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☐ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 40 - F REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ☑ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 ( a ) OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 Commission file number : 001-35404 EMX ROYALTY CORP THE ROYALTY GENERATOR " EMX ROYALTY CORPORATION British Columbia , Canada ( Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter ) ( Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 1000 ( Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code ) Suite 501-543 Granville Street Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada V6C 1X8 ( 604 ) 688-6390 98-102691 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) ( Address and Telephone Number of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices ) DL Services Inc. Columbia Center , 701 Fifth Avenue , Suite 1600 Seattle , Washington 98104 ( 206 ) 903-5448 ( Name , address ( including zip code ) and telephone number ( including area code ) of agent for service in the United States ) Copies to : Kimberley R. Anderson Dorsey & Whitney LLP 701 Fifth Avenue , Suite 6100 Seattle , WA 98104-7043 ( 206 ) 903-8803 Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Title of Each Class : Trading Symbol ( s ) . EMX Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered : NYSE American Common Shares , no par value Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : N / A Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15 ( d ) of the Act : N / A For annual reports , indicate by check mark the information filed with this form : × Annual Information Form × Audited Annual Financial Statements Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report : As at December 31 , 2020 , 84,677,831 common shares of the Registrant were issued and outstanding . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports ) and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . > Yes □ No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was