# Which increases holding value more? Leasing or Participating in a well?
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/which-increases-holding-value-more-leasing-or-participating-in-a-well/63356
**Category:** Oil and Gas Leasing Help
**Created:** [September 23, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/which-increases-holding-value-more-leasing-or-participating-in-a-well/63356 "2021-09-23T19:42:03Z")
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### Author:  [@fixit](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/fixit)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/which-increases-holding-value-more-leasing-or-participating-in-a-well/63356/1 "2021-09-23T19:42:03Z")
Question: Does leasing or becoming a working interest owner result in a higher valuation of my minerals if I wanted to sell later down the road?
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### Author:  [@AimeeHess](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/AimeeHess)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/which-increases-holding-value-more-leasing-or-participating-in-a-well/63356/2 "2021-09-23T20:11:51Z")
Impossible to say without knowing more about the well(s), the reservoir, the potential lease and the potential joint operating agreement.
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### Author:  [@TODD\_M\_Baker](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/TODD_M_Baker)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/which-increases-holding-value-more-leasing-or-participating-in-a-well/63356/3 "2021-09-24T01:34:55Z")
Fixit- if the well works, working interest. If not lease it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/which-increases-holding-value-more-leasing-or-participating-in-a-well/63356/4 "2021-12-22T19:42:14Z")
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