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) Leeville (North) 3 2019 0.3% 8,985 4 5 0.56 Nevada Gold Mines LLC 2020 0.3% 11,104 6 7 0.56 2021 1.0% 13,934 27 9 0.60 2022 0.9% 11,157 16 7 0.57 2023 1.1% 6,725 14 5 0.57 2024 1.3% 10,933 29 9 1.01 2nd 4th Manh Choh 2019 0.0% NR NR NR NR Kinross Gold Corporation 2020 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2021 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2022 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2023 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2024 1.7% 5,716 53 12 0.17 3rd 1st Mara Rosa 2019 0.0% NR NR NR NR Hochschild Mining plc 2020 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2021 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2022 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2023 0.0% NR NR NR NR 2024 0.7% 703 20 11 0.40 3rd 1st Marigold 3 2019 1.5% 1,624 30 7 0.06 SSR Mining Inc. 2020 1.7% 1,611 32 7 0.07 2021 1.6% 1,645 33 7 0.08 2022 1.3% 1,564 23 7 0.07 2023 1.0% 1,694 17 7 0.08 2024 1.3% 1,779 36 11 0.06 3rd 1st Royal Gold | 2025-2026 Investment Stewardship Report 121