Farmor

nounStandard termMining

An entity that holds a mineral or oil lease and assigns a portion of it to another party for development.

The original owner or lessee of a resource property who transfers a working interest to a third party. The farmor retains an overriding royalty or a partial working interest without having to fund the immediate exploration or drilling costs, thereby reducing their financial risk while keeping a stake in potential discoveries.

Heard on the job

As the farmor, we retain a twenty percent carry on the next three wells they drill.