SJT San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2023

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

PNC Asset Management Group

2200 Post Oak Blvd., Floor 18

Houston, TX 77056

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (866) 809-4553

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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On December 18, 2023, the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the “Trust”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing a monthly cash distribution to the holders (the “Unit Holders”) of its units of beneficial interest (the “Units”) of $574,347.16 or $0.012323 per Unit, based primarily upon the reported production of the Trust’s subject interests (the “Subject Interests”) during the month of October 2023, by the owner of the Subject Interests, Hilcorp San Juan L.P. The distribution is payable January 16, 2024, to the Unit Holders of record as of December 29, 2023.

In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form 8-K, the information in this Form 8-K shall be deemed “furnished” and not “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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Exhibit 99.1

News Release

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Declares Cash Distribution for December 2023

HOUSTON, Texas, December 18, 2023 – PNC Bank, National Association, as the trustee (the “Trustee”) of the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the “Trust”) (NYSE: SJT), today declared a monthly cash distribution to the holders (the “Unit Holders”) of its units of beneficial interest (the “Units”) of $574,347.16 or $0.012323 per Unit, based primarily upon the reported production of the Trust’s subject interests (the “Subject Interests”) during the month of October 2023. The distribution is payable January 16, 2024, to the Unit Holders of record as of December 29, 2023.

For the production month of October 2023, the owner of the Subject Interests, Hilcorp San Juan L.P. and the operator of the Subject Interests, Hilcorp Energy Company (collectively, “Hilcorp”), reported to the Trust net profits of $869,465 gross ($652,099 net royalty amount to the Trust).

Hilcorp reported $4,521,998 of total revenue from the Subject Interests for the production month of October 2023, consisting of $4,280,816 of gas revenues and $241,182 of oil revenues. For the Subject Interests, Hilcorp reported $3,652,533 of production costs for the production month of October 2023, consisting of $2,343,519 of lease operating expense, $690,876 of severance taxes and $618,138 of capital costs.

Based upon information provided to the Trust by Hilcorp, gas volumes for the subject interests for October 2023 totaled 1,997,743 Mcf (2,219,715 MMBtu), as compared to 1,905,945 Mcf (2,117,717 MMBtu) for September 2023. Dividing gas revenues by production volume yielded an average gas price for October 2023 of $2.14 per Mcf ($1.93 per MMBtu), as compared to an average gas price for September 2023 of $2.46 per Mcf ($2.22 per MMBtu).

Production from the Subject Interests continues to be gathered, processed, and sold under market sensitive and customary agreements, as recommended for approval by the Trust’s Consultant. The Trustee continues to engage with Hilcorp regarding its ongoing accounting and reporting to the Trust, and the Trust’s third-party compliance auditors continue to audit payments made by Hilcorp to the Trust, inclusive of sales revenues, production costs, capital expenditures, adjustments, actualizations, and recoupments. The Trust’s auditing process has also included detailed analysis of Hilcorp’s pricing and rates charged. As previously disclosed in the Trust’s filings, these revenues and costs (along with all costs) are the subject of the Trust’s ongoing comprehensive audit process by our professional consultants and outside counsel to ensure full compliance with all the underlying operative Trust agreements and evaluating all available potential remedies in the event there is evidence of non-compliance.

PNC Bank, National Association

PNC Asset Management Group

2200 Post Oak Blvd., Floor 18

Houston, TX 77056

website: www.sjbrt.com

e-mail: sjt@pnc.com

Ross Durr, RPL, Senior Vice President & Mineral Interest Director

Kaye Wilke, Investor Relations, toll-free: (866) 809-4553

Except for historical information contained in this news release, the statements in this news release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as “estimates,” “anticipates,” “could,” “plan,” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Forward-looking statements and the business prospects of San Juan Basin Royalty Trust are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, certain information provided to the Trust by Hilcorp, volatility of oil and gas prices, governmental regulation or action, litigation, and uncertainties about estimates of reserves. These and other risks are described in the Trust’s reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.