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) El Limón Calibre Mining Corporation 2018 0.6% 896 28 18 2.00 2019 0.6% 964 27 15 2.00 2020 0.9% 1,084 39 17 2.53 2021 1.0% 1,180 47 17 2.38 2022 1.2% 986 40 13 1.99 2023 1.1% 918 35 13 1.81 3rd 4th Gold Hill 3 Kinross Gold Corporation (Round Mountain Complex) 2018 0.3% 6,688 11 17 0.27 2019 0.2% 6,709 8 18 0.26 2020 0.2% 5,994 10 18 0.25 2021 0.2% 4,322 7 17 0.26 2022 0.2% 6,939 13 31 0.26 2023 0.0% 7,579 4 30 0.27 4th 1st Goldstrike 3 Nevada Gold Mines LLC (Goldstrike and Carlin were combined by Nevada Gold Mines for reporting purposes starting in 2019 and are referred to as Carlin.) 2018 1.0% 20,494 52 20 2.45 2019 0.9% 8,985 13 5 0.56 2020 0.7% 11,104 13 7 0.56 2021 0.6% 13,934 16 9 0.60 2022 0.7% 11,157 12 7 0.57 2023 0.3% 6,725 4 5 0.57 1st 2nd Gwalia 3 Genesis Minerals Limited 2018 1.5% 1,118 17 4 1.66 2019 1.0% 1,086 16 6 1.65 2020 0.9% 1,027 15 7 1.47 2021 0.9% 1,062 15 6 1.06 2022 0.8% 1,230 17 8 1.23 2023 0.7% 1,400 15 8 1.40 2nd 4th ROYAL GOLD 2024 Investment Stewardship Report 119 Introduction About Royal Gold Governance Our People Operators and Communities Investment Stewardship Appendices