Royal Gold Provides Update on Mt. Milligan Stream Deliveries
Royal Gold Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD) (TSX: RGL) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, RGLD Gold AG (“Royal Gold” or the “Company”) received approximately 21,900 ounces of gold for the quarter ended June 30, 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 1,400 ounces upon final settlement of Thompson Creek’s second shipment from the Mt. Milligan mine and approximately 20,500 ounces upon provisional payment relating to Thompson Creek’s third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh shipments.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2014, Royal Gold sold approximately 14,400 ounces of gold from Thompson Creek, and had approximately 7,800 ounces remaining in inventory as of June 30, 2014.
The Company notes that Thompson Creek reported production for Mt. Milligan of approximately 37,000 ounces of payable gold and sales of approximately 52,000 ounces of payable gold in the quarter ended June 30, 2014.
Royal Gold receives physical metal within two days of Thompson Creek recording the sale, which can take between five days and several weeks post-shipment. Royal Gold currently sells most of the delivered gold within three weeks of receipt, and recognizes revenue on its streaming transactions when the metal received is sold.
Deliveries of gold to Royal Gold are based on gold ounces shipped in concentrates from Mt. Milligan multiplied by a 97% payable factor. Under the purchase and sale agreement, the first 12 concentrate shipments from Mt. Milligan are subject to gold deliveries based on the receipt of 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 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 23 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 June 30, 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.
Contact
Royal Gold Inc.
Karli Anderson, 303-575-6517
Vice President Investor Relations