For more than four decades, James Garner has been a fixture in the U.S. mineral and land management space. Starting as a field landman, Garner transitioned to managing client mineral portfolios and ultimately built Garner Minerals, a small, family-owned firm that now owns over 500 mineral properties in eight states.

In a tech-driven world, building your own mineral management software can seem like an obvious choice. With AI tools and in-house developers at your disposal, creating a custom solution tailored to your organization feels innovative and potentially cost-saving.

Bravera Wealth serves clients throughout North Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota. With deep roots in trust management and fiduciary oversight, the firm has steadily expanded its mineral management capabilities.

Mineral management is booming as oil and gas royalties generate steady returns. A new generation of entrepreneurs and fiduciaries are entering the space, but opportunity comes with complexity.

Why trust firms should embrace mineral asset management.

Antiquated mineral management systems are costing institutions millions in lost revenue, audit penalties, and client attrition. As one trust officer told us: "I lose sleep over these numbers." It’s a frustration we frequently hear from prospective clients.

A single trust can hold farmland in Kansas, surface and mineral rights in Texas, non-participating royalty interests in Oklahoma, and overriding royalty interests in North Dakota—and that’s just the start. As portfolios diversify, trustees are juggling more asset classes, data, and demands than ever before.

Managing mineral rights is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of land ownership. The hidden wealth beneath the surface—whether it's oil, gas, or other valuable resources—can be a powerful financial asset, but only if it's properly managed.

For nearly a century, HighGround Advisors has advanced the life-transforming work of nonprofits, and those who support them, by protecting, strengthening, and growing the assets entrusted to them.

If your clients own oil and gas mineral rights, are they getting paid everything they are owed? Are they aware of all the drilling activity in their interests? Do the operators of those wells even know it’s your clients that own the rights and where to find them?

Diversification is a good thing. Most investors hear the word and think of different dividend-paying and growth equities, fixed-income, some alternatives or derivatives added to the mix, real estate, and cash. Diversification should optimize returns and mitigate risk in any sector or asset class.