NMA is a member based, 501(c)6 education and advocacy organization established in 2019 to assist all that have an interest in minerals and royalties.

While companies and individuals have long been active in buying oil, gas and mineral interests and royalties, the shale boom has opened the flood gates to investors from across the energy space, and sometimes non-energy space, to explore the idea of buying and selling minerals and royalties. The National Minerals Association was formed by a group of leading mineral acquisition companies who recognized a need and opportunity to bring legitimate mineral buyers and brokers forward, discourage unscrupulous buyers and brokers from entering into “shady deals”, and educate all mineral owners of the rights and treatment they deserve. Large scale mineral and royalty acquisitions at the volumes we see today are largely unregulated. Buying and selling mineral and royalty interests does not have a standard transaction procedure, but we hope to educate all parties of what we as a group feel are acceptable practices. NMA is not interested in getting in the middle of negotiations between buyers and sellers. We are only interested in helping both sides gain confidence in transacting through education and exposure to our resources.

All members of NMA are reviewed and approved by the NMA board before acceptance into the organization. Seeing the authorized NMA logo on correspondence from a mineral company will give you confidence that the company you are working with feels as strongly as we do about fair dealings in the mineral and royalty space. Further, if a registered company is found to be acting in bad faith, that company will be labeled as such and no longer be authorized to associate itself with NMA or use the NMA logo on its materials.

Please check our calendar for upcoming events that can help you learn more about NMA and how we can benefit you.