The United States is one of a handful of countries in which private real property owners can hold and own subsurface mineral rights. In a majority of countries, only the government can own and benefit ...

PARKERSBURG – As the oil and gas industry moves into drilling for Marcellus and Utica Shale, property owners are scrambling to find out about the status of the mineral rights on their property.

The amendments give the energy and resources minister the power to designate subsurface development area when private mineral ...

Discover which Wyoming counties offer the highest payouts for selling mineral rights. Learn how regions like Converse, ...

North Carolina allows "split estates" or a tract that has different owners between the surface and the below-ground mineral rights. The subsurface can be sold, like in any land transaction, by the ...

Mineral owners are faced with what may seem like a gusher of choices when it comes time to turn their asset into income. Like surface real estate, mineral estates are only as valuable as what someone ...

Dear Mr. Premack: I own mineral rights to Texas property but do not own the property itself. I’m 80 years old and may need to go in a Texas nursing home, eventually need to apply for Medicaid. How can ...

Source Rock Royalties Ltd. ("Source Rock") (TSXV: SRR), a pure-play oil and gas royalty company with an established portfolio of oil focused royalties, announces the joint-acquisition of oil sands and ...

A flurry of innovative mining projects in the UK has placed a new focus on the question of who owns the mineral rights associated with land. In the south-west of England, Cornish Lithium and Imerys ...