Royal Gold Wikipedia
History. In the 1980s, the company was named Royal Resources, Inc., and was an oilexploration company. In 1986, H. Stanley Dempsey, a board member of the public company, transformed the company into a gold mining company and renamed the company Royal Gold, Inc. Dempsey served as Royal Gold's chief executive officer through 2006, as its executive chairman through 2008, and its nonexecutive ...