Mineral rights are a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of landownership in the United States. They determine who has the ...

"Landman," the popular series from Paramount+, illustrates an utterly underappreciated advantage the U.S. has over other countries: Individuals and companies are allowed to own mineral rights.

A mineral rights lease was signed between the ODNR Division of Wildlife and Encino Energy Partners following an Oil and Gas Land Management Commission meeting on Feb. 26, 2024, where it was ...

A company that extracts lead, zinc, and copper from federal property in southeastern Missouri convinced a state appeals ...

After an intense local campaign to protect a treasured wildlife refuge in the Amargosa Desert the federal government has proposed a two-year pause on new mining claims on thousands of acres of ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Hollidaysburg Water Authority approved a lease agreement Tuesday with RES Coal to permit mining on game commission grounds where the authority owns mineral rights.

But a decade after officials at the University of Notre Dame made that pledge toward decarbonization, the Indiana-based school has left in place a 2013 lease of mineral rights it owns in rural ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

On Tuesday, the Department of the Interior announced its intent to pull nearly 270,000 acres of public land adjacent to Nevada’s Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge from consideration for mineral and ...

Nye County Commissioner Bruce Jabbour, who represents the area included in the mineral withdrawal, said he recognizes mining rights under Nevada law, but emphasized the need to “also prioritize ...