About Royal Gold Governance Our People Our Operators and Communities ESG Stewardship Appendices 39 2023 INVESTMENT STEWARDSHIP REPORT ROYAL GOLD Human rights Human rights are basic standards aimed at securing dignity and equality for all people. Royal Gold is committed to respecting internationally recognized human rights standards. We endorse the ICMM Mining Principles and the WGC’s Responsible Gold Mining Principles, each of which incorporates the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, among other related standards. Royal Gold regularly reviews our Operators’ human rights and child labor disclosures. We also refer to the United Nations Children’s Fund (“UNICEF”) Children’s Rights in the Workplace Index Score along with the RepRisk child labor monitoring and due diligence activities. We also regularly review our regulatory reporting obligations with respect to human rights and child labor and will file the appropriate disclosures when required. 96% of our Operators have a human rights policy or statement referring to an international standard 86% of our Operators have a child labor policy or statement on child labor in their Human Rights policy Rainy River , New Gold Inc., Ontario, Canada