DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD; TSX:RGL) announces that its wholly
owned subsidiary, RGLD Gold AG (“Royal Gold” or the “Company”), received
approximately 4,780 ounces of gold for the quarter ended March 31, 2014
from the Mt. Milligan mine as part of its purchase and sale agreement
with Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc. (“Thompson Creek”), consisting
of approximately 700 ounces upon final settlement of Thompson Creek’s
first shipment from the Mt. Milligan mine in November 2013 and
approximately 4,080 ounces upon provisional payment relating to Thompson
Creek’s second shipment in January 2014.
The Company notes that Thompson Creek reported production for Mt.
Milligan of approximately 39,200 ounces of payable gold and sales of
approximately 23,900 ounces of payable gold in the quarter ended March
31, 2014. Based on Thompson Creek’s reported gold sales for the quarter
ended March 31, 2014, and Thompson Creek’s other public statements,
Royal Gold would expect to receive approximately 13,000 ounces of gold
in periods after March 31, 2014 related to shipments that occurred in
the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
Deliveries of gold to Royal Gold are based on gold ounces shipped in
concentrates from Mt. Milligan multiplied by a 97% payable factor, an
initial first provisional payment percentage of 75%, and our 52.25%
stream interest, with final delivery of the remaining 25% of gold ounces
following final settlement under Thompson Creek’s concentrate
agreements. Royal Gold receives physical metal within 2 days of Thompson
Creek recording the sale, which can take between 5 days and several
weeks post-shipment. Royal Gold currently sells most of the delivered
gold within three weeks of receipt.
Under the purchase and sale agreement, the first 12 concentrate
shipments from Mt. Milligan are subject to gold deliveries based on the
receipt of first provisional payments under each smelter contract. For
shipments 1-4, 75% of the gold ounces to be delivered to Royal Gold are
delivered based on receipt of the first provisional payment under each
smelter contract and 25% of the gold ounces are delivered upon final
settlement under each contract. For shipments 5-8, those percentages are
50% and 50%, respectively, and for shipments 9-12, the percentages are
25% and 75%, respectively. Thereafter, all deliveries will be based
solely on final settlement timing and volumes, subject to Thompson
Creek’s smelter contracts.
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 about the
Company’s receipt of gold from Thompson Creek in periods after March 31,
2014 and the time between the Company’s receipt of gold and the
Company’s sale of such gold. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the projections include, among others, the timing
of shipments, disagreements on assays, losses in transport, performance
of and production at Mt. Milligan; decisions and activities of Thompson
Creek; changes in project parameters and timelines as plans continue to
be refined; economic and market conditions; unanticipated grade,
geological, metallurgical, processing, regulatory and legal or other
problems Thompson Creek may encounter; and other subsequent events, as
well as other factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K, Quarterly Reports 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.
Source: Royal Gold, Inc.