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Quick Note - Indonesia Commodity - Royalty rate change: Gold, silver, nickel, tin
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Quick Note - Indonesia Commodity - Royalty rate change: Gold, silver, nickel, tin
Nomura Securities Malaysia Sdn Bhd
11 May 2026Indonesia Commodity
EQUITY: METALS & MINING
Royalty rate change: Gold, silver, nickel, tin Research Analysts
Indonesia Research Team
Ahmad Maghfur Usman - NSMQuick Note ahmad.maghfurusman@nomura.com
+603 2027 6892Indonesia is revising PP 19/2025 to increase mining royalty rates, aiming to capture
windfall gains from elevated commodity prices and recalibrate tariff brackets to current Onshore expert
market levels across gold, copper, silver, tin, nickel, chromium, and cobalt (link). The
market reacted negatively, with the JCI falling 2.86% on Friday, led by commodity stocks. Michael Wildon Ng
The revised royalty rates are expected to take effect as early as June 2026. Notably, (michael.wildon@verdhana.id)
royalties are applied to refined products sold, rather than upstream ore, unless ore is Nizam Syafik (nizam.syafik@verdhana.id)
treated as third parties’ businesses.
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Key changes and earnings impact employedbyPTVerdhanaSekuritas
With commodity prices trending higher (nickel +13% YTD to USD18,900/t; gold +9% to Indonesia(“Verdhana”)andarenot
USD4,700/oz; silver +12% to USD80/oz; tin +33% to ~USD53,800/t), the revised royalty licensedoutsideIndonesia,have
structure will have uneven impacts across commodities: contributedtothecontentofthis
reportunderapartnershipagreement
• Nickel ore: Saprolite (>1.5% Ni) royalty increases marginally from 15% to 16% (+1pp). betweenNomuraandVerdhana.
Earnings impact remains limited, with ~2% profit decline per +1pp increase.
• Tin: Royalty doubles from 10% to 20%, implying the most severe hit, with estimated
earnings down ~31%.
• Gold: Moves into a higher bracket at 19% (vs.
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