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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-320889
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191220
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SAN JUAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000319655
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL ROYALTY TRADERS [6792]
		IRS NUMBER:				756279898
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08032
		FILM NUMBER:		191301334

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		COMPASS BANK, TRUST DEPARTMENT
		STREET 2:		300 W. 7TH STREET SUITE B
		CITY:			FORT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76102
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8668094553

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		COMPASS BANK, TRUST DEPARTMENT
		STREET 2:		300 W. 7TH STREET SUITE B
		CITY:			FORT WORTH
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			76102
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;20, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Juan Basin Royalty Trust </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fort Worth, Texas 76102 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code): (866) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">809-4553</FONT> </B></P>
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former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of
1933 (&#167;&nbsp;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;&nbsp;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
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growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December&nbsp;20, 2019, the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit 99.1, announcing a monthly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $79,420.35 or $0.001704 per unit, based primarily upon production during the month of October 2019, subject to certain adjustments for
prior months. The distribution is payable January&nbsp;15, 2020, to unit holders of record as of December&nbsp;31, 2019. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report on Form <FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>BBVA USA, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE SAN JUAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST</B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>San Juan Basin Royalty Trust </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>News
Release&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Declares Cash Distribution for December 2019 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>FORT WORTH, Texas, December</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;20, 2019</B> &#150; BBVA USA, as Trustee of the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (the &#147;Trust&#148;)
(NYSE:SJT), today declared a monthly cash distribution to the holders of its Units of beneficial interest (the &#147;Unit Holders&#148;) of $79,420.35 or $0.001704 per Unit, based primarily upon production during the month of October 2019, subject
to certain adjustments by the operator of the Trust&#146;s subject interests, Hilcorp San Juan L.P. (&#147;Hilcorp&#148;), for prior months. The distribution is payable January&nbsp;15, 2020, to Unit Holders of record as of December&nbsp;31, 2019.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After payment of the Trust&#146;s administrative expenses for the month, the Trustee will replenish the Trust&#146;s cash reserves by the net amount of
$388,162 which will bring the cash reserve balance back to the previously established amount of $1.0&nbsp;million. As of November&nbsp;29, 2019, the Trust&#146;s cash reserves were $611,838. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon information provided to the Trust by Hilcorp, gas production for the subject interests totaled 2,174,663 Mcf (2,416,293 MMBtu) for October 2019, as
compared to 3,227,134 Mcf (3,585,705 MMBtu) for September 2019. Dividing revenues by production volume yielded an average gas price for October 2019 of $1.46 per Mcf ($1.32 per MMBtu), as compared to an average gas price for September 2019 of $1.58
per Mcf ($1.42 per MMBtu). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hilcorp has advised the Trust that the October 2019 reporting month included additional profits of $229,128 gross ($171,846
net to the Trust) based on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">true-ups</FONT> and adjustments for the October 2017 production month. Hilcorp also reported that for the reporting month of October 2019, revenue included an estimated $169,000 for <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-operated</FONT> revenue. For the month ended October 2019, Hilcorp reported to the Trust capital costs of $25,481, lease operating expenses and property taxes of $2,393,163, and severance taxes of $53,239. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Contact:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;San Juan Basin Royalty Trust </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BBVA USA, Trustee </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">300 West Seventh St., Suite B, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">website: <U>www.sjbrt.com</U> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail:</FONT> <U>sjt.us@bbva.com</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joshua R. Peterson, Senior Vice President&nbsp;&amp; Trust Officer </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Kaye Wilke, Investor Relations, toll-free: (866) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">809-4553</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except for historical information contained in this news release, the statements in this news release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to
the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as &#147;estimates,&#148; &#147;anticipates,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; or
other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Forward-looking statements and the business prospects of San Juan Basin Royalty Trust are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in future
periods to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, certain information provided to the Trust by Hilcorp, volatility of oil and gas prices, governmental regulation or action,
litigation, and uncertainties about estimates of reserves. These and other risks are described in the Trust&#146;s reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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