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ACQUISITIONS
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
ACQUISITIONS  
ACQUISITIONS

 

2.ACQUISITIONS

 

Acquisition of Gold and Silver Stream at Pueblo Viejo

 

On September 29, 2015, RGLD Gold AG (“RGLD Gold”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, closed its previously announced Precious Metals Purchase and Sale Agreement with Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, BGC Holdings Ltd. (“BGC”) for a percentage of the gold and silver production attributable to Barrick’s 60% interest in the Pueblo Viejo mine located in the Dominican Republic.  Pursuant to the Precious Metals Purchase and Sale Agreement, RGLD Gold made a single advance payment of $610 million to BGC as part of the closing.  The transaction is effective as of July 1, 2015 for the gold stream and January 1, 2016 for the silver stream.

 

BGC will deliver gold to RGLD Gold in amounts equal to 7.50% of Barrick’s interest in the gold produced at the Pueblo Viejo mine from July 1, 2015 until 990,000 ounces of gold have been delivered, and 3.75% of Barrick’s interest in gold produced thereafter.  RGLD Gold will pay BGC 30% of the spot price per ounce of gold delivered until 550,000 ounces of gold have been delivered, and 60% of the spot price per ounce delivered thereafter.

 

BGC will deliver silver to RGLD Gold in amounts equal to 75% of Barrick’s interest in the silver produced at the Pueblo Viejo mine beginning on January 1, 2016 until 50 million ounces of silver have been delivered, and 37.50% of Barrick’s interest in silver produced thereafter.  RGLD Gold will pay BGC 30% of the spot price per ounce of silver delivered until 23.10 million ounces of silver have been delivered, and 60% of the spot price per ounce of silver delivered thereafter.

 

The Pueblo Viejo gold and silver stream acquisition has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.  The advance payment of $610 million, plus direct transaction costs, have been recorded as a production stage stream interest within Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

Acquisition of Gold Stream on Wassa, Bogoso and Prestea

 

On July 28, 2015, RGLD Gold closed its previously announced $130 million gold stream transaction with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Golden Star Resources Ltd. (together “Golden Star”), pursuant to which RGLD Gold will advance financing to Golden Star, subject to certain conditions, for development projects at certain mines in Ghana, and in return for which Golden Star will sell and deliver gold to RGLD Gold.

 

Also on July 28, 2015 and separate from the stream transaction, the Company also funded a previously announced $20 million, 4-year term loan to Golden Star and received warrants to purchase 5 million shares of Golden Star common stock, with a grant date fair value of approximately $0.8 million.  Interest under the term loan will be due quarterly at a rate equal to 62.5% of the average daily gold price for the relevant quarter divided by 10,000, but not to exceed 11.5%.  The warrants have a term of four years and an exercise price of $0.27.

 

Pursuant to the stream transaction and subject to certain conditions, RGLD Gold will make $130 million in advance payments to Golden Star in stages, including the $40 million upfront payment made in connection with closing, $15 million paid in September 2015, and the balance on a pro rata basis with spending on the Wassa and Prestea underground projects, which RGLD Gold expects to make in four quarterly payments as follows: (i) $30 million on December 1, 2015, and (ii) $15 million on each of March 1, 2016, June 1, 2016 and September 1, 2016.  Golden Star will deliver to RGLD Gold 8.5% of gold produced from the Wassa, Bogoso and Prestea projects, until 185,000 ounces have been delivered, 5.0% until an additional 22,500 ounces have been delivered, and 3.0% thereafter.  RGLD Gold will pay Golden Star a cash price equal to 20% of the spot price for each ounce delivered at the time of delivery until 207,500 ounces have been delivered, which cash price shall increase to 30% of the spot price for each ounce delivered thereafter.

 

The Wassa, Bogoso and Prestea gold stream acquisition has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.  The $55 million paid as part of the aggregate advance payments of $130 million, plus direct acquisition costs, has been recorded as separate components of Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.  Accordingly, approximately $46.1 million and $10.1 million was allocated to production stage and exploration stage stream interest, respectively, as of September 30, 2015.  Future advance payments, plus any direct acquisition costs incurred, will be recorded as a production stage or an exploration stream interest accordingly.  The acquisition costs of the production stage stream interest will be depleted using the units of production method, which is estimated using aggregate proven and probable reserves for Wassa, Bogoso and Prestea, as provided by Golden Star.

 

The $20 million four-year term loan and the received warrants have been recorded within Other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.  The warrants have been classified as a financial asset instrument and are recorded at fair value at each reporting period using the Black-Scholes model.  Any change in the fair value of the warrants at subsequent reporting periods will be recorded within Interest and other on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

 

Acquisition of Gold and Silver Stream at Rainy River

 

On July 20, 2015, RGLD Gold entered into a $175 million Purchase and Sale Agreement with New Gold, Inc. (“New Gold”), for a percentage of the gold and silver production from the Rainy River Project located in Ontario, Canada (“Rainy River”).  Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, RGLD Gold will make two advance payments to New Gold, consisting of $100 million, which was paid at closing on July 20, 2015, and $75 million once capital spending at Rainy River is 60% complete (currently expected by mid-calendar 2016).  Also under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, New Gold will deliver to RGLD Gold 6.50% of the gold produced at Rainy River until 230,000 gold ounces have been delivered, and 3.25% thereafter.  New Gold also will deliver 60% of the silver produced at Rainy River until 3.10 million silver ounces have been delivered, and 30% thereafter.  RGLD Gold will pay New Gold 25% of the spot price per ounce of gold and silver at the time of delivery.

 

The Rainy River gold and silver stream acquisition has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.  The $100 million paid as part of the aggregate advance payments of $175 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.

 

Acquisition of an Additional Gold Royalty Interest at Pascua-Lama

 

On July 10, 2015, the Company entered into an assignment of rights agreement with a private Chilean citizen whereby Royal Gold acquired an additional 0.22% net smelter return (“NSR”) sliding-scale royalty interest on the Pascua-Lama project, which is owned and operated by Barrick and located on the border between Argentina and Chile.  The Company paid $8.0 million for the additional interest at closing and will pay an additional $2.0 million if the project comes into production by the end of calendar 2018 or an additional $1.0 million if the project enters production in calendar 2019.  Upon the July 10, 2015 closing, Royal Gold’s total gold NSR royalty interest in the Pascua-Lama project increased to 5.45% at gold prices above $800 per ounce, while the additional gold equivalent royalty on proceeds from copper produced from the Chilean portion of the project, increased to 1.09%.

 

The additional gold royalty interest acquired on Pascua-Lama has been accounted for as an asset acquisition.  The $8.0 million paid for the additional interest at closing, plus direct transaction costs, have been recorded as development stage royalty interest within Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

Acquisition of Gold Stream at Carmen de Andacollo

 

On July 9, 2015, RGLD Gold entered into a Long Term Offtake Agreement (the “Andacollo Stream Agreement”) with Compañía Minera Teck Carmen de Andacollo (“CMCA”), a 90% owned subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”).  Pursuant to the Andacollo Stream Agreement, CMCA will sell and deliver to RGLD Gold 100% of payable gold from the Carmen de Andacollo (“Andacollo”) copper-gold mine until 900,000 ounces have been delivered, and 50% thereafter, subject to a fixed payable percentage of 89%. RGLD Gold made a $525 million advance payment in cash to CMCA upon entry into the Andacollo Stream Agreement, and RGLD Gold will also pay CMCA 15% of the monthly average gold price for the month preceding the delivery date for all gold purchased under the Andacollo Stream Agreement.

 

The transaction will encompass certain of CMCA’s presently owned mining concessions on the Andacollo mine, as well as any other mining concessions presently owned or acquired by CMCA or any of its affiliates within a 1.5 kilometer area of interest, and certain other mining concessions that CMCA or its affiliates may acquire. The Andacollo Stream Agreement is effective July 1, 2015, and applies to all final settlements of gold received on or after that date.  Deliveries to RGLD Gold will be made monthly, and RGLD Gold began receiving gold deliveries during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.

 

The Company accounted for the acquisition of the stream interest at Andacollo as an asset acquisition.  For US GAAP financial reporting purposes, the Company’s new consolidated carrying value in its stream interest at Andacollo is approximately $388.2 million, which includes direct acquisition costs, and is recorded as production stage stream interest within Royalty and stream interests, net on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

Termination of Royalty Interest at Carmen de Andacollo

 

On July 9, 2015, Royal Gold Chile Limitada (“RG Chile”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Royalty Termination Agreement with CMCA. The Royalty Termination Agreement terminated an amended Royalty Agreement originally dated January 12, 2010, which provided RG Chile with a royalty equivalent to 75% of the gold produced from the sulfide portion of the Andacollo mine until 910,000 payable ounces have been produced, and 50% of the gold produced thereafter.  CMCA paid total consideration of $345 million to RG Chile in connection with the Royalty Termination Agreement.  The net carrying value of the Andacollo royalty on the date of termination was approximately $207.5 million.  The royalty termination transaction will be taxable in Chile and the United States.