Royal Gold, Inc. · NASDAQ:RGLD

Royal Gold — Scotia Capital Mining Conference 2010

30 slides from Royal Gold's conference presentation, December 2010

  1. Slide 1: Scotia Capital Mining Conference

    Scotia Capital Mining Conference December 2010

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

    Cautionary Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda 2010 – Exceptional Year of Growth World Class Portfolio Attractive Shareholder Value “This year of expansion was exceptional and transformational as we increased the assets of the company by slightly over $1 billion.” Tony Jensen President and CEO 3

  4. Slide 4: 2010 – Exceptional Year of Growth

    2010 – Exceptional Year of Growth 4

  5. Slide 5: 2010 Transformational Transactions

    2010 Transformational Transactions Acquisition Investments Chronology 1,400 $1.3B January 2010: Acquired gold royalty on the Andacollo mine in Chile from 1,200 Teck Resources February 2010: Acquired International Royalty Corporation (IRC), obtaining 1,000 cornerstone Pascua-Lama and Voisey’s Bay roy

  6. Slide 6: 2010 Asset Growth

    2010 Asset Growth Properties 1 (subject to Royal Gold’s interests) 40 62% Increase 35 30 77% 85% Increase 25 20 15 10 5 0 Development Producing 34 Producing properties (does not include three oil and gas properties) 24 Development properties Pre-2010 2010 6 See footnote on page 25

  7. Slide 7: Reserve Growth – December 2008 to Present

    Reserve Growth – December 2008 to Present Precious metal reserves subject to Royal Gold’s interests increased 33% to 105.3M ounces 1 Precious metals equity reserves increased 198% to 4.8M ounces 1 Gold equivalent equity reserves increased 200% to 6.7M ounces Reserves Equity Reserves 2,3 (subject to

  8. Slide 8: 2010 Financial Growth

    2010 Financial Growth FY 2010 revenue: $137M (85% increase) FY 2010 free cash flow: $100M (62% increase) Non-recurring items impacted net income in FY 2009 and FY 2010 Per Share Financial Results Historical Financial Results 3.50 140 3.00 120 2.50 100 ($ in millions) ($ per share) 2.00 80 1.50 60 1.

  9. Slide 9: World Class Portfolio

    ROYALGOLD,INC World Class Royalty Portfolio World Class Portfolio

  10. Slide 10: World Class Portfolio – World Class Operations & Properties

    World Class Portfolio – World Class Operations & Properties 70% Equity Gold Equivalent Ounces in Reserve Pascua-Lama Leeville Peñasquito Siguiri Gold Hill Andacollo Voisey’s Bay Mt. Goode Goldstrike Twin Creeks Marigold Cortez Wharf Bald Mountain 10

  11. Slide 11: World Class Portfolio – Low Cost Operators

    World Class Portfolio – Low Cost Operators Operators of properties subject to Royal Gold’s interests Cash cost of gold production - $452/oz 1 Industry average cash costs: $532/oz 2 Distribution of Cash Costs 1000 900 800 700 Cash Costs Per Oz ($) 600 $532/oz = Industry Average 500 400 300 200 100 0

  12. Slide 12: World Class Portfolio – Large and Gold Focused

    World Class Portfolio – Large and Gold Focused 58 producing and development assets 2010 FY Revenue 130 evaluation and exploration assets Strong precious metal exposure 16% 84% Total Precious Metals Asset Distribution (number of properties) 1 Producing 2013E CY Revenue 2,3 Development 18% Evaluation

  13. Slide 13: World Class Portfolio – Favorable Geopolitical Distribution

    World Class Portfolio – Favorable Geopolitical Distribution Currently 68% of production from United States, Mexico, Canada, Chile and Australia 97% of reserves from United States, Mexico, Canada and Chile Ounces Subject to Royal Gold’s Interests Current Production 1 Gold Equivalent Reserves 2 United

  14. Slide 14: World Class Portfolio – Asset Diversification and Balance

    World Class Portfolio – Asset Diversification and Balance Revenue diversification achieved New long life mines replace maturing assets and provide growth In 2013, 67% of revenues expected from mines with lives greater than 15 years 2010 FY Revenue 2013E CY Revenue 1,2 Cortez Siguiri Other Precious M

  15. Slide 15: World Class Portfolio – Transition of Properties

    World Class Portfolio – Transition of Properties Taparko Cortez Robinson Mulatos Leeville Siguiri Goldstrike Peñasquito Andacollo Pascua-Lama Voisey’s Bay Mt. Milligan Operator: Goldcorp Operator: Teck Operator: Barrick Operator: Vale Operator: Thompson Royalty: 2.0% NSR Royalty: 2 75% of gold Royal

  16. Slide 16: Mt. Milligan Transaction

    Mt. Milligan Transaction 25% of payable gold from Mt. Milligan project Total consideration: $311.5M $226.5M to support Thompson Creek offer of Terrane Metals Secured with assets of the project $85.0M to finance construction of the Mt. Milligan project Contingent on sufficiency of financing and stage

  17. Slide 17: Mt. Milligan Project Profile

    Mt. Milligan Project Profile Location: British Columbia, Canada Open pit copper/gold porphyry Estimated production (metal in concentrate): 1 262,000 ounces of gold annually during first six years 195,000 ounces of gold over life of mine Estimated mine life: 22 years Robust economics: Life of mine ne

  18. Slide 18: World Class Portfolio – Additional Key Assets

    World Class Portfolio – Additional Key Assets Cortez (Barrick - U.S.) Wolverine (Yukon Zinc - Canada) Wolverine Royalty: 1 GSR1 and GSR2: 0.4% to Royalty: 5 0.0% to 9.445% NSR Cortez 5.0%; GSR3: 0.71%; NVR1: 0.39% Reserves: 6 0.2M oz (Au) Reserves: 2 5.2M oz (Au) 42.8M oz (Ag) Leeville (Newmont - U.

  19. Slide 19: World Class Portfolio – Growth Pipeline

    World Class Portfolio – Growth Pipeline Production 1,2 (subject to Royal Gold’s interests) 250 Equity Gold Equivalent Ounces (thousands) 200 150 22 Year Mine Life 25 Year Mine Life 100 17 Year Mine Life 50 17 Year Mine Life 19 Year Mine Life 0 CY 2010E CY 2011E CY 2012E CY 2013E FY2010A Peñasquito A

  20. Slide 20: Attractive Shareholder Value

    Attractive Shareholder Value 20

  21. Slide 21: Attractive Shareholder Value – Efficient Business Model

    Attractive Shareholder Value – Efficient Business Model Growing margins Cost control Revenue increases EBITDA Margin Economies of Scale 100 200 80 160 EBITDA/ Revenue (%) 60 120 40 80 20 40 0 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 1 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Revenue ($ million) Number of Properties Number of Emp

  22. Slide 22: Attractive Shareholder Value – Royal Gold Leverage

    Attractive Shareholder Value – Royal Gold Leverage Superior returns (2001 – 2010) Efficient and timely use of capital Gold price growth: 4.6X Shares outstanding growth, 3.0X (2001 – 2010) Royal Gold growth: 15.6X, share price 22.8X, revenue 37.1X, EBITDA Royal Gold vs. Market Capitalization 2000% Go

  23. Slide 23: Attractive Shareholder Value – Financial Return

    Attractive Shareholder Value – Financial Return Market Information (as of 11/23/10) NASDAQ: RGLD; TSX: RGL Market cap: $2.8B Average daily volume (TTM): 665,000 2001 – 2010 Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) Shares Outstanding 40 Common: 55.2M 1 30 Insider ownership: 5% CAGR ( %) 20 Financial Cash

  24. Slide 24: Footnotes

    ROYALGOLD,INC World Class Royalty Portfolio Footnotes 24

  25. Slide 25: Footnotes

    Footnotes PAGE 6: 2010 ASSET GROWTH 1 On certain properties, Royal Gold owns multiple royalties. PAGE 7: RESERVE GROWTH – DECEMBER 2008 TO PRESENT 1 Reserve increases from December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2009 (including Mt. Milligan reserves). 2 Royalty equity reserves were calculated at year end

  26. Slide 26: Footnotes (cont.)

    Footnotes (cont.) PAGE 12: WORLD CLASS PORTFOLIO – LARGE AND GOLD FOCUSED 1 Not shown are three oil and gas royalties: Pederson, Wheeler and Lagerquist. 2 2013 estimates assume development properties are brought into production and reach full-scale production on schedule and also assume certain meta

  27. Slide 27: Footnotes (cont.)

    Footnotes (cont.) PAGE 15: WORLD CLASS PORTFOLIO – TRANSITION OF PROPERTIES (cont.) 5 Approximately 20% of the royalty will terminate after production of 14.0M ounces of gold. Upon payment of $4.4M, Royal Gold can extend 16% of the royalty beyond 14.0M ounces of production. In addition, a one-time p

  28. Slide 28: Footnotes (cont.)

    Footnotes (cont.) PAGE 18: WORLD CLASS PORTFOLIO – ADDITIONAL KEY ASSETS (cont.) 2 Reserves as of December 31, 2009. 3 Royalty is subject to a buy-down right for $1.0 to $1.5 million depending on the price of gold and is exercisable at any time for one-half of the royalty. NSR sliding-scale schedule

  29. Slide 29: Footnotes (cont.)

    Footnotes (cont.) PAGE 21: ATTRACTIVE SHAREHOLDER VALUE – EFFICIENT BUSINESS MODEL 1 Excludes IRC and severance costs. PAGE 23: ATTRACTIVE SHAREHOLDER VALUE – FINANCIAL RETURN 1 Includes approximately 1.6M exchangeable shares. 2 CY 2010 dividend divided by the closing stock price of $51.46 per share

  30. Slide 30: Royal Gold, Inc. contact details

    ROYAL GOLD, INC. 1660 Wynkoop Street Denver, CO 80202-1132 PHONE 303.573.1660 FAX 303.595.9385 EMAIL info@royalgold.com WEB www.royalgold.com

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