And it is likely that some portion of those eight royalty acres are burdened by a royalty to a mineral owner. If that royalty is a quarter (2 RA), then Mainland would be selling 6 royalty acres per net mineral acre. Whether the minerals are covered by a lease with royalty or not, this is quite strange behavior for a company touting the prospects of their "discovery" well and does not support comments made in this discussion that MNLU has a strong capital position based on their $40M line of credit.
Royalty acres are based on a one-eighth royalty which was the standard for many years. A net mineral acre contains eight eighths. Under a one-eighth royalty lease each mineral acre contains 8 royalty acres. A lease with a royalty of one quarter makes a net mineral acre equal to 4 royalty acres.
FYI one reason it took Chevron so long to drill is that they had to rig down I think 3 times because of the Mississippi River rising. Just take a look at a topo and you will see that Ashlan Plt. is overflow river bottom. Supposedly MR spent a lot on roads so this should not be a problem until spring.
Watch it. Careful. Mainland Resources, Burkley-Phillips #1 reported 84 days drilling ahead @ 17,803' on 10-8-10.
2) Solicitation and Commercial Posts: There is zero tolerance for unauthorized solicitations or commercial posts that promote either a company, business, mineral interest or website unless authorized by site admin.