UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

(Mark One)

For the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 2015

or

For the transition period from ___ to ___

Commission File Number: 001-13357

Royal Gold, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes   x   No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).   Yes   ¨   No   x

There were 65,260,914 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of January 28, 2016.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Royal Gold, Inc. filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2016 (the "Form 10-Q"). The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2015 (the "Form 10-Q/A"), is to correct the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at January 28, 2016 reported on the cover page of the Form 10-Q.

This Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-Q, which continues to speak as of the date of the Form 10-Q. Except as specifically noted above, this Form 10-Q/A does not modify or update disclosures in the Form 10-Q. Accordingly, this Form 10-Q/A does not reflect subsequent events occurring after the original filing date of the Form 10-Q or modify or update in any way disclosures made in the Form 10-Q.

Exhibits files with this report:

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 thereunto duly authorized.