March 11, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Royal Gold, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: RGLD) (TSX: RGL) board of directors has declared its second quarter dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on April 16, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 1, 2010.

The quarterly dividend of $0.09 is also payable to holders of exchangeable shares of RG Exchangeco (TSX: RXG). The exchangeable shares were issued to certain Canadian persons in connection with our acquisition of International Royalty Corp..

Colorado-based Royal Gold is a precious metals royalty company engaged in the acquisition and management of precious metal royalty interests.

The company owns royalties on 193 properties on six continents.

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