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Note 8 - Debt, Net
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

8.    Debt, Net

 

The Partnership's debt consists of the following:

 

  

March 31,

  

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2026

  

2025

 

Opco Credit Facility

 $46,084  $18,884 

Opco Senior Notes

        

5.03% with semi-annual interest payments in June and December, with annual principal payments in December, due December 2026

 $11,420  $11,420 

5.18% with semi-annual interest payments in June and December, with annual principal payments in December, due December 2026

  2,911   2,911 

Total Opco Senior Notes

 $14,331  $14,331 

Total debt at face value

 $60,415  $33,215 

Net unamortized debt issuance costs

  (97)  (133)

Total debt, net

 $60,318  $33,082 

Less: current portion of debt

  (14,234)  (14,198)

Total long-term debt, net

 $46,084  $18,884 

 

Opco Debt

 

All of Opco’s debt is guaranteed by its wholly owned subsidiaries and is secured by certain of the assets of Opco and its wholly owned subsidiaries, other than BRP LLC and NRP Trona LLC. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, Opco was in compliance with the terms of the financial covenants contained in its debt agreements.

 

Opco Credit Facility

 

As of December 31, 2025, the Partnership had $18.9 million in borrowings outstanding under the Opco Credit Facility and $181.1 million of available borrowing capacity. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Partnership borrowed $61.2 million and repaid $34.0 million, resulting in $46.1 million in borrowings outstanding under the Opco Credit Facility and $153.9 million of available borrowing capacity as of March 31, 2026. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Partnership borrowed $33.7 million and repaid $37.0 million on the Opco Credit Facility. The weighted average interest rate for the borrowings outstanding under the Opco Credit Facility for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were 7.28% and 7.93%, respectively.

 

The Opco Credit Facility is collateralized and secured by liens on certain of Opco’s assets with carrying values of $284.8 million and $290.6 million classified as mineral rights, net and other long-term assets, net and $19.6 million and $20.4 million classified as long-term contract receivable, net on the Partnership’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.

 

The Opco Credit Facility contains financial covenants requiring Opco to maintain:

 

A leverage ratio of consolidated indebtedness to EBITDDA (in each case as defined in the Opco Credit Facility) not to exceed 3.0x. As of March 31, 2026, this ratio was 0.4x; and

 

an interest coverage ratio of consolidated EBITDDA to the sum of consolidated interest expense and consolidated lease expense (in each case as defined in the Opco Credit Facility) of not less than 3.5 to 1.0. As of March 31, 2026, this ratio was 21.4x.

 

Opco Senior Notes   

 

Opco issued several series of private placement senior notes (the "Opco Senior Notes") with various interest rates and principal due dates. As of March 31, 2026, the 5.03% and 5.18% Opco Senior Notes remain outstanding. These Opco Senior Notes have principal due annually in December and interest due semi-annually in June and December. As of both  March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Opco Senior Notes had cumulative principal balances of $14.3 million. These Opco Senior Notes will fully mature in December 2026.