Term/abbreviation Definition Principal Property Properties deemed material to Royal Gold, taking into account current revenue, future revenue, mine life; typically make up at least 5% of our revenue WGC RGMPs World Gold Council Responsible Gold Mining Principles SEC Securities and Exchange Commission Scope 1 emissions Emissions from sources that Royal Gold owns or controls directly Scope 2 emissions Emissions that Royal Gold causes indirectly from the energy we purchase and use Scope 3 Investment Emissions Royal Gold segments scope 3 emissions into those arising from our direct corporate activities (which we refer to as our scope 3 corporate emissions) and those of our portfolio Operators (which we refer to as our scope 3 investment emissions). We have done this because, as a passive investor, we do not have direct influence or control over the Operator’s emissions, but we do manage and assert more control over our own direct footprint. Scope 3 Corporate Emissions Emissions that are not produced by Royal Gold and are not the result of activities from assets owned or controlled by us but by those that we are indirectly responsible for across our value chain (e.g., emissions linked to employee business travel and employee commuting) SDGs United Nations Sustainable Development Goals TCFD Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Total energy A measure of both the direct and indirect energy consumed TRIFR Total Reportable Incident Frequency Rate, which includes the number of fatalities, lost-time injuries, substitute work and other injuries requiring treatment by a medical professional per million hours worked WGC World Gold Council WRI World Resources Institute ROYAL GOLD Introduction About Royal Gold Governance Our People Operators and Communities Investment Stewardship Appendices 2024 Investment Stewardship Report 136