26 Royal Gold, Inc. 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance Report About Royal Gold Governance ESG Stewardship Our People Our Operators and Communities Appendices Board composition 1 Good governance begins with effective oversight by our Board and its committees, followed by effective execution by our talented workforce. Our Board comprises seven Directors. All Directors, excluding our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), are independent; our Chair and all members of each of the Board’s two standing committees are also independent, namely the Audit and Finance Committee and the CNG Committee. The composition of our Board and Board-level subcommittees is presented in this table. 1 Details in the Board of Directors chart are as of the report publication date. D I R EC TO R William Heissenbuttel (President and CEO) Jamie Sokalsky Fabiana Chubbs William Hayes (Chair of the Board) Kevin McArthur Sybil Veenman Ronald Vance D I R EC TO R SI N CE 2020 2015 2020 2008 2014 2017 2013 AGE 57 65 57 78 68 59 70 I N DEPEN DENT No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes GEN DER (M/F ) M M F M M F M SUB CO M M IT TEE AN D ROLE n/a Audit and Finance Committee Chair Audit and Finance Committee Member Audit and Finance Committee Member Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee Member Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee Chair Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee Member Board diversity 43% Citizens of another country 29% Women Other public board service Our independent directors serve on an average of one outside public company board AGE 1 3 3 10+ years 6–10 years 1–5 years 65 YEARS AVERAGE INDEPENDENCE 1 6 Independent Insider 86% INDEPENDENT TENURE 1 4 2 10+ years 6–10 years 1–5 years 8 YEARS AVERAGE >70 years 61–70 years 51–60 years 10+ years 6~10 years 1~5 years Independent Insider