Reservation of Minerals and Mineral Rights Clause Samples
The Reservation of Minerals and Mineral Rights clause establishes that the seller or grantor retains ownership of certain minerals or mineral rights beneath the property, even after transferring the surface rights to the buyer. In practice, this means that while the buyer may own and use the land's surface, the seller reserves the right to extract or profit from resources like oil, gas, coal, or other minerals found underground. This clause is essential for clarifying ownership boundaries and preventing future disputes over valuable subsurface resources, ensuring both parties understand their respective rights and limitations regarding the land.
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Reservation of Minerals and Mineral Rights. To the extent owned by Grantor, Grantor herein expressly excepts and reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns, all right, title and interest in and to all minerals and mineral rights, including bonuses, rents, royalties, royalty interests and other benefits that may be payable as a result of any oil, gas, gravel, minerals or mineral rights on, in, under or that may be produced from the Property, including, but not limited to, all gravel, sand, oil, gas and other liquid hydrocarbon substances, casinghead gas, coal, carbon dioxide, helium, geothermal resources, and all other naturally occurring elements, compounds and substances, whether similar or dissimilar, organic or inorganic, metallic or non-metallic, in whatever form and whether occurring, found, extracted or removed in solid, liquid or gaseous state, or in combination, association or solution with other mineral or non-mineral substances, provided that Grantor expressly waives all rights to use or damage the surface of the Property to exercise the rights reserved in this paragraph and, without limiting such waiver, Grantor’s activities in extracting or otherwise dealing with the minerals and mineral rights shall not cause disturbance or subsidence of the surface of the Property or any improvements on the Property.
Reservation of Minerals and Mineral Rights. To the extent owned by Grantor, Grantor herein expressly excepts and reserves unto itself, its successors and assigns, all right, title and interest in and to all minerals and mineral rights, including bonuses, rents, royalties, royalty interests and other benefits that may be payable as a result of any oil, gas, minerals or mineral rights on, in, under or that may be produced from the Property, including, but not limited to, all oil, gas and other liquid hydrocarbon substances, casinghead gas, coal, carbon dioxide, helium, geothermal resources, and all other naturally occurring elements, compounds and substances, whether similar or dissimilar, organic or inorganic, metallic or non-metallic, in whatever form and whether occurring, found, extracted or removed in solid, liquid or gaseous state, or in combination, association or solution with other mineral or non-mineral substances (excluding sand and gravel), provided that Grantor expressly waives all rights to use or damage the surface of the Property or any portion of the Property that is 500 feet below the surface of the Property to exercise the rights reserved in this paragraph and, without limiting such waiver, Grantor’s activities in extracting or otherwise dealing with the minerals and mineral rights shall not cause disturbance or subsidence of the surface of the Property or any improvements on the Property.