Digital Royalties Explained

A Better Way to Own Commodity Royalties

Learn how digital royalties work, how fractional ownership opens up access, and why moving from paper to modern digital tech makes sense for resource investors.

Market Context

Real infrastructure, not a buzzword.

On-chain real-world assets are growing fast—now representing a $27.5B market. But at Monark Digital, we don't treat blockchain as a trendy buzzword or speculative tech. Instead, we use it as practical infrastructure to cut out administrative drag and make commodity cash flows easy to trade and settle.

What is a Mining Royalty?

A direct cut of top-line revenue.

A mining royalty gives you a direct cut of the top-line revenue from a mine or mineral lease. Historically, these have been fantastic long-term assets because they attach straight to the ground itself, meaning you collect income without worrying about the operator's day-to-day corporate costs.

Structural Evolution of Asset Markets

From joint-stock companies to tokenisation.

01

Corporatisation

1600s

Joint-stock companies like the Dutch East India Company give buyers shared equity ownership.

02

Unitisation

Next

Grouping physical assets together into managed unit trusts.

03

Commoditisation

Next

The mining company raises non-dilutive capital by offering royalty units to investors.

04

Securitisation

Next

Packaging contractual cash flows into institutional bonds and debt notes.

05

Tokenisation

Today

Moving legal rights onto digital ledgers. This breaks down big deals into smaller chunks, speeds up trades, and opens up round-the-clock trading.

DMR Tokenisation & Fractionalisation

Two ideas, one better way to own a royalty.

Digital Mining Royalty (DMR) Tokenisation

A secure digital record of a real legal deed.

Digital Mining Royalty (DMR) Tokenisation simply means creating a secure digital record of a real legal royalty deed on a ledger.

Fractionalisation

Ownership in accessible amounts.

Instead of needing millions of dollars to buy a whole royalty deed, we split it into smaller digital units. This lets everyday sophisticated investors buy in at accessible amounts and build a spread-out resource portfolio.

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