Royal Gold, Inc. owns and manages royalties primarily on precious metals mines, with a focus on gold. The Company’s royalty portfolio provides investors with a unique opportunity to capture value in the precious metals sector without incurring many of the costs and risks associated with mine operations.
A royalty is simply a right to receive a percentage of production from a mine. By investing in a royalty, Royal Gold buys a percentage of the metal produced from a given property in exchange for a front end payment, without assuming any responsibility for the actual mining operation. Thus, the Company does not have to contribute to the operating and capital costs at the mine.
Royal Gold owns a large portfolio of producing, development, evaluation and exploration stage royalties located in some of the world’s most prolific gold regions. Through this high quality portfolio, Royal Gold maintains upside potential through any exploration successes by the operators and benefits when new reserves are produced.
The company is guided by the experience of a senior executive management team with expertise in the fields of geology, engineering, law and finance. Our successful business model generates strong cash flow and high margins with a lower cost structure, providing shareholders with a premium precious metals investment.
A Denver-based corporation, Royal Gold is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, under the symbol “RGLD,” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange, under the symbol “RGL.” Management and directors beneficially own about 5% of the shares of the Company.