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Robert Ravnaas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC, Kimbell's general partner (the "General Partner"), commented, "2024 was another outstanding year for Kimbell.  We grew total production 23% compared to 2023, largely due to the contribution of our record $455 million acquisition that closed in Q3 2023, which continues to perform very well.  In addition, we paid out $1.75 per common unit in tax-advantaged quarterly distributions during 2024 and paid down approximately $56.0 million on our credit facility by allocating 25% of cash available for distribution for debt-paydown.

"More recently, we closed an acquisition from a private seller on certain mineral and royalty interests in properties located under the historic Mabee Ranch in the Midland Basin, further bolstering the Permian Basin as our leading basin in terms of production, active rig count, DUCs, permits and undrilled inventory.  Including a full quarter effect from this acquisition in Q4 2024 given its effective date of October 1, 2024, production exceeded 25,000 Boe/d for the first time in Kimbell's history.  The acquisition was financed partially from a successful primary equity offering, which was oversubscribed and further broadened Kimbell's institutional ownership and daily trading liquidity.  Including the effect of the acquisition, today we are initiating 2025 operational guidance with expected record high mid-point daily production as compared to 2024 operational guidance.

"Reflecting on our growth since our IPO, we have now grown production from 3,116 Boe/d to 25,946 Boe/d, an increase of 733%.  As evidenced by our track record of ongoing acquisition activity, we expect to continue our role as a major consolidator in the highly fragmented U.S. oil and natural gas royalty sector, which we estimate to be over $700 billion in size.  And, as I have stated in the past, there are only a handful of public entities in the U.S. and Canada that have the financial resources, infrastructure, network and technical expertise to complete large-scale, multi-basin acquisitions.  We believe that we are still in the early stages of this consolidation and will actively seek out targets that fit within our acquisition profile.  We are very excited about the opportunities to expand in the future and to deliver unitholder value for years to come."

Fourth Quarter 2024 Distribution and Debt Repayment

Today, the Board of Directors of the General Partner (the "Board of Directors") approved a cash distribution payment to common unitholders of 75% of cash available for distribution for the fourth quarter of 2024, or $0.40 per common unit.  The distribution will be payable on March 25, 2025 to common unitholders of record at the close of business on March 18, 2025.  Kimbell plans to utilize the remaining 25% of cash available for distribution for the fourth quarter of 2024 to pay down a portion of the outstanding borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility.  Since May 2020 (excluding the expected upcoming pay-down from the remaining 25% of Q4 2024 projected cash available for distribution), Kimbell has paid down approximately $192.0 million of outstanding borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility by allocating a portion of its cash available for distribution for debt pay-down.

Kimbell expects that approximately 100% of its fourth quarter 2024 distribution should not constitute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but instead are estimated to constitute non-taxable reductions to the basis of each distribution recipient's ownership interest in Kimbell common units.  The reduced tax basis will increase unitholders' capital gain (or decrease unitholders' capital loss) when unitholders sell their common units.  The Form 8937 containing additional information may be found at www.kimbellrp.com under "Investor Relations" section of the site.  Kimbell currently believes that the portion that constitutes dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be considered qualified dividends, subject to holding period and certain other conditions, which are subject to a tax rate of 0%, 15% or 20% depending on the income level and tax filing status of a unitholder for 2025.  Kimbell believes these estimates are reasonable based on currently available information, but they are subject to change.

Financial Highlights

Kimbell's fourth quarter 2024 average realized price per Bbl of oil was $69.35, per Mcf of natural gas was $1.88, per Bbl of NGLs was $21.47 and per Boe combined was $31.04.

During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company's total revenues were $66.7 million, net loss was approximately $39.3 million and net loss attributable to common units was approximately $37.8 million, or $0.48 per common unit.  There was a non-cash ceiling test impairment expense of $56.2 million recorded during the quarter, primarily related to the decline in commodity prices.

Total fourth quarter 2024 consolidated Adjusted EBITDA was $59.8 million (consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please see a reconciliation to the nearest GAAP financial measures at the end of this news release).

In the fourth quarter of 2024, G&A expense was $9.4 million, $5.6 million of which was Cash G&A expense, or $2.53 per BOE (Cash G&A and Cash G&A per Boe are non-GAAP financial measures.  Please see definition under Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the Supplemental Schedules included in this news release).  Unit-based compensation in the fourth quarter of 2024, which is a non-cash G&A expense, was $3.8 million or $1.70 per Boe.

As of December 31, 2024, Kimbell had approximately $239.2 million in debt outstanding under its secured revolving credit facility, had net debt to fourth quarter 2024 trailing twelve month consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of approximately 0.8x and was in compliance with all financial covenants under its secured revolving credit facility.   Kimbell had approximately $310.8 million in undrawn capacity under its secured revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2024.

As of December 31, 2024, Kimbell had outstanding 80,969,651 common units and 14,524,120 Class B units.  As of February 27, 2025, Kimbell had outstanding 93,715,842 common units and 14,491,540 Class B units.

Production

Fourth quarter 2024 run-rate average daily production was 24,082 Boe per day (6:1), which was composed of approximately 50% from natural gas (6:1) and approximately 50% from liquids (31% from oil and 19% from NGLs).  Including a full Q4 2024 impact of the Acquired Production, the revenues from which will be received by the Company, run-rate production was 25,946 Boe per day (6:1).

Operational Update

As of December 31, 2024, Kimbell's major properties had 822 gross (4.80 net) DUCs and 561 gross (2.41 net) permitted locations on its acreage.  In addition, as of December 31, 2024, Kimbell had 87 rigs actively drilling on its acreage, which represents an approximate 15.2% market share of all land rigs drilling in the continental United States as of such time.

Reserves

Ryder Scott Company, L.P. prepared an estimate of Kimbell's proved reserves as of December 31, 2024.   Average prices of $75.48 per barrel of oil and $2.13 per MMBtu of natural gas were used in accordance with applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").  Realized prices with applicable differentials were $73.84 per barrel of oil, $1.57 per Mcf of natural gas and $18.07 per barrel of NGLs.

Proved developed reserves at year-end 2024 increased by approximately 3% year-over-year to over 67 MMBoe, reflecting continued development by the operators of Kimbell's acreage.

Hedging Update

The following provides information concerning Kimbell's hedge book as of December 31, 2024:

Company Initiates 2025 Guidance

Kimbell is providing financial and operational guidance ranges for 2025 as follows:

Conference Call

Kimbell Royalty Partners will host a conference call and webcast today at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to discuss fourth quarter 2024 results.  To access the call live by phone, dial 201-389-0869 and ask for the Kimbell Royalty Partners call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time.  A telephonic replay will be available through March 6, 2025 by dialing 201-612-7415 and using the conference ID 13750582#.  A webcast of the call will also be available live and for later replay on Kimbell's website at http://kimbellrp.investorroom.com under the Events and Presentations tab.

Presentation

On February 27, 2025, Kimbell posted an updated investor presentation on its website.  The presentation may be found at http://kimbellrp.investorroom.com under the Events and Presentations tab.  Information on Kimbell's website does not constitute a portion of this news release.

About Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP

Kimbell (NYSE: KRP) is a leading oil and gas mineral and royalty company based in Fort Worth, Texas.  Kimbell owns mineral and royalty interests in over 17 million gross acres in 28 states and in every major onshore basin in the continental United States, including ownership in more than 130,000 gross wells.  To learn more, visit http://www.kimbellrp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes forward-looking statements, in particular statements relating to Kimbell's financial, operating and production results and prospects for growth (including financial and operational guidance), drilling inventory, growth potential, identified locations and all other estimates and predictions resulting from Kimbell's portfolio review, the tax treatment of Kimbell's distributions, changes in Kimbell's capital structure, future natural gas and other commodity prices and changes to supply and demand for oil, natural gas and NGLs. These and other forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including risks that the anticipated benefits of acquisitions are not realized and uncertainties relating to Kimbell's business, prospects for growth and acquisitions and the securities markets generally, as well as risks inherent in oil and natural gas drilling and production activities, including risks with respect to potential declines in prices for oil and natural gas that could result in downward revisions to the value of proved reserves or otherwise cause operators to delay or suspend planned drilling and completion operations or reduce production levels, which would adversely impact cash flow, risks relating to the impairment of oil and natural gas properties, risks relating to the availability of capital to fund drilling operations that can be adversely affected by adverse drilling results, production declines and declines in oil and natural gas prices, risks relating to Kimbell's ability to meet financial covenants under its credit agreement or its ability to obtain amendments or waivers to effect such compliance, risks relating to Kimbell's hedging activities, risks of fire, explosion, blowouts, pipe failure, casing collapse, unusual or unexpected formation pressures, environmental hazards, and other operating and production risks, which may temporarily or permanently reduce production or cause initial production or test results to not be indicative of future well performance or delay the timing of sales or completion of drilling operations, risks relating to delays in receipt of drilling permits, risks relating to unexpected adverse developments in the status of properties, risks relating to borrowing base redeterminations by Kimbell's lenders, risks relating to the absence or delay in receipt of government approvals or third-party consents, risks relating to acquisitions, dispositions and drop downs of assets, risks relating to Kimbell's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from and to integrate acquired assets, including the Acquired Production, risks relating to tax matters and other risks described in Kimbell's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. Except as required by law, Kimbell undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after this news release. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in Kimbell's filings with the SEC.

Contact:

Rick Black
Dennard Lascar Investor Relations
krp@dennardlascar.com
(713) 529-6600

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Supplemental Schedules

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Adjusted EBITDA, Cash G&A and Cash G&A per Boe are used as supplemental non-GAAP financial measures by management and external users of Kimbell's financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies.  Kimbell believes Adjusted EBITDA is useful because it allows us to more effectively evaluate Kimbell's operating performance and compare the results of Kimbell's operations period to period without regard to its financing methods or capital structure.  In addition, management uses Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate cash flow available to pay distributions to Kimbell's unitholders.  Kimbell defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss), net of depreciation and depletion expense, interest expense, income taxes, impairment of oil and natural gas properties, non-cash unit based compensation, unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments, cash distribution from affiliate, equity income (loss) in affiliate, gains and losses on sales of assets and operational impacts of variable interest entities, which include general and administrative expense and interest income.  Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of net income (loss) or net cash provided by operating activities as determined by GAAP.  Kimbell excludes the items listed above from net income (loss) in arriving at Adjusted EBITDA because these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within Kimbell's industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures and the method by which the assets were acquired.  Certain items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing a company's financial performance, such as a company's cost of capital and tax structure, as well as historic costs of depreciable assets, none of which are components of Adjusted EBITDA.  Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to net income, oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids revenues, net cash provided by operating activities or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP.  Kimbell's computations of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.  Kimbell expects that cash available for distribution for each quarter will generally equal its Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter, less cash needed for debt service and other contractual obligations, tax obligations, and fixed charges and reserves for future operating or capital needs that the Board of Directors may determine is appropriate.

Kimbell believes Cash G&A and Cash G&A per Boe are useful metrics because they isolate cash costs within overall G&A expense and measure cash costs relative to overall production, which is a widely utilized metric to evaluate operational performance within the energy sector.  Cash G&A is defined as general and administrative expenses less unit-based compensation expense.  Cash G&A per Boe is defined as Cash G&A divided by total production for a period.  Cash G&A should not be considered an alternative to G&A expense presented in accordance with GAAP. Kimbell's computations of Cash G&A and Cash G&A per Boe may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

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¹ Based on Kimbell rig count of 91, which includes the Q1 2025 acquired production, and Baker Hughes U.S. land rig count of 573 as of December 31, 2024.
² Excludes impact from Acquired Production.  Revenues and other financial results from the Acquired Production will be reflected in Kimbell's condensed consolidated financial statements from January 17, 2025 closing date onward.
³ These figures pertain only to Kimbell's major properties and do not include possible additional DUCs and permits from Kimbell's minor properties, which generally have a net revenue interest of 0.1% or below and are time consuming to quantify but, in the estimation of Kimbell's management, could add an additional 15% to Kimbell's net inventory.

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