The playbook · Edition 042

The ten-claim line: holding federal mineral rights at $0.73 an acre

The step-by-step playbook behind America prices a prospector’s eleventh mining claim at $2,050 and the tenth at $15.

What is inside

1. The one-page conclusion
2. Phase A · Standing it up
3. Phase B · The first dollar of profit
4. Phase C · The hold
5. Fees and venues
6. The rules that govern it
7. The deal, end to end
8. Records and the diligence pack
9. Counterparties and dependencies
10. Who is responsible for what
11. Risk, gates and the long watch
12. Cost, timeline and break-even
13. Launch checklist and the 30 / 60 / 90
14. Not yet verified
15. Sources