0001035704-07-000215 Sample Contracts

OPTION AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

Option and Support Agreement • March 15th, 2007 • Royal Gold Inc • Mineral royalty traders • Colorado

• Contract Type
  Option and Support Agreement
• Filed
  March 15th, 2007
• Company
  Royal Gold Inc
• Industry
  Mineral royalty traders
• Jurisdiction
  Colorado

This Option and Support Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of March 5, 2007, among Royal Gold, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Acquirer”), and the shareholders of Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp., a Nevada corporation (“BMG”), executing this Agreement on the signature page hereto (each, a “Shareholder” and collectively, the “Shareholders”).

OPTION AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT

Option and Support Agreement • March 15th, 2007 • Royal Gold Inc • Mineral royalty traders • New York

• Contract Type
  Option and Support Agreement
• Filed
  March 15th, 2007
• Company
  Royal Gold Inc
• Industry
  Mineral royalty traders
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This Option and Support Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of March 5, 2007, among Royal Gold, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Acquirer”), and the shareholders of Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp., a Nevada corporation (“BMG”), executing this Agreement on the signature page hereto (each, a “Shareholder” and collectively, the “Shareholders”).