Mineral Rights 101
The distinction between mineral, royalty, executive and surface rights—and why the language in the recorded documents matters.
Read the guide →Mineral Owner Resources
Clear information for informed decisions.
Mineral ownership can involve unfamiliar documents, terminology and financial choices. These practical guides explain the fundamentals so you can ask better questions and evaluate your options with confidence.
Start Here
Guidance built around the questions owners actually ask.
Whether you recently inherited an interest, receive royalty checks, or are comparing purchase offers, a clearer understanding of the underlying property helps you make a more deliberate decision.
01 / Ownership Basics
Understand what you own.
Reading a Royalty Statement
How production volume, commodity price, decimal interest, taxes and deductions combine to determine a royalty payment.
Read the guide →Have a statement or division order?One document may be enough to begin identifying the property.
Discuss your interest →02 / Evaluating Your Options
Compare the choices—not just the headline number.
First Steps After an Inheritance
A practical checklist for gathering records, confirming ownership and organizing family decision-making.
Read the guide →How to Compare Mineral Offers
Questions that reveal what acreage is covered, what is excluded and whether two offers are truly comparable.
Read the guide →Selling All or Only a Portion
Common ways owners can retain upside while converting a defined part of an interest into cash.
Read the guide →Mineral Offer Comparison Worksheet
Compare two offers using assumed acreage, total consideration, price per acre, diligence periods and adjustment rights.
Open the worksheet →Comparing an actual offer?Valcor can explain what it is proposing without obligating you to proceed.
Request a clear evaluation →03 / Documents & Transactions
Know what helps move an evaluation forward.
Documents That Help Identify an Interest
You do not need a perfect file. One useful document—such as a deed, lease, division order, check detail or tax statement—may be enough to begin.
View the checklist →Common Mineral Terms
A concise glossary for the abbreviations and concepts that appear in leases, deeds, division orders and purchase agreements.
View the glossary →Not sure what you own?Start with the property information you already have; complete records are not required.
Start a conversation →A Starting Point
Have a property-specific question?
Tell us what you know. A unit name, operator statement or recent check detail may be enough to begin a confidential evaluation.
These resources provide general information and are not legal, tax, accounting or investment advice. Ownership and transaction terms depend on the applicable documents and individual circumstances.