Last reviewed June 2026
The first offer in your mailbox is one buyer's opening number. We put your minerals in front of vetted buyers who compete for them, so you see what they are truly worth before you ever sign.
Quick answer: You can sell mineral rights outright for a lump sum, or sell only a fraction and keep the rest. The single biggest factor in the price is competition: the first unsolicited offer is one buyer's opening number, not the market. Putting your interest in front of several vetted buyers at once, then closing through a licensed title company, is the most reliable way to reach a fair price, and getting offers is free and does not obligate you to sell.
Most owners meet the mineral market through a single letter. A company you have never heard of names a price and asks you to sign. It feels like a windfall. It is almost always an opening bid, set low on purpose, made while you still have no idea what the interest is worth.
American Mineral Registry exists to close that gap. We are not the buyer. We take what you own to a panel of vetted buyers and let them compete, then hand you the offers side by side. You decide. Sell to the best one, or take the numbers, learn what you hold, and walk away. Either way it costs you nothing.
American Mineral Registry is a matching service for United States mineral and royalty owners, not a buyer. It puts an owner's interest in front of vetted buyers who compete in writing, and publishes open data on mineral rights law, tax, and production by state, so the first offer in the mailbox is never the only number on the table.
No upfront fee. Buyers research the interest, run title, and put real numbers in writing. Nothing binds until you sign an assignment and the sale funds through a title company. Until then the offers are just numbers you own.
State, county, and a lease or check stub if you have one. Eight short questions. If you are not sure what you hold, we help you work it out.
We take it to a panel of vetted buyers who research your interest and put written offers on the table, usually within a working day. Real numbers, side by side.
Pick the best offer and a licensed title company closes it and pays you. Or keep the numbers and do nothing. No fee either way.
If oil and gas already flows and a check lands each month, that income has a clear cash value today. Buyers price it on production history and the wells around you, and a strong interest draws strong competition.
Sell royalties →
Minerals under land with no well still carry value, set by the play you sit in and the drilling nearby. One buyer will lowball the uncertainty. Several buyers, bidding, price it honestly.
What you own →
A signed lease with no rig yet sits between acreage and royalty. It has real value and a real range, and competing offers are the only way to find the top of that range.
How selling works →
Inherited minerals are often scattered, undocumented, and hard to value alone. We help you confirm what you hold, then sell it as one clean interest to the highest bidder.
Selling inherited rights →Most owners are first contacted by a single buyer with a single number, set to be accepted, not to be fair. Here is how the three roads compare.
| A single mail offer | American Mineral Registry | List it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How the price is set | ×By the buyer, to be accepted | ✓By buyers competing against each other | ×By guesswork, with no comparables |
| How many buyers see it | ×One | ✓A panel of vetted buyers | ×Whoever happens to find you |
| What it costs you | ✓Nothing, but you leave money behind | ✓No upfront fee | ×Your time, and often a broker cut |
| How long it takes | ✓Fast, if you simply sign | ✓Offers in about a day, close in weeks | ×Months, with no certainty |
| Who handles the close | The buyer, on their terms | ✓A licensed, independent title company | You, and your own counsel |
American Mineral Registry is not the buyer. We introduce you to independent buyers who bid for your interest, and any sale closes through a licensed title company or closing agent.
An unsolicited offer is written to be accepted quickly, while the gap in information is still wide. Put the same interest in front of buyers who must outbid each other, and the number moves toward you. That is the whole reason a competitive process exists.
Illustrative only. It shows the mechanism, not a quoted figure. Your result depends on your specific interest.
The owner who reads first negotiates from strength. Short, honest guides that put you ahead of the buyer who wrote to you.
Surface versus minerals, severance, royalties and working interest, in plain English.
Read →ValuationWhat are they worth?Royalty multiples, value per acre, and why there is no Zillow for minerals.
Read →OwnershipDo I own the minerals?How to find out if the minerals under your land were ever severed, and what is yours.
Read →InheritedSelling inherited rightsHeirship, probate, and how a scattered family interest gets valued and sold.
Read →RoyaltiesSelling oil and gas royaltiesHow a monthly check becomes a lump sum, and what buyers pay for it.
Read →ProcessHow to sell, step by stepThe full process from first offer to a safe, funded close.
Read →No. Getting competing offers and a value is free, with no upfront fee and no obligation. We are paid by the buyer side only when a sale closes, never by you in advance. If you take the numbers and decide not to sell, you owe nothing.
No. American Mineral Registry is a matching service. We introduce you to independent, vetted buyers who compete for your interest. You choose which offer to take, and any sale closes through a licensed, independent title company.
Most owners see written offers within about one working day once we have your state, county, and a check stub or lease if you have one. A clean document set speeds it up, but it is not required to start.
No. The offers are yours to keep. Many owners use them simply to learn what their interest is worth. There is no obligation to accept anything.
That is common, especially with inherited minerals. Tell us the state, county, and any family names or old paperwork you have, and we help you work out what you hold before anyone makes an offer.
One short form. Written offers from vetted buyers, usually within a working day, no upfront fee. Keep the numbers even if you decide not to sell.
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