Why sell or lease Mineral Rights?

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Why sell or lease Mineral Rights?

Buying and selling mineral rights is an emerging these days. But what are mineral rights? It refers to the claim or interest over the minerals beneath the property or a landowner. Minerals in any given case range from gold to silver to gemstones to coal to natural gas to oil. It really is more of a profit loss argument when you are willing to sell over the estimated value of any property of goods. If you find that the total lease of your mineral rights, let’s say in 40 years, after accruing interest in quite huge, then profit wise, it is a no brainer that you should sell away your mineral rights. However, it is usually a case that due to sentimental reasons, example, the property belonging to your ancestors or having been there in your family for generations; people do not want to sell off their property. In such cases, chances are that ownership of mineral rights has already been established. Landsmen will usually make you believe that your mineral rights are different from your surface rights. And, companies, since they are eccentric, will only care of what is beneath the surface rather than what is above it. And for this reason, www.uniroyalties.com


not only will you get to keep your beautiful property, you porch, your house, your garden and your dog combined; but in addition to this, you will also receive a big fat paycheck whenever you should choose to sell away your mineral rights. There is an example that is very common in this regard: about complacent Kent of Lafayette County, Ark. Kent had a huge offer of around $2million, if he chooses to sell his minerals rights. But assuming that he will be able to receive an offer better than this from elsewhere, he decided to hold on to his property a while longer. But what happened to his dismay, is that the company decided to buy the rights off Kent’s neighbor, only to find that the actual production of minerals were far less than the estimate and there went Kent’s hopes to a substantial paycheck. The moral of this is to always know your property. Know all the secondary information through books, and talking to specialists such as landsmen, lawyers, and accountants before finally deciding on all such major decisions of leasing or selling away your mineral rights. UniRoyalties is the leading source for you to evaluate your oil and gas lease in order to maximize your asset withdrawal. We specialize in fast evaluation and processing of all your gas and oil investments lease and provides a complete solution to you on behalf of an investor. If selling your mineral rights is part of your to-do list, have us help you seal the deal with a very promising and worthwhile treaty. Visit http://www.uniroyalties.com


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