When a mineral signs a lease and the payment is a bank draft a company does not " have to pay it". Also they have plenty of time to pay usually. What I have seen is that some of the lease brokers don’t do the complete title until after you sign the lease. Also the leases have to be sent to the company buying the lease in order to issue the payments. A lot of things can happen. Lease brokers try to make themselves look real good to the company at your expense sometimes. If you can always ask for a cashiers check along with the companies signature on the lease.