Mineral Property/Operator Year 1 Royal Gold Net GEOs 2 (%) Validated Water Consumption 4 (ML) Royal Gold Attributed Water Consumption 5 Water Consumption Intensity (Validated) Water Consumption Intensity Quartile Ranking 8 (ML) (kL/GEO) (kL/t Ore Treated) (kL/GEO) (kL/t Ore Treated) Pueblo Viejo Barrick Gold Corporation 2018 16.8% 14,440 610 14 1.73 2019 17.3% 14,890 660 14 1.73 2020 16.9% 15,273 720 16 1.73 2021 14.1% 17,127 795 20 1.88 2022 12.4% 18,802 807 24 1.99 2023 10.6% 19,817 917 33 2.23 4th 4th Non-Principal Properties Allan/Borax Nutrien Ltd. 2018 0.3% NR NR NR NR 2019 0.3% NR NR NR NR 2020 0.3% NR NR NR NR 2021 0.3% NR NR NR NR 2022 0.3% NR NR NR NR 2023 0.3% NR NR NR NR NR NR Bald Mountain 3 Kinross Gold Corporation 2018 0.5% 1,419 7 5 0.06 2019 0.2% 824 3 4 0.05 2020 0.0% 1,281 1 7 0.07 2021 0.2% 1,771 4 9 0.09 2022 0.4% 2,317 11 11 0.15 2023 0.3% 3,224 18 20 0.19 3rd 1st Bogoso and Prestea Future Global Resources Ltd. 2018 2.6% 1,226 111 16 0.94 2019 1.4% 1,700 138 36 2.36 2020 0.9% 589 45 20 2.00 2021 0.4% 656 23 20 2.00 2022 0.6% 739 31 21 2.00 2023 0.5% 612 25 21 2.00 4th 4th ROYAL GOLD Introduction About Royal Gold Governance Our People Operators and Communities Investment Stewardship Appendices 2024 Investment Stewardship Report 117