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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD; TSX: RGL), is announcing updated estimates for ore reserves and mineralized material¹ as of December 31, 2013, and calendar 2014 production estimates with respect to properties in its portfolio. These figures are provided by the operators, or obtained by Royal Gold through publicly available information, for properties on which the Company holds royalties and similar interests.

At the end of calendar 2013, precious metals reserves on properties subject to the Company’s interests were approximately 78.4 million ounces of gold and 824.4 million ounces of silver. This compares to reserves of approximately 82.8 million ounces of gold and 1.15 billion ounces of silver estimated as of December 31, 2012.

After applying the Company’s interests to the reserves noted above, net gold reserves² attributable to Royal Gold totaled approximately 5.3 million ounces, compared with 5.7 million ounces at year-end 2012. On a gold equivalent basis, using a ratio of approximately 50:1 of silver to gold, precious metals reserves attributable to Royal Gold totaled approximately 5.6 million ounces, on a net reserve basis, compared with 6.2 million ounces for the same period ended 2012. The reserve reductions were due to a combination of price and depletion.

The attached table contains highlights of calendar 2014 production information related to our producing interests provided by the operators of those properties. The complete Royalty/Metal Stream Portfolio, which includes reserves, mineralized material¹, and production subject to the Company's interests on producing and development properties can be found on our website.

For further information about our royalties, metal streams and similar interests, please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as our other public reports.

CORPORATE PROFILE

Royal Gold is a precious metals royalty and stream company engaged in the acquisition and management of precious metal royalties, streams, and similar production based interests. The Company owns interests on 201 properties on six continents, including interests on 37 producing mines and 22 development stage projects. Royal Gold is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “RGLD,” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “RGL.” The Company’s website is located at www.royalgold.com.

Cautionary "Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: With the exception of historical matters, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projections or estimates contained herein. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding production estimates for calendar 2014 provided by the operators; reserves and additional mineralization estimates provided by the operators or obtained by Royal Gold through publicly available information; the sliding-scale features of our royalty structure at certain of our properties; and estimates of commencement of production. Net gold and metal reserves attributable to Royal Gold’s royalty and other interests are subject to certain assumptions and, like reserves, do not reflect actual ounces that will be produced. Like any royalty or similar interest on a non-producing or not yet in development project, our interests on development projects are subject to certain risks, such as the ability of the operators to bring the projects into production and operate in accordance with their feasibility studies, and the ability of Royal Gold to make accurate assumptions regarding valuation and timing and amount of payments. In addition, many of our interests are subject to risks associated with conducting business in a foreign country, including application of foreign laws to contract and other disputes, foreign environmental laws and enforcement and uncertain political and economic environments. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, among others, changes in precious metals prices, performance of and production at our royalty properties, decisions and activities of the operators of our royalty properties, mine completion, unanticipated grade, geological, metallurgical, processing or other problems the operators of the mining properties may encounter, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, economic and market conditions, and future financial needs of our operators, as well as other factors described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Most of these factors are beyond the Company's ability to predict or control. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement made herein. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

DEFINITIONS

The Company’s royalty portfolio contains several different types of royalties or similar interests which are defined as follows:

Gross Smelter Return (“GSR”) Royalty – A defined percentage of the gross revenue from a resource extraction operation, less, if applicable, certain contract-defined costs paid by or charged to the operator.

Gross Value ("GV") Royalty – A defined percentage of the gross value, revenue or proceeds from a resource extraction operation, without deductions of any kind.

Metal Stream – An agreement that provides, in exchange for an upfront payment, the right to purchase all or a portion of the precious metals produced from a base metal mine, at a price determined for the life of the transaction by the agreement.

Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) Royalty – A defined percentage of the gross revenue from a resource extraction operation, less a proportionate share of incidental transportation, insurance, refining and smelting costs.

Net Value Royalty (“NVR”) – A defined percentage of the gross revenue from a resource extraction operation, less certain contract-defined costs.

Royalty – The right to receive a percentage or other denomination of mineral production from a resource extraction operation.

The estimates and production reports are prepared by the operators of the mining properties. Royal Gold does not participate in the preparation or verification of the operators’ estimates or production reports and has not independently assessed or verified the accuracy of such information. Please refer to our cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements and to the risk factors identified in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for information regarding factors that could affect actual results.

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Source: Royal Gold, Inc.