San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Declares No Cash Distribution for March 2025

DALLAS, March 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Argent Trust Company, as the trustee (the "Trustee") of the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the "Trust") (NYSE: SJT), today reported that it will not declare a monthly cash distribution to the holders of its Units of beneficial interest (the "Unit Holders") due to the application of net proceeds of $4,153,693, which amount would otherwise be payable to the Trust as royalty income, to the balance of excess production costs accrued as a result of Hilcorp San Juan L.P.'s ("Hilcorp") drilling of two new horizonal wells in 2024. Excess production costs occur when production costs and capital expenditures exceed the gross proceeds for a certain period. The balance of cumulative excess production costs is currently approximately $21,739,947 gross ($16,304,960 net to the Trust), a decrease in the deficit of $5,538,257 gross ($4,153,693 net to the trust) from last month's reporting period. Hilcorp will continue to charge the balance of excess production costs to the Trust's net proceeds each month. Until the balance is paid in full, the Trust will not receive royalty income as all net proceeds will be applied to the balance of excess production costs. No cash distributions will be made by the Trust until future net proceeds are sufficient to pay Trust liabilities and replenish cash reserves. 

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