Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
Revenue (Note 7)	$ 158,360	$ 123,643	$ 305,240	$ 242,417
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excludes depreciation, depletion and amortization)	24,859	21,077	46,760	41,188
General and administrative	6,789	6,665	14,244	14,108
Production taxes	1,401	984	2,756	2,083
Exploration costs		1,514	563	4,140
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	47,945	40,096	94,245	78,810
Total costs and expenses	80,994	70,336	158,568	140,329
Gain on sale of Peak Gold JV interest			33,906
Operating income	77,366	53,307	180,578	102,088
Fair value changes in equity securities	(382)	222	2,158	(1,153)
Interest and other income	613	226	1,034	1,001
Interest and other expense	(1,578)	(2,217)	(3,454)	(5,051)
Income before income taxes	76,019	51,538	180,316	96,885
Income tax (expense) benefit	(16,031)	(11,124)	(13,654)	12,401
Net income and comprehensive income	59,988	40,414	166,662	109,286
Net (income) loss and comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests	(99)	907	166	2,488
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders	$ 59,889	$ 41,321	$ 166,828	$ 111,774
Net income per share attributable to Royal Gold common stockholders:
Basic EPS (in dollars per share)	$ 0.91	$ 0.63	$ 2.55	$ 1.70
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	65,546,938	65,495,907	65,542,326	65,480,759
Diluted EPS (in dollars per share)	$ 0.91	$ 0.63	$ 2.54	$ 1.70
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	65,619,241	65,611,567	65,625,965	65,613,406
Cash dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.300	$ 0.280	$ 0.580	$ 0.545