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ACQUISITIONS
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
ACQUISITIONS  
ACQUISITIONS

2.             ACQUISITIONS

 

Phoenix Gold Project Stream Acquisition

 

On February 11, 2014, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary RGLD Gold AG (“RGLD Gold”), entered into a $75 million Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Agreement”) for a gold stream transaction with Rubicon Minerals Corporation (“Rubicon”).  Pursuant to the Agreement, the $75 million payment deposit from RGLD Gold is to be used by Rubicon to help pay a significant portion of the construction costs of the Phoenix Gold Project located in Ontario, Canada, which is currently in the development stage.

 

Pursuant to the Agreement, the $75 million payment deposit to Rubicon is prepayment of the purchase price for refined gold and is payable in five installments.  The first installment of $10 million was made in conjunction with execution of definitive documents on February 11, 2014.  The second installment of $20 million was paid on March 20, 2014, while the third, fourth and fifth installments of $15 million each are payable upon satisfaction of certain conditions precedent.

 

Upon commencement of production at the Phoenix Gold Project, RGLD Gold will purchase and Rubicon will sell 6.30% of any gold produced from the Phoenix Gold Project until 135,000 ounces have been delivered, and 3.15% thereafter.  For each delivery of gold, RGLD Gold will pay a purchase price per ounce of 25% of the spot price of gold at the time of delivery.  In the event that RGLD Gold’s interests are subordinated to more than $50 million of senior debt, RGLD Gold’s per ounce purchase price will be reduced by 5.4% times the amount of the senior debt outstanding and drawn in excess of $50 million, divided by $50 million.

 

The Phoenix Gold Project gold stream acquisition has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.  The $30 million paid as part of the aggregate pre-production commitment of $75 million, plus direct transaction costs, have been recorded as a development stage stream interest within Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

Goldrush Royalty Acquisition

 

On January 7, 2014, Royal Gold acquired a 1.0% net revenue royalty on the southern end of Barrick Gold Corporation’s (“Barrick”) Goldrush deposit in Nevada from a private landowner for total consideration of $8.0 million, of which $1.0 million was paid at closing and the remaining $7.0 million will be paid in seven annual installments.  Goldrush is located approximately four miles from the Cortez mine. The acquisition has been recorded as an exploration stage royalty interest within Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

NVR1 Royalty at Cortez

 

On January 2, 2014, Royal Gold, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, increased its ownership interest in the limited partnership that owns the 1.25% net value royalty (“NVR1”) covering certain portions of the Pipeline Complex at Barrick’s Cortez gold mine in Nevada.  As a result of the transaction, the NVR1 royalty rate attributable to our interest increased from 0.39% to 1.014% on production from all of the lands covered by the NVR1 royalty excluding production from the mining claims comprising the Crossroad deposit (the “Crossroad Claims”), and from zero to 0.618% on production from the Crossroad Claims. Total consideration for the transaction was approximately $11.5 million.  Refer to Note 13 for a discussion of certain related party interests in this transaction.

 

El Morro Royalty Acquisition

 

In August 2013, Royal Gold, through a wholly-owned Chilean subsidiary, acquired a 70% interest in a 2.0% net smelter return (“NSR”) royalty on certain portions of the El Morro copper gold project in Chile (“El Morro”), from Xstrata Copper Chile S.A., for $35 million.  Goldcorp Inc. holds 70% ownership of the El Morro project and is the operator, with the remaining 30% held by New Gold Inc.

 

The acquisition of the El Morro royalty interest has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.  The total purchase price of $35 million, plus direct transaction costs, has been recorded as a development stage royalty interest within Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.