Learn the value of your minerals & list for lease or for sale for free
Our index scores and property reports provide you with a third-party analysis for your property and its resources. If you are already receiving offers, are interested in leasing or selling your mineral rights, or would like to know your property's potential, get your free report now! Creating a listing on LandApp's marketplace if you'd like to sell or lease your minerals is easy, free, and you have no obligations to accept any offers!
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Why List Your Mineral Rights for Lease on LandApp?
List your mineral rights for lease completely free on LandApp. There are no fees, commissions, or obligations to accept offers- just opportunity. Each listing is enhanced with proprietary property data & analytics, providing real-time land valuation, energy leasing insights, and parcel data all in one platform- something competitors can’t match.
No Fees
It is completely free to list unlimited properties (land and real estate) for lease or for sale on LandApp's marketplace.
No Commissions
There are no commissions if you accept an offer to lease or sell your property that you receive through LandApp.
No Obligations
Interested buyers or lessors will contact you directly with offers, none of which you're obligated to accept.
The #1 Marketplace for Land & Its Resources
Looking to buy, sell, or lease land? LandApp offers the most comprehensive land marketplace with real-time data insights embedded into each listing. If you simply want to learn more about your property or explore offers, get a free property report or create a listing today. There are no fees, commissions, or obligations to accept any offers!
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Mineral Rights Leasing Process
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Determine estimated mineral rights value with a free LandApp Property Report
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List mineral rights for lease on LandApp
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Receive offers from developers
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Negotiate mineral rights lease terms
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Accept an offer and close your listing
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Mineral rights development begins per the terms agreed upon in the lease contract
Estimate Mineral Rights Value
Find your parcel on LandApp's map, then select it to export a free PDF Report with a mineral lease estimate. You will also be prompted to create a LandApp account.
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List for Lease on LandApp
Landowners or their representative lists the property for lease for free on LandApp's platform. Uploading documents is optional but recommended, especially if your mineral rights were leased or if you're receiving royalties.
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Receive Offers From Developers
After the LandApp listing is published, interested developers would contact you directly with offers- none of which you're obligated to accept.
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Negotiate Offers
All offers are negotiable. LandApp can not provide legal advice, so it's recommended that you consult with a mineral rights broker or attorney for assistance with negotiations.
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Accept an Offer & Close the Listing
After you've accepted an offer and signed a contract, the listing must be marked as 'Closed' of 'Leased' on LandApp to keep our platform and listings up-to-date.
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Development Phase
The developer begins their work on your property and the mineral rights lease payments and/or royalties will begin per the specific terms outlined in your lease.
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How Do Mineral Rights Lease Payments Work?
Mineral rights leases typically involve three types of payments: an upfront bonus payment, ongoing royalties based on a share of the revenue from extracted minerals, and delay rentals, which are paid to maintain the lease when no production has started. All mineral rights lease agreements are negotiable, so the exact payment arrangement varies by lease.
Upfront Bonus Payment
An oil & gas lease bonus is a one-time payment made to you at the time the lease is signed.
Royalty Payments
Royalty payments are given based on a percentage share of the revenue from the oil and gas extracted on your land.
Delay Rental Payments
If production doesn’t begin during the lease’s primary term, the lessee pays delay rentals to keep the lease in effect.
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Mineral Rights Leasing FAQs
LandApp earns revenues through our subscription-based toolkit, which is engineered for energy developers to plan and manage their projects. Energy companies also use LandGate to view landowner listings and evaluate parcels of interest.
LandApp provides a free estimate of your mineral rights directly online. Simply type in your address at landgate.com to receive your free property report and estimates. This report can be used to help you make well-informed decisions if you have received offers for your oil & gas rights.
Landowners should also consider consulting with a local attorney to review legal documents for the lease or sale of their minerals.Mineral owners can search for their property to get a free estimated value of their oil and gas rights on a dollar per acre ($/acre) basis. This estimate can be used to help mineral owners make well-informed decisions regarding the lease or sale of their oil and gas rights.
Mineral owners should consider using an attorney to review the legal documents for the lease or sale of their minerals. If you do not know of an attorney, LandApp can refer you to an attorney in your state specialized in oil & gas transactions.A royalty is a portion of the proceeds from the sale of production. A royalty is usually described in the lease as a fraction, such as 1/8th. If a well is successfully drilled by the operator (lessee), the mineral owner will receive an oil and gas royalty payment every month for as long as there is production on the leased lands or being allocated to the leased lands.
You can view the location of oil and gas Wells across the U.S. with LandGate's PowerTools Suite. Learn more and book a free demo here!
An overriding royalty interest (ORRI) is similar to a royalty interest in that it is also a portion of the proceeds from the sale of production. However, it is not retained under the terms of the oil and gas lease. An ORRI is granted, assigned and created under the terms of a separate document.
There are several possible reasons you’ve stopped receiving royalty checks. Perhaps the most common reason is that the well(s) stopped producing, or the operator temporarily shut off the well. There could be several other reasons a well stops producing. This includes anything from the well having problems, to it not being economically viable at lower commodity prices.
Another reason is that the contracts which dictate the sale of oil & gas (called marketing contracts in the industry), are being renegotiated or transferred. Unfortunately, these contracts can sometimes result in lower prices of oil and gas, ultimately hurting the mineral owner. Normally, a mineral owner does not have to pay for transportation costs, but sometimes the operators add it to the lease or try to apply the transportation cost to the oil or gas price.LandApp provides a free estimate of your mineral rights directly online. Simply type in your address on our interactive map to get a free estimated value on a dollar per acre ($/acre) basis. LandGate provides this information to you at no cost and with no obligations.
A formal mineral appraisal is not necessary to create a listing on LandGate's marketplace. Ultimately, the decision to get a mineral appraisal should be based on the specific circumstances, financial goals, and preferences of the landowner.
It is recommended that landowners consult with professionals such as mineral appraisers, land agents, or legal advisors who specialize in mineral rights to determine the true value of their mineral rights. However, utilizing LandGate’s free property report is the easiest way for landowners to estimate the value of their minerals.The best way to find out if you own minerals is to research the deed records in the County Clerk’s office in the County or Parish where the property is located. LandApp's platform does not contain mineral rights ownership information.
Title research can be very difficult. Often it requires the services of an experienced land professional or title abstractor. If you need to speak with a land professional or a title abstractor, you can ask your County Clerk for a recommendation. These researchers spend the majority of their time in the County Clerk’s office and often ask the Clerk to divulge their contact information to anyone needing title research done.
Mineral rights ownership on a property is often different from surface ownership. While the original landowner may have owned both the surface and mineral rights, these rights can be segmented, severed, or sold.
Typically a surface owner will own the entire surface. Oftentimes, the mineral rights on a parcel are owned by multiple people, so it is possible that you also own the mineral rights with other mineral owners.
You can check if you own the mineral rights at your county clerk's office. You may need to trace the full history of your ownership through all the deeds and see if the minerals on your property (or part of them) have ever been ‘reserved’ when the property was sold or transferred. It would look something like “Reserve Minerals” on the Deed. If you see the minerals have been reserved in the conveyance of the title, it is likely that you don’t own them anymore. This process is called running title, which can be very complex and is usually handled by a professional landman.
The mineral owner has a right to reasonably use the surface to extract the minerals on the property given that the mineral estate is considered the dominant estate. The mineral owner or the operator leasing the minerals, and the surface owner, will enter into a voluntary agreement called a surface use agreement. The surface use agreement (SUA) dictates how the operator may use the surface to drill for oil & gas.
If you live on or near the property, you can go to the county courthouse to search the records. You could also try reaching out to the county clerk in the county where the property is located. The legal description of the property will be very helpful in conducting this research.
Alternatively, you could hire a Landman to run the title and determine who owns minerals. The county clerk may be able to provide you with a recommendation for a local landman.
Do I Own Mineral Rights?
How to Know if You Own Mineral Rights
LandApp's database does not contain mineral rights ownership information. To find out if you own mineral rights, check out your property deed or connect with your local county clerk for public mineral rights ownership records. If you'd like to see nationwide surface property owner information, subscribe to LandApp Pro for $6 monthly.
How to List Mineral Rights for Lease on LandApp
To create a free listing, download our free mobile app, then register for a free account. Next, find your parcel on our map and go through each step in the listing process. It takes 5 minutes!
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