Kiowa, Elizabeth, Simla: we buy minerals and royalties throughout Elbert County, on the southern fringe of the DJ Basin.
Elbert County is where the DJ Basin runs into the exurbs. GMT Exploration proved the southern Niobrara and Codell work here, the state then slowed the next plan near homes, and the mineral owners under Kiowa and Elizabeth are left holding acreage that is worth something, subject to a permit that may or may not come.
What produces here. Southern DJ Basin horizontal Niobrara and Codell oil from GMT Exploration's pads, producing since 2021 to 2023, with MineralAnswers putting the county at about 949 barrels of oil equivalent a day in April 2026. ECMC denied GMT's Secret Stash development plan near homes in early 2025 and asked for a rework, and no permits were issued in the county between November 2025 and May 2026. Statewide context: SM Energy closed its merger with Civitas on January 30, 2026, and ECMC approved 801 wells in 2025, 30 percent fewer than the year before.
Whatever you own here, producing royalties, non-producing acreage, or an inherited fraction split among family, we will identify it from whatever paperwork you have, value it off the actual wells and activity, and show you the reasoning with the offer. Free, no obligation, and no pressure: if keeping it is the right answer, we will say so. Inherited it? Start with inherited mineral rights in Colorado.
GMT Exploration's horizontal program on the Cinnamon, Crystal, Irwin, Marble and Vulcan pads, producing since 2021 to 2023.
Elbert's growth east of Denver puts homes over mineral estates that were severed decades ago, which is where permitting friction now lives.
Wherever your tract sits in Elbert County, we will research it free and value it with the work shown.
We buy in every Colorado county, including ones without a page here. See the full county index, or start with how to sell Colorado mineral rights.
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Everything a Colorado owner needs in one place: who owns what under state law, how royalties must be paid and by when, what a buyer can and cannot deduct, the tax treatment of a sale, and the deadlines that quietly cost people their minerals. Free, and no sign-up.
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Prefer the phone? Call or text 918-984-1645 and you will get Stephen, the owner, not a call center. If we miss you, we text back the same day.
In a hurry? Text a photo of a royalty check stub to 918-984-1645 and our preliminary offer puts a written number in front of you within about two business days. It holds for 7 while you decide.