INTRODUCTION ABOUT ROYAL GOLD GOVERNANCE OUR PEOPLE OPERATORS AND COMMUNITIES INVESTMENT STEWARDSHIP APPENDICES 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) Meekathara 3 2019 0.7% NR NR NR NR Westgold Resources Ltd. 2020 0.8% 1,397 16 7.6 0.5 2021 0.7% 1,165 12 6 0.39 2022 0.6% 1,294 11 6 0.47 2023 0.4% 1,982 12 11 0.90 2024 0.1% 2,888 4 20 1.12 0 4th Peñasquito 2019 4.1% 37,333 615 57 1.87 Newmont Corporation 2020 7.1% 43,103 625 33 1.41 2021 8.2% 48,222 745 32 1.35 2022 7.6% 30,180 447 22 0.84 2023 3.4% 18,765 277 32 0.90 2024 7.7% 28,619 550 27 0.90 4th 3rd Rainy River 2019 5.5% 2,482 142 10 0.31 Coeur Mining, Inc. 2020 4.7% 2,399 130 10 0.27 2021 5.2% 1,696 103 7 0.18 2022 5.0% 4,657 261 20 0.54 2023 5.8% 6,024 350 23 0.69 2024 5.6% 7,648 487 34 0.85 4th 3rd Red Chris 2019 —% NR NR NR NR Newmont Corporation 2020 —% NR NR NR NR 2021 —% NR NR NR NR 2022 0.5% 21,908 168 128 2.32 2023 0.6% 19,920 220 149 2.15 2024 0.4% 13,491 109 105 2.14 4th 4th Royal Gold | 2025-2026 Investment Stewardship Report 122