If a person could somehow get a price for their minerals, any of them, that reflects the true value or even 80% of the value, then maybe you are right…if this idiom does not exist then it should, “Never sell your minerals” unless it is your last option…
Perhaps lease some of the acreage to use the bonus money to participate on the remaining unleased minerals.
But never sell…I suppose without the math it is a matter of opinion…and minerals in McKenzie or Williams County…wow…no sale for sure unless the money was sweet…I would think hard if I could get $10,000 an acre on minerals I leased at 16%…but who is going to offer than much for just 16%…like I said before…when you lease in ND and those minerals get produced during the lease, you just sold that remaining percentage to the operator…in the case of 16% that means 84% of the minerals got sold for probably $100 an acre and a pat on the back…non-consent is better than leasing in my opinion in most cases in Williams and McKenzie County.
You did say if the price was right…but who is going to offer the right price if we are talking about true value?