Aerial view of open ranchland divided into surveyed mineral parcels at sunset

Dwight Howard Manferdy · Licensed Landman & Mineral Resource Broker

The mineral estate, handled from the record room to the closing table.

Title, negotiation and transaction work across the mineral estate — for operators, landowners, governments and private holders.

For operators & companies

Prospect-wide title, lease take-offs and the field presence to get signatures where mail-outs fail.

For landowners

An independent reading of what you have been offered, and negotiation on your side of the table.

For governments & authorities

Concession records, bid preparation and consultation handled to a documentation standard that survives review.

For private holders & investors

Valuation context, diligence and clean closings on mineral, royalty and leasehold positions.

Mineral lease agreement on a desk beside a county plat map and compass

What a landman does

Ownership is a question of record, not of assumption.

Every mineral transaction rests on two things: who genuinely owns the estate, and what the agreement actually obliges each party to do. This office establishes the first from primary records and negotiates the second face to face — then keeps the resulting obligations on a calendar so nothing lapses by accident.

Work is taken across United States, Canada, Arabia, South America, West Africa, Latin America, Southern Africa, with local counsel engaged where the jurisdiction requires it.

Services

All services

Title Research & Curative

Chain-of-title runsheets, mineral ownership reports and curative work that stands up to operator and lender review.

Lease Negotiation

Direct, in-person negotiation of oil, gas, hard rock and aggregate leases on behalf of either side of the table.

Mineral & Royalty Acquisition

Sourcing, valuing and closing mineral, royalty and overriding royalty positions for funds, operators and private holders.

Due Diligence

Independent verification of what a package actually contains before capital moves.

Government & Regulatory Liaison

Permitting, state and federal lease bidding, and negotiation with ministries and land boards.

Cross-Border Transactions

Structuring mineral trades where the parties, the law and the currency do not share a border.

Current listings

All deals

Oil & Gas · Available

Permian Basin Royalty Package

Midland County, Texas, USA

1,240 net royalty acres

Aggregate · Due Diligence

Granite Aggregate Quarry Lease

Ogun State, Nigeria

310 hectares

Lithium · Available

Lithium Brine Exploration Block

Salta Province, Argentina

8,600 hectares

Have a lease offer, a title question, or a package to move?

Send the legal description and the counterparty. You will get a plain reading before you respond.

Contact the office