Ashley Gilmore – CEO of Tracts, Whitney Wickes – COO of Rocking WW Minerals, and Adam Olivier – BD Manager of OneMap Minerals come onto the podcast to talk about the land side of the minerals business and the efficiency gains realized by leveraging Tracts to automate the chaining of title.

Jason Hoisager former President of Rock Ridge Royalty and President of newly formed Mustang Ridge Minerals joins the podcast.  On the heels of the recent combination between Rock Ridge Royalty and Desert Peak Minerals in the Delaware Basin, Jason walks through the Rock Ridge Royalty story and what his team has planned in the future for his next venture, Mustang Ridge Minerals.

Ben Barresi (President) and James Sauseda (VP - Engineering) at Cosmos Energy recently joined the podcast.  As a family owned minerals and royalties aggregator that has been actively buying minerals in Oklahoma since the 1990s, Ben & James talk about the importance of building relationships and trust with minerals owners over the long-term.

Andrew Rosell, Shareholder at Winstead joins the podcast as part of our mini series around “Investor Due Diligence for Minerals & Royalties Funds”.  During the episode, Andrew walks through different kinds of fund structures, fund provisions, management fee structures and much much more. 

Kim Garber - CEO of CORE-CCO, a compliance and regulatory consultancy for private funds, joins the podcast as part of our “Investor Due Diligence for Minerals & Royalties Funds” mini series.  During the episode, Kim discusses the different types of registration requirements and exemptions that should be considered when raising/operating a private minerals fund.  She also walks through the various factors that trigger different kinds of State and SEC level oversight. 

Reid Vidrine - Head of Energy at Standish Management joins the podcast as a part of our Mini-Series around “Investor Due Diligence for Minerals & Royalties Funds”. During the episode, Reid walks through the roles and responsibilities of a 3rd Party Fund Administrator.  He also walks through some of the reporting requirements/expectations you can expect across different types of investors and different sized funds.  

Roger Crabb - Partner at Scheef & Stone joins us as a part of our new mini series around “Investor Due Diligence for Minerals & Royalties Funds”.  During the episode, Roger walks through the various aspects of raising a fund, including the role of registered investment advisors & broker dealers, investment structure, and due diligence check lists. 

On March 31st, Robert Hefner - CEO of Hefner Energy and Tim Pawul - President of the Minerals & Royalties Council hosted the first rendition of the “Minerals & Royalties Quarterly Q&A Webinar Series” where they answered questions live from Minerals Execs who called into the show. During the episode, Robert and Tim discuss questions around bank debt, IPOs, the size of the Minerals A&D space, and much much more. 

Chris Phillips - CEO of Phillips Energy joins us to discuss his team's journey in the Minerals space.  Back in 2006, Phillips Energy became the first ever PE backed minerals company when they joined forces with EnCap, which led to a 10 year partnership across for 4 funds.  Fast forward to today, Chris and his team are now back at it as they look to raise institutional capital for their next minerals fund. 

David Spyker joins us from Freehold Royalties, a publicly traded minerals & royalties company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. During the episode, David walks through Freehold’s expansion strategy into the US, including the recent $58mm transaction they closed across the Permian, Eagle Ford and Haynesville.