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SELLING YOUR MINERALS
What the decision involves, what we look at, and what happens after you say yes.
Selling Your Minerals
Most people we speak with have never sold minerals before and are not entirely sure what they own.
That is normal, and it is not a problem. You do not need your paperwork organized, a landman on retainer, or a clear picture of your acreage before you call us. Half the work of a first conversation is simply establishing what is there.
This page walks through the whole thing — whether selling is even the right move, what to pull together, how we arrive at a number, and how a closing actually runs.
First: should you sell at all?
Plenty of owners are better off keeping what they have, and we would rather tell you that early than spend three weeks working toward an offer you should decline.
Selling tends to make sense when an estate needs to be settled and the heirs want cash rather than a fractional interest split six ways; when the administrative burden of tracking checks, division orders, and 1099s across several states outweighs the income; when a family needs liquidity for something specific; or when a single mineral position has become an outsized share of someone's net worth.
Holding tends to make sense when an operator has permitted new wells on your acreage that have not been drilled yet; when production is long-lived and the income is something you rely on month to month; or when the interest carries meaning in your family that a number will not replace. If your acreage sits in the middle of an active development program, waiting is often worth real money.
We will tell you which of these we think you are in.
OUR PROCESS
Please reach us at team@arcturusholdings.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Email the documents above, or call and talk it through. If all you have is an operator's name and a check that shows up twice a year, that is enough to begin.
We run title to confirm what you actually own and in what proportion, then build a production forecast from the existing wells and the operator's development plans. This usually takes a few business days.
The offer arrives with the assumptions behind it — the wells, the decline curve, the pricing deck, the net acreage we credited you. If you want your accountant or attorney to check the math, the math is there.
We prepare the conveyance, record it in the county, and notify the operators of the transfer. We cover recording and transfer costs; nothing comes out of your proceeds.
Payment goes out at closing by wire or check, whichever you prefer. Typical closings run two to four weeks from an accepted offer, longer where title needs curative work.
What to gather
Send whatever you can find. Anything missing, we can usually track down through county records.
- Recent check stubs or revenue statements The last three to twelve months is ideal. Even one is a useful starting point.
- Division orders These show your decimal interest in each well and the operator paying it.
- Deeds or conveyances However the interest came to you — purchase, gift, or inheritance.
- Oil and gas leases, if you have copies Helpful but rarely on hand. We can pull these from the county.
- Probate documents or an affidavit of heirship Only if the interest passed through an estate that has not been formally transferred.
- The county and legal description Section, township and range, or abstract and survey. If all you know is the county and the operator's name, start there.
What drives the number
Mineral value is not a multiple of your last check, though a great many offers are calculated that way.
Current production What the wells make today, and how fast that volume is declining. A well two years into its life and a well twelve years in are very different assets. Undeveloped locations Usually the largest single factor. Permitted or likely future wells on your acreage can be worth more than everything currently producing. Your decimal interest Net mineral acres multiplied by your royalty rate. This is also the thing owners most often have wrong in their own records. Lease status Whether the acreage is leased, held by production, or open. Open acreage carries different value and different risk. The operator Who is drilling matters. A well-capitalized operator with a dense program next door changes the forecast considerably. Commodity prices The forward curve, not the spot price on the day you call. We show you the deck we used. Title clarity Clean title closes faster. Unresolved heirship or gaps in the chain do not kill a deal, but they affect timing.
If you have other offers
Get them. Any serious buyer expects it, and an offer nobody is competing against is rarely the best one you could have had.
When you compare, look past the headline number. Ask who pays recording and transfer costs, whether the offer is firm or subject to a title review that can quietly reduce it before closing, how long closing takes, and whether the buyer will show you the assumptions behind the price. A high offer that shrinks at the closing table is worth less than a lower one that holds.
Unsolicited postcard offers deserve particular care. Those are typically priced well below market on the assumption that the recipient has no way to check, and they often ask you to sign a deed rather than a purchase agreement. Never sign anything conveying minerals until someone you trust has read it.
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