ROYAL GOLD INC
10-Qs and 10-Ks
PROXIES
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM
10-Q
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(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | ||||
For the Quarterly Period Ended
March 31, 2025
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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
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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There were
65,816,496
shares of Royal Gold common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2025.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited, amounts in thousands except share data)
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March 31,
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December 31,
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| ASSETS | |||||||||||
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| Royalty receivables |
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| Stream and royalty interests, net (Note 3) |
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| Other assets |
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| Total assets | $ |
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| LIABILITIES | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ |
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| Total current liabilities |
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| Deferred tax liabilities |
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| Mount Milligan deferred liability (Note 4) |
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| Other liabilities |
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| Total liabilities |
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| Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) |
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| EQUITY | |||||||||||
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Preferred stock, $
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| Total liabilities and equity | $ |
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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)
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March 31,
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March 31,
2024 |
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| Revenue (Note 5) | $ |
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| Cost of sales (excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization) |
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| Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
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| Total costs and expenses |
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| Operating income |
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| Fair value changes in equity securities |
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| Interest and other income |
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| Interest and other expense |
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| Income before income taxes |
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| Net income and comprehensive income |
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| Net income and comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests |
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| Net income and comprehensive income attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders | $ |
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| Net income per share attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders: | |||||||||||
| Basic earnings per share | $ |
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| Diluted earnings per share | $ |
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| Cash dividends declared per common share | $ |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
Three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024
(unaudited, amounts in thousands except share data)
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Additional
Paid-In Capital |
Accumulated
Earnings |
Non-controlling
Interests |
Total
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| Balance at December 31, 2024 |
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| Stock-based compensation and related share issuances |
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| Distributions to non-controlling interests | — | — | — | — |
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| Net income and comprehensive income | — | — | — |
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| Balance at March 31, 2025 |
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| Balance at March 31, 2024 |
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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)
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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 RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Royal Gold, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (“Royal Gold,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), 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 the production, development or exploration 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 and obligation 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. 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 months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the calendar year ending December 31, 2025. These interim unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 13, 2025 (“2024 10-K”).
Recent Accounting Standards
2.
ACQUISITIONS
Additional Xavantina Stream
On March 28, 2025, we entered into an additional precious metals purchase agreement (“Additional Stream”) with Ero Gold Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ero Copper Corporation, and certain of its affiliates for gold produced from the Xavantina mine for an advance payment of $
50
million. The Additional Stream is incremental to the existing precious metals purchase agreement between the parties dated June 29, 2021 (“Base Stream”), and significantly extends the area of interest.
As of March 31, 2025,
46,500
ounces of gold have been delivered under the Base Stream at a cash purchase price of
20
% of the spot gold price for each ounce delivered, which will increase to
40
% of the spot gold price for each ounce delivered upon the delivery of
49,000
ounces. When considered with the Base Stream, the Additional Stream effectively increases the threshold for stream deliveries at the current
25
% stream rate from
93,000
ounces to
160,000
ounces, with the additional deliveries to be payable at a cash price of
40
% of the spot gold price.
The Additional Stream has been accounted for as an asset acquisition. The $
50
million advance payment, plus direct acquisition costs, have been recorded as an exploration stage stream interest (Note 3) within
Stream and royalty interests, net
on our consolidated balance sheets. The purchase price was funded with available cash on hand.
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
3.
STREAM AND ROYALTY INTERESTS, NET
The following tables summarize our stream and royalty interests, net as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
4.
MOUNT MILLIGAN DEFERRED LIABILITY
On February 13, 2024, we entered into a Processing Cost Support Agreement (the "Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement") with Centerra Gold Inc. ("Centerra") with respect to the Mount Milligan mine for cash consideration of $
24.5
million,
50,000
ounces of gold to be delivered in the future ("Deferred Gold Consideration") and a free cash flow interest. The cost support allowed for the extension of the mine from 2032 to 2035 and the potential to extend the mine life beyond 2035.
The value of the cash consideration and free cash flow interest received from Centerra is recorded as a deferred liability in our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2025.
For further detail on the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement and the Deferred Gold Consideration refer to our 2024 10-K.
5.
REVENUE
Revenue Recognition
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 time that control of the related metal production transfers to our customers. The amount of revenue we recognize further reflects the consideration to which we are entitled under the respective stream or royalty agreement. A more detailed summary of our revenue recognition policies for our stream and royalty interests is discussed below.
Stream Interests
A metal stream is a purchase agreement that provides, in exchange for an upfront deposit payment, the right and obligation 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 at cash average or spot market prices. The sales price for the averaging contracts is determined by the average daily gold, silver or copper spot prices during the term of the contract, typically a consecutive period 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 both averaging and spot sales contracts via physical delivery of the metal to the purchaser (our customer) on the settlement date specified in the contract. Under our 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 its 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 costs.
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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 2024 10-K. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, royalty revenue that was estimated or was attributable to metal production for a period prior to the three months ended March 31, 2025, was not material.
Disaggregation of Revenue
We have identified
two
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 9.
Revenue by metal type attributable to each of our revenue sources is disaggregated as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
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| Stream revenue: | |||||||||||
| Gold | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Silver |
|
|
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| Copper |
|
|
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| Total stream revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Royalty revenue: | |||||||||||
| Gold | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Copper |
|
|
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| Silver |
|
|
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| Other |
|
|
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| Total royalty revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Total revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Revenue attributable to our principal stream and royalty interests is disaggregated as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| Metal(s) |
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
|||||||||||||||
| Stream revenue: | |||||||||||||||||
| Mount Milligan | Gold & Copper | $ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||||||
| Pueblo Viejo | Gold & Silver |
|
|
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| Andacollo | Gold |
|
|
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|
Other
(1)
|
Gold & Silver |
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Total stream revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Royalty revenue: | |||||||||||||||||
| Cortez Legacy Zone | Gold | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Cortez CC Zone | Gold |
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Other
(1)
|
Various |
|
|
||||||||||||||
| Total royalty revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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Please refer to Note 9
for the geographical distribution of our revenue by reportable segment.
6.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
We recognized stock-based compensation expense as follows (amounts in thousands):
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
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| Restricted stock | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Performance stock |
|
|
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| Total stock-based compensation expense |
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|
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Stock-based compensation expense is included within
General and administrative
expense in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.
We granted the following stock-based compensation awards:
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
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| (Number of shares) | |||||||||||
|
Performance stock (at maximum
|
|
|
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| Restricted stock |
|
|
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| Total equity awards granted |
|
|
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
As of March 31, 2025, unrecognized compensation expense (expressed in thousands below) and weighted-average vesting period for each of our stock-based compensation awards were as follows:
|
Unrecognized
compensation expense |
Weighted-
average vesting period (years) |
||||||||||
| Restricted stock | $ |
|
|
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| Performance stock |
|
|
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7.
EARNINGS PER SHARE (“EPS”)
Basic EPS was 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 table summarizes the effects of dilutive securities on diluted EPS for the periods shown below (amounts in thousands, except share data):
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
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| Net income attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Weighted-average shares for basic EPS |
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|
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| Effect of other dilutive securities |
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|
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| Weighted-average shares for diluted EPS |
|
|
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| Basic EPS | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Diluted EPS | $ |
|
$ |
|
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8.
INCOME TAXES
The following table provides the income tax expense (amounts in thousands) and effective tax rates for the periods indicated:
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
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| Income tax expense | $ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
| Effective tax rate |
|
% |
|
% | |||||||
The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2025, included a $
12.0
million discrete benefit, net of valuation allowance, for additional recoverable basis in foreign jurisdictions and a $
1.7
million discrete benefit related to a withholding tax refund on a foreign royalty. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024 included a $
13.0
million discrete income tax expense related to the consideration from the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement.
9.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
We manage our business under
two
reportable segments, consisting of the acquisition and management of stream interests and the acquisition and management of royalty interests. Our President and Chief Executive Officer serves as our Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") and is responsible for reviewing segment performance and making decisions regarding resource allocation. In addition to revenue, our CODM regularly reviews cost of sales, production taxes and
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
depletion for each of our reportable segments.
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 March 31, 2025 | As of December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stream
interest |
Royalty
interest |
Total stream
and royalty interests, net |
Stream
interest |
Royalty
interest |
Total stream
and royalty interests, net |
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| Canada | $ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
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| Dominican Republic |
|
|
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| Africa |
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|
|
|
|
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| Chile |
|
|
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|
|
|
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| United States |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Mexico |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Australia |
|
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|
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|
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| Rest of world |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Total | $ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
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Our reportable segments for purposes of assessing performance are shown below (amounts in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue |
Cost of sales
(1)
|
Production taxes |
Depletion
(2)
|
Segment gross profit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stream interests | $ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Royalty interests |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
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| Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue |
Cost of sales
(1)
|
Production taxes |
Depletion
(2)
|
Segment gross profit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stream interests | $ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Royalty interests |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
$ |
|
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_______________________________________________
(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.
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ROYAL GOLD, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
A reconciliation of total segment gross profit to the consolidated
Income before income taxes
is shown below (amounts in thousands):
| Three Months Ended | |||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
||||||||||
| Total segment gross profit | $ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
| Costs and expenses | |||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses |
|
|
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| Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
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| Operating income |
|
|
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| Fair value changes in equity securities |
(
|
|
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| Interest and other income |
|
|
|||||||||
| Interest and other expense |
(
|
(
|
|||||||||
| Income before income taxes | $ |
|
$ |
|
|||||||
Our revenue by reportable segment for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, is geographically distributed as shown in the following table (amounts in thousands):
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
March 31,
2025 |
March 31,
2024 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stream revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | $ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic |
|
|
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| Africa |
|
|
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| Chile |
|
|
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| Rest of world |
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total stream revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Royalty revenue: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Mexico |
|
|
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| Canada |
|
|
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| Australia |
|
|
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| Rest of world |
|
|
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| Total royalty revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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| Total revenue | $ |
|
$ |
|
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10.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Ilovica Gold Stream Acquisition
As of March 31, 2025, 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 the financial condition and results of operations of Royal Gold. 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 the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 13, 2025 (“2024 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 mineral resources and 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, in certain cases 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.
Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “Royal Gold,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Royal Gold, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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 the production, development or exploration stage in exchange for stream or royalty interests.
We manage our business under two segments:
•
Acquisition and Management of Stream Interests —
A metal stream is a purchase agreement that provides, in exchange for an upfront deposit payment, the right and obligation 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 March 31, 2025, we owned 9 stream interests, which are on 7 producing properties and 2 development stage properties. Stream interests accounted for approximately 63% of our total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 69% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. We expect stream interests to continue representing a significant portion of our total revenue.
•
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 March 31, 2025, we owned royalty interests on 33 producing properties, 17 development stage properties and 116 exploration stage properties, of which we consider 50 to be evaluation stage projects. We use “evaluation stage” to describe exploration stage properties that contain mineral resources and on which operators are engaged in the search for mineral reserves. Royalty interests accounted for 37% of our total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 31% for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
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.
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 stages of review. Our review process may include, for example, engaging consultants and advisors to analyze an opportunity; analysis of technical, financial, legal, environmental, social, governance and other confidential information regarding an opportunity; submission of indications of interest and term sheets; participation in preliminary discussions and negotiations; and involvement as a bidder in competitive processes.
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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 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 months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, average metal prices and percentages of revenue by metal were as follows:
|
Three Months Ended
|
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| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metal |
Average
Price
|
Percentage
of Revenue
|
Average
Price
|
Percentage
of Revenue
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Gold ($/ounce)
(1)
|
$ | 2,860 | 75% | $ | 2,070 | 75% | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Silver ($/ounce)
(1)
|
$ | 31.88 | 12% | $ | 23.34 | 13% | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Copper ($/pound)
(2)
|
$ | 4.24 | 9% | $ | 3.83 | 9% | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | N/A | 4% | N/A | 3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)
Based on the average U.S. dollars London Bullion Market Association PM fixing price for gold and daily fixing price for silver, as applicable.
(2)
Based on the average U.S. dollars London Metals Exchange settlement price for copper.
Recent Developments
Additional Xavantina Stream
On March 28, 2025, we entered into an additional precious metals purchase agreement (“Additional Stream”) with Ero Gold Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ero Copper Corporation, and certain of its affiliates for gold produced from the Xavantina mine for an advance payment of $50 million. The Additional Stream is incremental to the precious metals purchase agreement dated June 29, 2021 (“Base Stream”), and significantly extends the area of interest.
When considered with the Base Stream, the Additional Stream effectively increases the threshold for stream deliveries at the 25% stream rate from 93,000 ounces to 160,000 ounces, with deliveries payable at a cash price of 40% of the spot gold price. As of March 31, 2025, 46,500 ounces of gold have been delivered under the Base Stream at a cash purchase price of 20% of the spot gold price for each ounce delivered, which will increase to 40% of the spot gold price for each ounce delivered upon the delivery of 49,000 ounces.
The purchase price was funded with available cash on hand.
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.
Stream Interests
Andacollo
Gold stream deliveries from Andacollo were approximately 5,500 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to approximately 4,900 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Stream deliveries typically occur approximately 5 months after mine production and are based on a fixed payability factor of 89%.
According to Teck Resources Limited ("Teck"), gold production in the three months ended March 31, 2025, was approximately 7,400 ounces compared to 3,400 ounces in the prior year period. Mill throughput was significantly higher in the three month period ended March 31, 2025, as a result of increased water availability compared to the prior year period, which was impacted by drought conditions. Teck expects 2025 gold production at Andacollo to range between 35,000 and 39,000 ounces compared to actual gold production of 20,800 ounces in 2024. The expected increase is primarily driven by
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higher mill throughput due to increased water availability, which was impacted by drought conditions throughout much of 2024. The mine life of Andacollo is expected to continue until 2037, although Teck has reported that additional environmental permits will be required to extend the mine life beyond 2031.
Mount Milligan
Gold stream deliveries from Mount Milligan were approximately 16,100 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to approximately 15,200 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Copper stream deliveries from Mount Milligan were approximately 3.1 million pounds during the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to approximately 3.4 million pounds during the three months ended March 31, 2024. Increased gold deliveries in the current period primarily resulted from differences in the timing of shipments and settlements during the periods, as well as higher throughput and gold grades; decreased copper deliveries in the current period resulted from differences in the timing of shipments and settlements, which offset the production improvement related to the higher throughput. Gold stream deliveries are based on a fixed payability factor of 97% and copper stream deliveries are based on a minimum payability factor of 95%.
On February 20, 2025, Centerra Gold Inc. ("Centerra") provided Mount Milligan production guidance for 2025. Centerra expects gold production to range between 165,000 and 185,000 ounces, and copper production to range between 50 and 60 million pounds, with production of both metals to be weighted toward the second half of the year compared to 2024 gold and copper production of 167,600 ounces and 54.3 million pounds, respectively.
Centerra also reported that a Pre-feasibility Study (“PFS”) to evaluate the substantial mineral resources to unlock additional value beyond the current mine life is on track to be completed in the third quarter of 2025. According to Centerra, it is optimistic that the mine life can be extended beyond the current mine life of approximately 2036, which is based on the available space in the existing tailings storage facility.
Centerra also reported that it is evaluating options for additional tailings capacity and expects that the PFS will incorporate an increase in annual mill throughput in the range of 10% through ball mill motor upgrades and additional downstream flowsheet improvements, which may also improve overall metal recovery.
Pueblo Viejo
Gold stream deliveries from Pueblo Viejo were approximately 5,800 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to approximately 5,800 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Gold stream deliveries are based on a fixed payability factor of 99.9%.
Silver stream deliveries were approximately 204,700 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to approximately 218,200 ounces for the three months ended March 31, 2024. Silver stream deliveries are based on a fixed payability factor of 99.0%.
Gold and silver deliveries are quarterly and typically occur one to three months after mine production.
On May 7, 2025, Barrick Mining Corporation ("Barrick") reported that 2025 gold production guidance of 370,000 to 410,000 ounces for its 60% share of Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic is unchanged after completing a 35-day shutdown for debottlenecking work on the expanded plant in the first quarter of the year. This guidance compares to 2024 gold production of 352,000 ounces.
Barrick also provided a progress update on the mine life extension project, where activity is focused on housing, resettlement and the El Naranjo tailings storage facility. The housing project continues with 220 homes constructed and 18 families resettled. Engineering work is ongoing for the tailings storage facility and the overall schedule remains on track to have the starter dam completed ahead of the existing El Llagal dam reaching capacity.
Royalty Interests
Cortez
Production attributable to the Company’s royalty interest at the Cortez Complex was approximately 150,800 ounces of gold for the three months ended March 31, 2025, of which 31,100 ounces were attributable to the Legacy Zone, and 119,700 ounces were attributable to the CC Zone, compared to approximately 194,200 ounces of gold for the three months ended March 31, 2024, of which 69,200 ounces were attributable to the Legacy Zone, and 125,000 ounces were attributable to the CC Zone.
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On May 7, 2025, Barrick reported that 2025 gold production guidance of approximately 680,000 to 765,000 ounces (100% basis) is unchanged at the Cortez Complex in Nevada. This guidance compares to 2024 gold production of 722,000 ounces. We estimate our overall average royalty rate on this production to be approximately 3.1% for 2025.
Additionally, Barrick reported continued progress at the various projects underway at Cortez. At Goldrush, the sinking of the first eight ventilation shafts and the installation of underground primary fans were completed, which enable increased mining rates. At the Fourmile project, the exploration drilling campaign to define the orebody and delineate the overall footprint commenced, and the pre-feasibility study is expected to start in 2025. At the Hanson project, exploration drilling is focused on the Birch target for 2025, and at the Swift project, exploration results have extended the footprint of anomalous gold mineralization 900 meters to the south.
Results of Operations
Quarter Ended March 31, 2025, Compared to Quarter Ended March 31, 2024
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recorded net income and comprehensive income attributable to Royal Gold stockholders (“net income”) of $113.5 million, or $1.72 per basic and diluted share, as compared to net income of $47.2 million, or $0.72 per basic and diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase in net income was primarily attributable to higher revenue and lower tax expense, each discussed below.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized total revenue of $193.4 million, comprised of stream revenue of $122.5 million and royalty revenue of $71.0 million at an average gold price of $2,860 per ounce, an average silver price of $31.88 per ounce and an average copper price of $4.24 per pound. This is compared to total revenue of $148.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, comprised of stream revenue of $102.5 million and royalty revenue of $46.4 million, at an average gold price of $2,070 per ounce, an average silver price of $23.34 per ounce and an average copper price of $3.83 per pound. Revenue and the corresponding production attributable to our stream and royalty interests for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, are as follows:
Revenue and Reported Production Subject to Our Stream and Royalty Interests
(Amounts in thousands, except reported production oz. and lbs.)
| Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reported | Reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stream/Royalty | Metal(s) | Revenue |
Production
(1)
|
Revenue |
Production
(1)
|
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|
Stream
(2)
:
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| Mount Milligan | $ | 42,808 | $ | 34,995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold | 11,800 | oz. | 12,500 | oz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copper | 2.2 | Mlbs. | 2.5 | Mlbs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pueblo Viejo | $ | 28,751 | $ | 17,760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold | 7,700 | oz. | 6,200 | oz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver | 219,400 | oz. | 223,000 | oz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andacollo | Gold | $ | 12,744 | 4,400 | oz. | $ | 11,689 | 5,700 | oz. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
(3)
|
$ | 38,179 | $ | 38,084 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold | 9,400 | oz. | 13,800 | oz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver | 378,000 | oz. | 412,000 | oz. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total stream revenue | $ | 122,482 | $ | 102,528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Royalty
(2)
:
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| Cortez Legacy Zone | Gold | $ | 11,143 | 31,100 | oz. | $ | 13,365 | 69,200 | oz. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cortez CC Zone | Gold | $ | 3,554 | 119,700 | oz. | $ | 4,411 | 125,000 | oz. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other
(3)
|
Various | $ | 56,257 | N/A | $ | 28,598 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total royalty revenue | $ | 70,954 | $ | 46,374 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Revenue | $ | 193,436 | $ | 148,902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)
Reported production relates to the amount of stream metal sales and the metal sales attributable to our royalty interests for the three months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, and may differ from the operators’ public reporting due to a number of factors, including the timing of the operator’s concentrate shipments, the delivery of metal to us and our subsequent sale of the delivered metal. Refer to Note
5
to the notes to consolidated financial statements.
(2)
Refer to “Property Developments” above for a discussion of recent developments at principal properties.
(3)
Individually, no stream or royalty included within the “Other” category contributed greater than 10% of our total revenue for either period. In our 2024 10-K, Khoemac
a
u and Peñasquito were reclassified from principal to non-principal stream and royalty properties, respectively, and are shown within "Other" in the table above.
The increase in our total revenue resulted primarily from higher average gold, silver and copper prices compared to the prior period. Higher gold sales from Pueblo Viejo and higher gold and zinc production from Peñasquito (included within "Other" royalty revenue in the table above) also contributed to the increase. These increases were partially offset by lower production from Cortez and lower gold sales from Xavantina (included within "Other" stream revenue in the table above) when compared to the prior year period.
Gold and silver ounces and copper pounds purchased and sold during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and gold and silver ounces and copper pounds in inventory as of March 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, for our streaming interests were as follows:
| Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | As of | As of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Stream | Purchases (oz.) | Sales (oz.) | Purchases (oz.) | Sales (oz.) | Inventory (oz.) | Inventory (oz.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Milligan | 16,100 | 11,800 | 15,200 | 12,500 | 8,800 | 4,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pueblo Viejo | 5,800 | 7,700 | 5,800 | 6,200 | 5,800 | 7,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andacollo | 5,500 | 4,400 | 4,900 | 5,700 | 1,100 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 8,800 | 9,400 | 13,800 | 13,700 | 2,700 | 3,300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 36,200 | 33,300 | 39,700 | 38,100 | 18,400 | 15,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | As of | As of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver Stream | Purchases (oz.) | Sales (oz.) | Purchases (oz.) | Sales (oz.) | Inventory (oz.) | Inventory (oz.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Pueblo Viejo
(1)
|
204,700 | 219,400 | 218,200 | 223,000 | 204,700 | 219,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other
(2)
|
367,500 | 378,000 | 383,100 | 412,000 | 108,500 | 119,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 572,200 | 597,400 | 601,300 | 635,000 | 313,200 | 338,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | As of | As of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Copper Stream | Purchases (Mlbs.) | Sales (Mlbs.) | Purchases (Mlbs.) | Sales (Mlbs.) | Inventory (Mlbs.) | Inventory (Mlbs.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Milligan | 3.1 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 0.9 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)
Pueblo Viejo silver purchases for the three months ended
March 31, 2025
do not include 300,200 ounces of silver permitted to be deferred based on the terms of the Pueblo Viejo stream agreement. Total deferred silver ounces were 2.0 million ounces at March 31, 2025, and the timing for the delivery of this deferred amount is uncertain.
(2)
In our 2024 10-K, Khoemac
a
u was reclassified from a principal to a non-principal property and is shown within "Other" in the table above.
Cost of sales, which excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization, increased to $24.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, from $21.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The increase, when compared to the prior year period, was primarily due to higher gold, silver and copper prices and higher gold sales from Pueblo Viejo. Cost of sales is specific to our stream agreements and, except for Mount Milligan, is the result of our purchase of metal for a cash payment that is a set contractual percentage of the spot price for that metal near the date of metal delivery. For Mount Milligan, the cash payments under the stream agreement are the lesser of $435 per ounce or the prevailing market price of gold when purchased and 15% of the spot price for copper near the date of metal delivery. Separately, and in
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addition to the cash payments under the stream agreement, the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement provides for cash payments on gold and copper deliveries that are expected to begin after certain thresholds are met or earlier, if metal prices are below certain thresholds and if requested by Centerra. For further detail on the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement refer to our 2024 10-K.
General and administrative costs decreased to $11.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, from $11.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower consulting costs offset by higher non-cash stock compensation expense compared to the prior year period.
Depreciation, depletion and amortization decreased to $33.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, from $38.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower stream depletion rates as a result of proven and probable mineral reserve increases by our operators, lower gold sales from Xavantina and lower gold production at Cortez compared to the prior year period.
Interest and other expense decreased to $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, from $4.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower interest expense as a result of lower average amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facility compared to the prior year period. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, there was no outstanding debt compared to average amounts outstanding of $221 million at an average all-in borrowing rate of 6.6% for the prior year period.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recorded income tax expense of $10.4 million, compared to $27.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The income tax expense resulted in an effective tax rate of 8.4% in the current period, compared with 36.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The lower income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2025, included a $12.0 million discrete be
nefit, net of valuation allowance, for additional recoverable basis in foreign jurisdictions an
d a $1.7 million discrete benefit related to a withholding tax refund on a foreign royalty. The higher income tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was primarily attributable to a $13.0 million discrete income tax expense related to the consideration from the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
At March 31, 2025, we had current assets of $316.5 million compared to current liabilities of $66.8 million, which resulted in working capital of $249.7 million. This compares to current assets of $275.3 million and current liabilities of $85.2 million at December 31, 2024, resulting in working capital of $190.1 million. The increase in working capital was primarily due to an increase in our available cash, which primarily resulted from higher net cash proceeds from our stream and royalty interests, partially offset by the $50 million paid for the additional Xavantina stream during the current period.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, liquidity needs were met from $136.4 million in net cash provided by operating activities and our available cash resources. Working capital, combined with available capacity under our revolving credit facility, resulted in approximately $1.2 billion of total liquidity at March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, we had no outstanding debt and $1.0 billion available under our revolving credit facility. We were in compliance with each financial covenant under the revolving credit facility as of March 31, 2025.
We believe that our current financial resources and funds generated from operations will be adequate to cover anticipated expenditures for debt service and general and administrative expense costs for the foreseeable future. Our current financial resources are also available to fund dividends and for acquisitions of stream and royalty interests, including any conditional funding 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 2024 10-K for a discussion of certain risks that may impact our liquidity and capital resources.
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Recent Liquidity Developments
Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $136.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $138.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to cash proceeds of $24.5 million received for the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement and $12.0 million of interest from the repayment of the Khoemac
a
u debt facility in the prior year period and higher income taxes paid in the current period of $8.4 million. This decrease was partially offset by higher net cash proceeds received from our stream and royalty interests of $37.2 million and lower debt cash interest payments of $4.1 million when compared to the prior year period.
Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities totaled $58.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $23.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The period over period change was primarily due to the $50 million payment for the acquisition of the additional Xavantina stream in the current period, whereas the prior period included $25 million received from the repayment of principal on the Khoemac
a
u subordinated debt facility.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities totaled $32.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $128.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to lower debt repayments when compared to the prior year period. This decrease was partially offset by higher dividend payments compared to the prior year period.
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
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
in our 2024 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, statements regarding the following: our expected financial performance and outlook, including sales volume, revenue, expenses, tax rates, earnings, and cash flows; operators’ expected operating and financial performance and other anticipated developments relating to their properties and operations, including production, deliveries, estimates of mineral resources and mineral reserves, environmental and feasibility studies, technical reports, mine plans, capital requirements, liquidity, and capital expenditures; opportunities for investments, acquisitions and other transactions; anticipated benefits from investments, acquisitions, and other transactions; receipt and timing of future metal deliveries, including deferred amounts at Pueblo Viejo; the timing and amount of future benefits and obligations in connection with the Mount Milligan Cost Support Agreement; anticipated liquidity, capital resources, financing, and stockholder returns; borrowings and repayments under our revolving credit facility; and prices for gold, silver, copper, and other metals.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: changes in the price of gold, silver, copper, 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, operators’ changes to mine plans and mineral reserves and mineral resources (including updated mineral reserve and mineral resource information), liquidity needs, mining and environmental hazards, labor disputes, distribution and supply chain disruptions, permitting and licensing issues, other adverse government or court actions, or operational disruptions; changes of control of properties or operators; contractual issues involving our stream or royalty agreements; the timing of deliveries of metals from operators and our subsequent sales of metal; risks associated with doing business in foreign countries; increased competition for stream and royalty
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interests; environmental risks, including those caused by climate change; potential cyber-attacks, including ransomware; our ability to identify, finance, value, and complete investments, acquisitions, or other transactions; adverse economic and market conditions; effects of health epidemics and pandemics; changes in laws or regulations governing us, operators, or operating properties; changes in management and key employees; and other factors described in this report and in our other reports filed with the SEC, including our 2024 10-K. Most of these factors are beyond our ability to predict or control. Other unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this report or our other reports could also have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements.
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.
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, inflation 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 adversely affect our results of operations and cash flow
,” under Part I, Item 1A of our 2024 10-K, for more information about risks associated with metal price volatility.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we reported revenue of $193.4 million, with an average gold price for the period of $2,860 per ounce, an average silver price of $31.88 per ounce, and an average copper price of $4.24 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 three months ended March 31, 2025:
| 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 | 75% | $14.7 million | ||||||
| Silver | 12% | $2.4 million | ||||||
| Copper | 9% | $1.8 million | ||||||
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (the principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the principal financial and accounting officer), we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2025, at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2025, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, 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
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ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes to the risk factors included in Part I, Item 1A of our 2024 10-K.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION
During the three months ended March 31, 2025,
no
director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement, as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K, other than as described below.
On
March 11, 2025
,
Paul Libner
, the Company’s Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
,
adopted
a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, providing for the potential sale of up to
2,000
shares of the Company’s common stock through
July 1, 2026
.
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ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||||||
| 10.1 | 8-K | 001-13357 | 10.1 | 3/21/2025 | |||||||||||||
| 10.2 | 8-K | 001-13357 | 10.2 | 3/21/2025 | |||||||||||||
| 10.3 | 8-K | 001-13357 | 10.3 | 3/21/2025 | |||||||||||||
| 31.1* | |||||||||||||||||
| 31.2* | |||||||||||||||||
| 32.1** | |||||||||||||||||
| 32.2** | |||||||||||||||||
| 101* | The following financial statements from Royal Gold, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, 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* | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | ||||||||||||||||
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* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
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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. | ||||||||
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Date: May 8, 2025
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| By: |
/
s/ William Heissenbuttel
|
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| William Heissenbuttel | ||||||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||||
|
Date: May 8, 2025
|
By: | /s/ Paul Libner | ||||||
| Paul Libner | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||||||||
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I. Financial InformationprintItem 1. Financial StatementsprintItem 2. Management S Discussion and Analysis Of Financial Condition and Results Of OperationsprintItem 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market RiskprintItem 4. Controls and ProceduresprintPart II. Other InformationprintPart IIprintItem 1. Legal ProceedingsprintItem 1A. Risk FactorsprintItem 2. Unregistered Sales Of Equity Securities and Use Of ProceedsprintItem 3. Defaults Upon Senior SecuritiesprintItem 4. Mine Safety DisclosuresprintItem 5. Other InformationprintItem 6. Exhibitsprint