# Mineral purchase offer despite 0% mineral rights ownership
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965
**Category:** Anderson County, TX
**Created:** [April 10, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965 "2026-04-10T13:55:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Macik95](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Macik95)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/1 "2026-04-10T13:55:25Z")
We have property in Houston County and Anderson County. In warranty deed and from our recall we have no mineral rights. However, a landman representing Drake sent us a draft contract and offer letter for a small portion of our total acreage. Why would they do this and what are best steps to confirm that no mineral rights were conveyed to us at the time we purchased this land?
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### Author:  [@TexasOwner13](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TexasOwner13)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/2 "2026-04-10T15:10:40Z")
Others may correct me, but if your deed did not expressly EXCLUDE any minerals or mineral rights, then whatever minerals were owned by your seller (the “grantor”) were also sold to you along with the surface land. So you want to review all of your closing documents and especially the deed. Silence about minerals in the deed is good for you and you may in fact own the minerals that were owned by your seller.
However, if your seller had already sold his/her mineral interests, or they had been separated in a prior transaction, you wouldn’t get anything.
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### Author:  [@George\_D\_Cato](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/George_D_Cato)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/3 "2026-04-10T15:18:24Z")
Don’t sign anything until you know what you own.
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### Author:  [@TennisDaze](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TennisDaze)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/4 "2026-04-10T16:05:19Z")
You will need to trace the title back through the deed history to see where there was a severance of minerals and what was severed. It is possible that only a portion of the minerals were severed, whether in under all of the surface or under a smaller tract. You can research yourself if hire a landman to assist you.
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### Author:  [@Mineral\_Owner5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mineral_Owner5)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/5 "2026-04-10T22:13:31Z")
You can ask the landman to provide you with information that shows your interest in the tract or tracts they want to lease.
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### Author:  [@CW\_Croley](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/CW_Croley)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/6 "2026-04-24T14:47:19Z")
Strike the Warranty clause.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-purchase-offer-despite-0-mineral-rights-ownership/86965/8 "2026-07-09T13:55:40Z")
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