Farmee

nounStandard termMining

A company or individual that earns an interest in a lease by performing specified work.

A secondary operator in the oil, gas, or mining sector who enters into an agreement to explore, drill, or develop a property owned by another party. In exchange for bearing the capital costs and operational risks of the work, the farmee receives a working interest in the lease.

Heard on the job

The farmee is obligated to drill two exploration wells by the end of the quarter to earn their fifty percent stake.