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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 30, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>ROYAL GOLD, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-13357</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">84-0835164</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 10.1pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Commission</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 20.2pt; text-align: center">of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 68%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>1660 Wynkoop Street, Suite 1000, Denver, CO</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">80202-1132</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Registrant&rsquo;s
telephone number, including area code </FONT><B>303-573-1660</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 1.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white">On May 30, 2012, Royal Gold, Inc. (&ldquo;Royal
Gold&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement (&ldquo;Amended
Revolving Credit Agreement&rdquo;) among Royal Gold, as the borrower, certain subsidiaries of Royal Gold, as guarantors, HSBC Bank
USA, National Association, as administrative agent and a lender, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a lender, Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
as a lender, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as the sole lead arranger and joint
bookrunner, and ScotiaBank, as syndication agent and joint bookrunner. The Amended Revolving Credit Agreement replaces Royal Gold&rsquo;s
$225 million revolving credit facility under the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2011. Royal
Gold&rsquo;s term loan facility was not amended by the Amended Revolving Credit Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The modifications implemented in the Amended Revolving Credit
Agreement include, among others: (1) an increase in the maximum principal balance to $350 million, which will provide an additional
$125 million to the Company; (2)&nbsp;an extension of the final maturity date from February&nbsp;2014 to May 2017; and (3)&nbsp;the
addition of an accordion feature which permits Royal Gold to increase the revolving credit facility from time to time by up to
an aggregate of $50 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the payment in full and termination of Royal
Gold&rsquo;s term loan and obtaining additional lender commitments for such increase.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Amended Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary covenants
limiting the ability of Royal Gold and its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt or liens, dispose of assets, enter into
transactions with affiliates, make certain investments or consummate certain mergers, and contains a collateral package (that includes
collateral interests over the Company&rsquo;s royalties at Pe&ntilde;asquito, Dolores, Mulatos, Cortez, Leeville, Goldstrike, Robinson,
Canadian Malartic and Holt), which are substantially similar to those under the existing agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Royal Gold intends to use the additional revolving credit facility
availability of $125 million for general corporate purposes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The foregoing description of the Amended Revolving Credit Agreement
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Revolving Credit
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.03&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or
an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The information set forth
under Item&nbsp;1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item&nbsp;2.03 by reference.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>Item 8.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other
Events</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Royal Gold announced the
execution of the Amended Revolving credit Agreement in a press release on May 30, 2012. The press release if filed as Exhibit 99.1
hereto and incorporated by reference herein.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d) Exhibits</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">10.1</TD><TD>Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among Royal Gold,&nbsp;Inc., High Desert Mineral Resources,&nbsp;Inc.,
RG Exchangeco Inc., RG Mexico,&nbsp;Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="color: black">Association, as a lender and
administrative agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a lender, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as a lender, and the other lenders from time
to time party thereto, HSBC Securities (USA Inc., as Sole lead arranger and joint bookrunner, and ScotiaBank, as syndication agent
and joint bookrunner, dated May 30, 2012.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">99.1</TD><TD>Press Release dated May 30, 2012.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">Royal Gold, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 44%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-style: italic">/s/ Karen Gross</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>Karen Gross</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Vice President &amp; Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: <FONT STYLE="color: black">June 1, 2012</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit Index</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><U>Exhibit No. </U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">10.1</TD><TD>Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among Royal Gold,&nbsp;Inc., High Desert Mineral Resources,&nbsp;Inc.,
RG Exchangeco Inc., RG Mexico,&nbsp;Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="color: black">Association, as administrative
agent and a lender, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a lender, Goldman Saschs Bank USA, as a lender, and the other lenders from time
to time party thereto, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as sole lead arranger and joint bookrunner, and ScotiaBank, as syndication agent
and joint bookrunner, dated May 30, 2012.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">99.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.24in">Press Release dated May 30, 2012.</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 30, 2012
ROYAL GOLD, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
001-13357
84-0835164
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
1660 Wynkoop Street, Suite 1000, Denver, CO
80202-1132
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code
303-573-1660
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01          Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 30, 2012, Royal Gold, Inc. ("Royal
Gold" or the "Company") entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement ("Amended
Revolving Credit Agreement") among Royal Gold, as the borrower, certain subsidiaries of Royal Gold, as guarantors, HSBC Bank
USA, National Association, as administrative agent and a lender, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a lender, Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
as a lender, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as the sole lead arranger and joint
bookrunner, and ScotiaBank, as syndication agent and joint bookrunner. The Amended Revolving Credit Agreement replaces Royal Gold's
$225 million revolving credit facility under the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2011. Royal
Gold's term loan facility was not amended by the Amended Revolving Credit Agreement.
The modifications implemented in the Amended Revolving Credit
Agreement include, among others: (1) an increase in the maximum principal balance to $350 million, which will provide an additional
$125 million to the Company; (2) an extension of the final maturity date from February 2014 to May 2017; and (3) the
addition of an accordion feature which permits Royal Gold to increase the revolving credit facility from time to time by up to
an aggregate of $50 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the payment in full and termination of Royal
Gold's term loan and obtaining additional lender commitments for such increase.
The Amended Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary covenants
limiting the ability of Royal Gold and its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt or liens, dispose of assets, enter into
transactions with affiliates, make certain investments or consummate certain mergers, and contains a collateral package (that includes
collateral interests over the Company's royalties at Peñasquito, Dolores, Mulatos, Cortez, Leeville, Goldstrike, Robinson,
Canadian Malartic and Holt), which are substantially similar to those under the existing agreement.
Royal Gold intends to use the additional revolving credit facility
availability of $125 million for general corporate purposes.
The foregoing description of the Amended Revolving Credit Agreement
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Revolving Credit
Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03          Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or
an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
The information set forth
under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.
Item 8.01          Other
Events
Royal Gold announced the
execution of the Amended Revolving credit Agreement in a press release on May 30, 2012. The press release if filed as Exhibit 99.1
hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
10.1
Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among Royal Gold, Inc., High Desert Mineral Resources, Inc.,
RG Exchangeco Inc., RG Mexico, Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National
Association, as a lender and
administrative agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a lender, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as a lender, and the other lenders from time
to time party thereto, HSBC Securities (USA Inc., as Sole lead arranger and joint bookrunner, and ScotiaBank, as syndication agent
and joint bookrunner, dated May 30, 2012.
99.1
Press Release dated May 30, 2012.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Royal Gold, Inc.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Karen Gross
Name:
Karen Gross
Title:
Vice President & Corporate Secretary
Dated:
June 1, 2012
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
10.1
Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement among Royal Gold, Inc., High Desert Mineral Resources, Inc.,
RG Exchangeco Inc., RG Mexico, Inc., HSBC Bank USA, National
Association, as administrative
agent and a lender, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as a lender, Goldman Saschs Bank USA, as a lender, and the other lenders from time
to time party thereto, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as sole lead arranger and joint bookrunner, and ScotiaBank, as syndication agent
and joint bookrunner, dated May 30, 2012.
99.1
Press Release dated May 30, 2012.
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