeting early calendar 2023 for the completion of a final feasibility study on the Southern Extension.

Royalty Interests

Cortez

Production attributable to our royalty interest at Cortez was approximately ~~57,600~~51,900 ounces of gold for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to approximately ~~28,000~~57,700 ounces of gold for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

~~Barrick~~Nevada Gold Mines LLC expects total gold production from the regions subject to our interests at Cortez to be approximately 350,000 to 375,000 ounces in calendar ~~year~~ 2021, compared to ~~increase~~actual calendar 2020 gold production of 206,000, and average approximately 415,000 ounces per year from calendar ~~year 2020 primarily due to higher contribution from the~~2022 through calendar 2026. The Crossroads deposit ~~which~~ is expected to ~~ramp up through calendar year 2023 and offset declining production from~~provide the ~~other~~majority of the royalty ~~regions.~~ounces during this period.

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Peñasquito

Production attributable to our royalty interest at Peñasquito for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, increased by approximately ~~120%~~86% for gold, and ~~30% for zinc, and~~ decreased approximately 7%6% for silver, ~~and 15%~~17% for lead and 4% for zinc compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in gold production was a result of higher ore grade milled and higher mill throughput, while the decrease in silver, lead and zinc was a result of lower ore grade milled, partially offset by higher mill throughput.

InOn December 8, 2020, Newmont Corporation provided full ~~year~~calendar 2021 production guidance for Peñasquito of 660,000 ounces of gold, 30 million ounces of silver, 475 million pounds of zinc and 190 million pounds of lead, compared to calendar 2020 actual production ~~guidance, as reported by Newmont in July 2020,~~ of ~~510,000~~526,000 ounces of gold, 28 million ounces of silver, ~~360~~318 million pounds of zinc and ~~190~~179 million pounds of lead.

Results of Operations

Quarter Ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~,2021, Compared to Quarter Ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019~~2020

For the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we recorded net income and comprehensive income attributable to Royal Gold stockholders (“net income”) of ~~$59.9~~$54.0 million, or ~~$0.91~~$0.82 per basic and diluted share, as compared to net income of ~~$41.3~~$38.6 million, or ~~$0.63~~$0.59 per basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019~~2020. The increase in net income was primarily attributable to an increase in revenue ~~discussed below. These increases were partially offset by an increase in our cost of sales~~ and ~~an increase~~a decrease in depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, each discussed below.

For the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we recognized total revenue of ~~$158.4~~$142.6 million, comprised of stream revenue of ~~$107.7~~$95.3 million and royalty revenue of ~~$50.7~~$47.3 million at an average gold price of ~~$1,874~~$1,794 per ounce, an average silver price of ~~$24.39~~$26.26 per ounce and an average copper price of ~~$3.25~~$3.86 per pound. This is compared to total revenue of ~~$123.6~~$136.4 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, comprised of stream revenue of ~~$89.6~~$97.4 million and royalty revenue of ~~$34.0~~$39.0 million, at an average gold price of ~~$1,481~~$1,583 per ounce, an average silver price of ~~$17.32~~$16.90 per ounce and an average copper price of ~~$2.67~~$2.56 per pound. Revenue and the corresponding production attributable to our stream and royalty interests for the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, are as follows:

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Revenue and Reported Production Subject to Our Stream and Royalty Interests

Quarter Ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019~~2020

(Amounts in thousands, except reported production ~~ozs.~~oz. and lbs.)


		Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended					Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended
		December 31, 2020				December 31, 2019					March 31, 2021				March 31, 2020
				Reported				Reported					Reported				Reported
Stream/Royalty	Metal(s)	Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾		Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾		Metal(s)	Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾		Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾
Stream⁽²⁾:
Mount Milligan		$	44,713			$	30,629				$	33,803			$	32,298
	Gold			16,900	oz.			12,900	oz.	Gold			9,200	oz.			14,000	oz.
	Copper			4.1	Mlbs.			4.3	Mlbs.	Copper			4.4	Mlbs.			4.3	Mlbs.
Pueblo Viejo		$	27,554			$	23,614				$	30,173			$	28,302
	Gold			9,400	oz.			10,500	oz.	Gold			10,500	oz.			13,200	oz.
	Silver			408,600	oz.			462,400	oz.	Silver			418,200	oz.			417,800	oz.
Andacollo	Gold	$	17,766	9,500	oz.	$	20,665	13,900	oz.	Gold	$	13,022	7,100	oz.	$	22,055	13,900	oz.
Wassa	Gold	$	6,761	3,600	oz.	$	4,794	3,300	oz.	Gold	$	8,774	4,800	oz.	$	8,647	5,600	oz.
Other⁽³⁾		$	10,925			$	9,923				$	9,574			$	6,158
	Gold			5,100	oz.			6,100	oz.	Gold			4,300	oz.			3,400	oz.
	Silver			52,000	oz.			20,500	oz.	Silver			66,200	oz.			47,900	oz.
Total stream revenue		$	107,719			$	89,625				$	95,346			$	97,459

Royalty⁽²⁾:
Peñasquito		$	12,952			$	7,577				$	13,128			$	7,425
	Gold			210,600	oz.			95,800	oz.	Gold			180,400	oz.			97,200	oz.
	Silver			8.7	Moz.			9.3	Moz.	Silver			8.1	Moz.			8.7	Moz.
	Lead			52.1	Mlbs.			61.5	Mlbs.	Lead			50.1	Mlbs.			60.5	Mlbs.
	Zinc			93.8	Mlbs.			72.1	Mlbs.	Zinc			119.3	Mlbs.			124.5	Mlbs.
Cortez	Gold	$	8,128	57,600	oz.	$	3,292	28,000	oz.	Gold	$	8,609	51,900	oz.	$	6,400	57,700	oz.
Other⁽³⁾	Various	$	29,561	N/A		$	23,149	N/A		Various	$	25,506	N/A		$	25,152	N/A
Total royalty revenue		$	50,641			$	34,018				$	47,243			$	38,977
Total Revenue		$	158,360			$	123,643				$	142,589			$	136,437

(1)	Reported production relates to the amount of metal sales subject to our stream and royalty interests for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, and ~~2019,~~2020, and may differ from the operators’ public reporting.

(2)	Refer to “Property Developments” above for a discussion of recent developments at principal properties.

(3)	Individually, except for our stream interest at Rainy River, which contributed 6% of total revenue for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020 and 2019,~~2021, no stream or royalty included within the “Other” category contributed greater than 5% of our total revenue for either period.

The increase in our total revenue resulted primarily from an increase in the average gold, silver and copper prices compared to the prior period and an increase in gold production ~~within our royalty segment.~~at Peñasquito, offset by a decrease in revenue from Andacollo due to lower gold sales. Gold and silver ounces and copper pounds purchased and sold during the three months ended

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~~purchased~~March 31, 2021 and ~~sold during the three months ended December 31,~~ 2020, ~~and 2019,~~ and gold and silver ounces and copper pounds in inventory as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, and June 30, 2020, for our streaming interests were as follows:


	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended		As of	As of	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended		As of	As of
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		March 31, 2021	June 30, 2020
Gold Stream	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)
Mount Milligan	9,700	16,900	18,800	12,900	3,800	3,300	12,200	9,200	12,100	14,000	6,800	3,300
Pueblo Viejo	10,500	9,400	13,200	10,500	10,500	100	11,100	10,500	10,200	13,200	11,100	11,100
Andacollo	10,700	9,500	18,600	13,900	2,900	11,100	10,700	7,100	9,400	13,900	6,500	100
Wassa	4,700	3,600	4,900	3,300	3,100	2,900	4,400	4,800	3,800	5,600	2,700	2,900
Other	4,500	5,100	5,600	6,100	1,200	1,500	4,600	4,300	4,500	3,400	1,500	1,500
Total	40,100	44,500	61,100	46,700	21,500	18,900	43,000	35,900	40,000	50,100	28,600	18,900

	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended		As of	As of	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended		As of	As of
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		March 31, 2021	June 30, 2020
Silver Stream	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)
Pueblo Viejo	418,200	408,600	417,700	462,400	418,200	451,200	247,500	418,200	394,700	417,800	247,500	451,200
Other	65,400	52,000	48,100	51,100	66,300	23,400	72,200	66,200	40,800	47,900	72,300	23,400
Total	483,600	460,600	465,800	513,500	484,500	474,600	319,700	484,400	435,500	465,700	319,800	474,600

	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended		As of	As of	Three Months Ended		Three Months Ended		As of	As of
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		March 31, 2021	June 30, 2020
Copper Stream	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)
Mount Milligan	2.5	4.1	4.4	4.3	1.0	0.8	3.4	4.4	3.4	4.3	—	0.8

Cost of sales, which excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization, ~~increased~~decreased to ~~$24.9~~$21.5 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$21.1~~$22.0 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The ~~increase~~decrease was primarily due to lower gold sales from Mount Milligan, Pueblo Viejo and Andacollo compared to the prior period. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in ~~the~~ gold, silver and copper prices when compared to the prior period. Cost of sales is specific to our stream agreements and is the result of our purchase of gold, silver and copper for a cash payment. The cash payment for gold from Mount Milligan is the lesser of $435 per ounce or the prevailing market price of gold when purchased, while the cash payment for our other streams is a set contractual percentage of the gold, silver or copper (Mount Milligan) spot price near the date of metal delivery.

General and administrative costs decreased to $6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, from $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to additional non-cash stock compensation expense of approximately $3.3 million from the accelerated vesting of certain equity awards in connection with the retirement of our former President and Chief Executive Officer and our former Vice President and General Counsel in January 2020.

Exploration costs decreased to zero for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$1.5~~$0.6 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. Exploration costs were specific to the exploration and advancement of the Peak Gold JV. On September 30, 2020, we sold our Peak Gold JV interest which is discussed earlier in this MD&A and Note 2 of our notes to consolidated financial statements.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization ~~increased~~decreased to ~~$47.9~~$41.3 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021 from ~~$40.1~~$51.2 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The ~~increase~~decrease was primarily due to ~~higher~~lower gold sales at Mount Milligan, Andacollo and ~~an increase in depletion rates at Mount Milligan, as previously discussed in our Fiscal 2020 10-K. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in gold sales at Andacollo~~Pueblo Viejo when compared to the prior period. The decrease was also attributable to decreases in our gold and silver depletion rates at Pueblo Viejo and gold depletion rate at Mount Milligan. Our gold and silver depletion rates at Pueblo Viejo decreased in the current period due to an increase in proven and probable reserves as reported by Barrick, while our gold depletion rate at Mount Milligan decreased as a result of improved gold recoveries.

Interest and other expense decreased to ~~$1.6~~$1.8 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$2.2~~$2.1 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower interest expense as a result of lower interest rates on our outstanding debt when compared to the prior period. Refer to Note 5 of our notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion on our outstanding debt.

For the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we recorded income tax expense totaling ~~$16.0~~$17.7 million, compared with income tax expense of ~~$11.1~~$8.7 million for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The income tax expense resulted in an effective tax rate of ~~21.1%~~24.6% in the current period, compared with ~~21.6%~~18.5% for the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The

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three months ended March 31, 2021 included approximately $2.6 million of certain discrete income tax expense items, which were primarily due to a change in the realizability of certain deferred tax assets. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 included income tax benefits resulting from foreign exchange rate movements compared to the U.S. dollar. Absent these discrete income tax expense items, our effective tax rate would have been approximately 21% during the third quarter.

~~Six~~Nine Months ~~ended~~ ~~December~~Ended March 31, 2021, Compared to Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020~~, Compared to Six Months Ended December 31, 2019~~

For the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we recorded net income of ~~$166.8~~$220.9 million, or ~~$2.55~~$3.36 per basic ~~share~~ and ~~$2.54 per~~ diluted share, as compared to net income of ~~$111.8~~$150.3 million, or ~~$1.70~~$2.30 per basic share and $2.29 per diluted share, for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The increase in our earnings per share was primarily attributable to an increase in revenue, a one-time gain attributable to the sale of our Peak Gold JV interest during the September 2020 quarter and various discrete income tax benefits recognized during the September 2020 quarter. Each item contributing to the increase

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in our earnings per share during the period is discussed below. These increases were partially offset by an increase in our cost of sales and an increase in depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, each discussed below.

For ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we recognized total revenue of ~~$305.2~~$447.8 million, comprised of stream revenue of ~~$214.2~~$309.5 million and royalty revenue of ~~$91.0~~$138.3 million at an average gold price of ~~$1,892~~$1,859 per ounce, an average silver price of ~~$24.32~~$24.96 per ounce and an average copper price of ~~$3.10~~$3.35 per pound. This is compared to total revenue of ~~$242.4~~$378.9 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, comprised of stream revenue of ~~$176.6~~$274.1 million and royalty revenue of ~~$65.8~~$104.8 million, at an average gold price of ~~$1,477~~$1,512 per ounce, an average silver price of ~~$17.15~~$17.07 per ounce and an average copper price of ~~$2.65~~$2.62 per pound. Revenue and the corresponding production attributable to our stream and royalty interests for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, are as follows:

Revenue and Reported Production Subject to Our Stream and Royalty Interests

~~Six~~Nine Months Ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019~~2020

(Amounts in thousands, except reported production ozs. and lbs.)


			Six Months Ended				Six Months Ended						Nine Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
			December 31, 2020				December 31, 2019						March 31, 2021				March 31, 2020
					Reported				Reported						Reported				Reported
Stream/Royalty		Metal(s)	Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾		Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾			Metal(s)	Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾		Revenue		Production⁽¹⁾
Stream⁽²⁾:
Mount Milligan			$	79,332			$	61,126					$	113,135			$	93,423
		Gold			28,800	oz.			29,500	oz.		Gold			38,000	oz.			43,500	oz.
		Copper			8.2	Mlbs.			6.7	Mlbs.		Copper			12.5	Mlbs.			10.9	Mlbs.
Pueblo Viejo			$	58,824			$	45,232					$	88,998			$	73,534
		Gold			20,500	oz.			20,000	oz.		Gold			31,000	oz.			33,100	oz.
		Silver			859,800	Moz.			938,000	oz.		Silver			1.3	Moz.			1.4	Moz.
Andacollo		Gold	$	41,275	21,600	oz.	$	41,269	27,900	oz.		Gold	$	54,297	28,700	oz.	$	63,324	41,800	oz.
Wassa		Gold	$	15,870	8,500	oz.	$	10,113	6,900	oz.		Gold	$	24,644	13,300	oz.	$	18,760	12,500	oz.
Other⁽³⁾			$	18,921			$	18,866					$	28,494			$	25,024
		Gold			9,200	oz.			11,900	oz.		Gold			13,300	oz.			15,400	oz.
		Silver			75,100	oz.			85,600	oz.		Silver			141,300	oz.			133,500	oz.
Total stream revenue			$	214,222			$	176,606					$	309,568			$	274,065

Royalty⁽²⁾:
Peñasquito			$	23,161			$	11,997					$	36,289			$	19,422
		Gold			341,300	oz.			131,300	oz.		Gold			521,700	oz.			228,500	oz.
		Silver			15.1	Moz.			13.9	Moz.		Silver			23.2	Moz.			22.6	Moz.
		Lead			93.7	Mlbs.			91.2	Mlbs.		Lead			143.8	Mlbs.			151.7	Mlbs.
		Zinc			191.8	Mlbs.			179.2	Mlbs.		Zinc			311.1	Mlbs.			303.6	Mlbs.
Cortez		Gold	$	13,812	95,300	oz.	$	7,709	63,100	oz.		Gold	$	22,421	147,200	oz.	$	14,109	120,800	oz.
Other⁽³⁾		Various	$	54,045	N/A		$	46,105	N/A			Various	$	79,551	N/A		$	71,257	N/A
Total royalty revenue			$	91,018			$	65,811					$	138,261			$	104,788
Total revenue	Total revenue		$	305,240			$	242,417			Total revenue		$	447,829			$	378,853

⁽¹⁾Reported production relates to the amount of metal sales subject to our stream and royalty interests for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, and ~~2019,~~2020, and may differ from the operators’ public reporting.

⁽²⁾	Refer to “Property Developments” above for a discussion of recent developments at principal properties.

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Individually, except for our stream interest at Rainy River, which contributed 6% of total revenue for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019,~~2020, no stream or royalty included within the “Other” category contributed greater than 5% of our total revenue for either period.

The increase in our total revenue for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 resulted primarily from an increase in the average gold, silver and copper prices compared to the prior period and an increase in production within the royalty segment.

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Gold and silver ounces and copper pounds purchased and sold during the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and ~~2019,~~2020, and gold and silver ounces and copper pounds in inventory as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 and June 30, 2020 for our streaming interests were as follows:


	Six Months Ended		Six Months Ended		As of	As of	Nine Months Ended		Nine Months Ended		As of	As of
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		March 31, 2021	June 30, 2020
Gold Stream	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)
Mount Milligan	29,300	28,800	32,800	29,500	3,800	3,300	41,500	38,000	44,900	43,500	6,800	3,300
Andacollo	24,400	21,600	28,300	27,900	2,900	100	35,100	28,800	37,700	41,800	6,500	100
Pueblo Viejo	19,900	20,500	23,700	20,000	10,500	11,100	31,000	31,000	33,900	33,100	11,100	11,100
Wassa	8,700	8,500	7,800	6,900	3,100	2,900	13,100	13,300	11,600	12,500	2,700	2,900
Other	8,900	9,200	11,400	11,900	1,200	1,500	13,400	13,300	15,900	15,400	1,500	1,500
Total	91,200	88,600	104,000	96,200	21,500	18,900	134,100	124,400	144,000	146,300	28,600	18,900

	Six Months Ended		Six Months Ended		As of	As of	Nine Months Ended		Nine Months Ended		As of	As of
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		March 31, 2021	June 30, 2020
Silver Stream	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Purchases (oz.)	Sales (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)	Inventory (oz.)
Pueblo Viejo	826,800	859,800	880,200	938,000	418,200	451,200	1,074,200	1,278,000	1,274,900	1,355,800	247,500	451,200
Other	118,000	75,100	97,500	85,600	66,300	23,400	190,300	141,300	138,300	133,500	72,300	23,400
Total	944,800	934,900	977,700	1,023,600	484,500	474,600	1,264,500	1,419,300	1,413,200	1,489,300	319,800	474,600

	Six Months Ended		Six Months Ended		As of	As of	Nine Months Ended		Nine Months Ended		As of	As of
	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2020	June 30, 2020	March 31, 2021		March 31, 2020		March 31, 2021	June 30, 2020
Copper Stream	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Purchases (Mlbs.)	Sales (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)	Inventory (Mlbs.)
Mount Milligan	8.3	8.2	6.8	6.7	1.0	0.8	11.8	12.5	10.2	11.0	—	0.8

Cost of sales, which excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization, increased to ~~$46.8~~$68.2 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$41.2~~$63.1 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in ~~the~~ gold, silver and copper prices and an increase in copper sales at Mount Milligan when compared to the prior period. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in gold sales at Andacollo when compared to the prior period. Cost of sales is specific to our stream agreements and is the result of our purchase of gold, silver and copper for a cash payment. The cash payment for gold from Mount Milligan is the lesser of $435 per ounce or the prevailing market price of gold when purchased, while the cash payment for our other streams is a set contractual percentage of the gold, silver or copper (Mount Milligan) spot price near the date of metal delivery.

General and administrative costs decreased to $21.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, from $23.7 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily due to additional non-cash stock compensation expense of approximately $3.3 million from the accelerated vesting of certain equity awards in connection with the retirement of our former President and Chief Executive Officer and our former Vice President and General Counsel in January 2020.

Exploration costs decreased to $0.6 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$4.1~~$4.7 million for the ~~six~~three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. Exploration costs were specific to the exploration and advancement of the Peak Gold JV. On September 30, 2020, we sold our Peak Gold JV interest which is discussed earlier in this MD&A and Note 2 of our notes to consolidated financial statements.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization increased to ~~$94.2~~$135.5 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$78.8~~$130.0 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The increase was primarily due to higher copper sales at Mount Milligan and an increase in depletion rates at Mount Milligan through the six months ended December 31, 2020, as previously discussed in our Fiscal 2020 10-K. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the gold depletion rate at Mount Milligan decreased as a result of improved gold recoveries. The increase in depreciation, depletion and amortization was partially offset by a decrease in gold sales at Andacollo when compared to the prior period.

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We recognized an increase in fair value changes in equity securities of ~~$2.2~~$4.1 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021, compared to a decrease in fair value of ~~$1.2~~$5.0 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The increase was primarily due to a $3.6 million mark-to-market increase on the sale of 809,744 Contango common shares as part of the sale of our interest in the Peak Gold JV during the September 2020 quarter. Refer to Note 4 of our notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion on our marketable equity securities.

Interest and other expense decreased to ~~$3.5~~$5.3 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, from ~~$5.1~~$7.1 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower interest expense as a result of lower interest rates on our outstanding debt when compared to the prior period. Refer to Note 5 of our notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion on our outstanding debt.

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For the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we recorded income tax expense totaling ~~$13.7~~$31.3 million, compared with an income tax benefit of ~~$12.4~~$3.7 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The income tax expense resulted in an effective tax rate of ~~7.6%~~12.4% in the current period, compared with ~~(12.8%~~(2.6%) for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020~~2021 effective tax rate included income tax benefits of ~~$24.5~~$21.8 million resulting primarily from the release of an uncertain tax position due to a settlement agreement with a foreign tax authority and a change to the realizability of certain deferred tax ~~assets, both of which were recorded during~~assets. For the ~~three~~nine months ended ~~September 30, 2020. For the six months ended December~~March 31, ~~2019,~~2020, the effective tax rate included an income tax benefit of $32.3 million primarily related to the enactment of the Federal Act on Tax Reform and AHV Financing in Switzerland (Swiss Tax Reform).

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

At ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we had current assets of ~~$450.5~~$446.3 million compared to current liabilities of ~~$57.2~~$62.7 million, which resulted in working capital of ~~$393.3~~$383.6 million and a current ratio of 87 to 1. This compares to current assets of $362.2 million and current liabilities of $43.6 million at June 30, 2020, resulting in working capital of $318.6 million and a current ratio of approximately 8 to 1. The increase in working capital was primarily due to increased revenue and proceeds from the sale of our ~~Peak Gold JV interest and increased revenue.~~interests in the Manh Choh Project during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

During the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, liquidity needs were met from ~~$194.1~~$286.3 million in net cash provided by operating activities and our available cash resources. As of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we had ~~$800~~$850 million available and ~~$200~~$150 million outstanding under our revolving credit facility. Working capital, combined with available capacity under our revolving credit facility, resulted in approximately $1.2 billion of total liquidity at ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020.~~2021. We were in compliance with each financial covenant under the revolving credit facility as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020.~~2021. Refer to Note 5 of our notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion on our outstanding debt. On ~~January 4,~~April 1, 2021, we repaid ~~$50~~the remaining $150 million ~~of the~~ outstanding ~~borrowings~~ under the credit facility. ~~This increased~~Upon this repayment, the amount available under our revolving credit facility ~~to $850 million and decreased the amount outstanding to $150 million.~~is $1 billion, with no amounts outstanding.

We believe that our current financial resources and funds generated from operations will be adequate to cover anticipated expenditures for debt service, general and administrative expense costs and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our current financial resources are also available to fund dividends and for acquisitions of stream and royalty interests, including ~~the~~any conditional funding ~~schedule in connection with the Khoemac~~a~~u silver stream.~~schedules. Our long-term capital requirements are primarily affected by our ongoing acquisition activities. We currently, and generally at any time, have acquisition opportunities in various stages of active review. In the event of one or more substantial stream or royalty interest or other acquisitions, we may seek additional debt or equity financing as necessary. We occasionally borrow and repay amounts under our revolving credit facility and may do so in the future.

Please refer to our risk factors included in Part 1, Item 1A of our Fiscal 2020 10-K for a discussion of certain risks that may impact our liquidity and capital resources.

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Cash Flows

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities totaled ~~$194.1~~$286.3 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to ~~$149.5~~$249.2 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in cash proceeds received from our stream and royalty interests, net of cost of sales and production taxes, of approximately ~~$49.9~~$54.4 million. The increase was partially offset by an increase in income taxes paid of ~~$10.3~~$24.1 million.

Investing Activities

Net cash ~~provided by~~used in investing activities totaled ~~$12.1~~$21.6 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to net cash used in investing activities of ~~$68.1~~$105.1 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The ~~increase~~decrease was primarily due to $49.2 million received for the sale of our Peak Gold JV investment and $12.1 million for the sale of our Contango shares. This ~~increase~~decrease was partially offset by advance payments totaling ~~$43.6~~$77.2 million for the Khoemacau silver stream acquisition during the current period, compared to $87.8 million during the prior year period.

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Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities totaled ~~$143.4~~$213.5 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to ~~$120.4~~$169.9 million for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December��~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020. The increase was primarily due to an increase in repayments on our revolving credit facility. We repaid ~~$105.0~~$155.0 million on our revolving credit facility during the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, compared to ~~$85.0~~$115.0 million during the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2019.~~2020.

Recent Liquidity and Capital Resource Development

Dividend Increase

On November 17, 2020, we announced an increase in our annual dividend for calendar 2021 from $1.12 to $1.20, payable on a quarterly basis of $0.30 per share. The newly declared dividend is 7% higher than the dividend paid during calendar 2020. We have steadily increased our annual dividend for 20 years, or since calendar 2001. We expect to pay our annual dividend using cash on hand.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards and Critical Accounting Policies

Refer to Note 1 of our notes to consolidated financial statements for further discussion on any recently adopted accounting standards. Refer to our Fiscal 2020 10-K for discussion on our critical accounting policies.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report and our other public communications include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are any statements other than statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may differ materially from these statements.

Forward-looking statements are often identified by words like “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “forecast,” “potential,” “intend,” “continue,” “project,” or negatives of these words or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: statements about our expected financial performance, including revenue, expenses, earnings or cash flow; operators’ expected operating and financial performance, including production, deliveries, mine plans and reserves, development, cash flows and capital expenditures; planned and potential acquisitions or dispositions, including funding schedules and conditions; liquidity, financing and ~~dividends;~~shareholder returns; our overall investment portfolio; macroeconomic and market conditions including the impacts of COVID-19; prices for gold, silver, copper, nickel and other metals; potential impairments; or tax changes.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: a lower-price environment for gold, silver, copper, nickel or other metals; operating activities or financial performance of properties on which we hold stream or royalty interests, including variations between actual and forecasted performance, operators’ ability to complete projects on schedule and as planned, changes to mine plans and reserves,

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liquidity needs, mining and environmental hazards, labor disputes, distribution and supply chain disruptions, permitting and licensing issues, contractual issues involving our stream or royalty agreements, or operational disruptions due to COVID-19; risks associated with doing business in foreign countries; our ability to identify, finance, value and complete acquisitions; adverse economic and market conditions; changes in laws or regulations governing us, operators or operating properties; changes in management and key employees; and other factors described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of our Fiscal 2020 ~~10-K.~~10-K and subsequent Forms 10-Q. Most of these factors are beyond our ability to predict or control.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. We disclaim any obligation to update any

forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Our earnings and cash flows are significantly impacted by changes in the market price of gold and other metals. Gold, silver, copper, and other metal prices can fluctuate significantly and are affected by numerous factors, such as demand, production levels, economic policies of central banks, producer hedging, world political and economic events, and the strength of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies. Please see the risk factor entitled “Our revenue is subject to volatility in metal prices, which could negatively affect our results of operations or cash flow.” under Part I, Item 1A of our Fiscal 2020 10-K, for more information about risks associated with metal price volatility.

During the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, we reported revenue of ~~$305.2~~$447.8 million, with an average gold price for the period of ~~$1,892~~$1,859 per ounce, an average silver price of ~~$24.32~~$24.96 per ounce, and an average copper price of ~~$3.10~~$3.35 per pound. The table below shows the impact that a 10% increase or decrease in the average price of the specified metal would have had on our total reported revenue for the ~~six~~nine months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020:~~2021:


Metal	Percentage of Total Reported Revenue Associated with Specified Metal	Amount by Which Total Reported Revenue Would Have Increased or Decreased If Price of Specified Metal Had Averaged 10% Higher or Lower in Period
Gold	~~76%~~73%	$~~23.8~~22.5 million
Copper	~~11%~~12%	$~~3.6~~3.8 million
Silver	10%	$~~3.1~~3.3 million

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (the principal financial and accounting officer), we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020.~~2021. Based on this evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

Our management, including our President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Royal Gold have been detected.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes to the risk factors included in the section entitled “Risk Factors” of our Fiscal 2020 10-K.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Period
(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased⁽¹⁾
(b) Average Price Paid Per Share
(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan or Programs
October 2020
—
—
N/A
N/A
November 2020
158
$117.36
N/A
N/A
December 2020
—
—
N/A
N/A
Total
158
$117.36
N/A
N/A


~~(1)~~ Period	~~Represents shares~~ (a) Total Number of ~~common stock withheld by us~~Shares Purchased	(b) Average Price Paid Per Share	(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as ~~payment~~Part of ~~withholding taxes due upon~~Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the ~~vesting of restricted stock held by our employees.~~Plan or Programs
January 2021	—	—	N/A	N/A
February 2021	—	—	N/A	N/A
March 2021	—	—	N/A	N/A
Total	—	—	N/A	N/A

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description

10.1▲		Addendum to the Employment Contract, dated March 4, 2021, between RGLD Gold AG and Daniel Breeze (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Royal Gold’s Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2021, and incorporated herein by reference).

31.1*		Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2*		Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1‡		Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2‡		Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101*		The following financial statements from Royal Gold, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, formatted in Inline XBRL: (a) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (b) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (c) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (d) Consolidated Balance Sheets, and (e) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text and including detailed tags.

104*		The cover page from Royal Gold, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended ~~December~~March 31, ~~2020,~~2021, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).

*	Filed herewith.

‡	Furnished herewith.

▲	Identifies a management contract or compensation plan or arrangement.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	ROYAL GOLD, INC.

Date: ~~February 4,~~May 6, 2021
	By:	/s/ William Heissenbuttel
		William Heissenbuttel
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: ~~February 4,~~May 6, 2021	By:	/s/ Paul Libner
		Paul Libner
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Period	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased⁽¹⁾	(b) Average Price Paid Per Share	(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan or Programs
October 2020	—	—	N/A	N/A
November 2020	158	$117.36	N/A	N/A
December 2020	—	—	N/A	N/A
Total	158	$117.36	N/A	N/A