These terms govern your use of the Shannon Springs, LLC public website and describe the limits of our
forensic mineral auditing practice. They do not replace a written engagement letter or statement of work
for paid services.
Effective date: June 17, 2026 ·
Last updated: June 17, 2026
Terms of Service
By accessing or using shannonsprings.com (the “Site”), you agree to these
Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree, do not use the Site. Shannon Springs
(“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the Site as an informational and
engagement-inquiry channel for our forensic mineral auditing practice.
1. Services and engagements
Descriptions on the Site — including pricing ranges, process overviews, and sample deliverables — are
general information only. A binding engagement requires our written confirmation of scope,
fees, and deliverables (typically by email invoice or engagement letter) and your acceptance of that scope.
Nothing on the Site creates an obligation for us to accept any engagement or to perform work without a
mutually agreed scope.
2. No uploads; inquiries only
The Site does not accept file uploads and is not a document portal. The contact form and
mailto links are for inquiries only. Trust records, remittance PDFs, lease files, and
other sensitive materials must be delivered only after engagement confirmation and through our secure intake
process described on the home page. Do not submit Social Security
numbers, full account numbers, or unencrypted remittance packages through the Site.
3. Intellectual property
The Site, our letterhead materials, sample Advisor Reviews, process diagrams, pricing sheets, and all
proprietary forensic methodologies, workflows, and deliverable formats are owned by Shannon Springs or
its licensors. You may view and download publicly offered sample PDFs for your internal fiduciary or
professional evaluation. You may not copy, scrape, reverse-engineer, or republish our materials, methods,
or deliverable structure for commercial use, competitive services, or automated extraction without our
prior written consent.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
Use the Site in any way that violates applicable law or infringes third-party rights;
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, networks, or non-public areas;
Transmit malware, spam, or automated queries intended to harvest content or probe our infrastructure;
Misrepresent your identity, firm, or authority when submitting an inquiry.
5. Third-party links and references
The Site may reference or link to third-party websites (for example, government agencies or industry
resources). We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, availability, or
privacy practices.
6. Changes to the Site and Terms
We may update the Site and these Terms at any time. The “Last updated” date above will change
when we do. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. Material
changes to engaged-client terms will be communicated through your engagement documents, not solely through
this page.
7. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to
conflict-of-law principles, except where mandatory consumer or professional rules of another jurisdiction
apply to a specific dispute. Any dispute arising from use of the Site (not from a separate engagement
agreement) shall be brought in courts located in El Paso County, Colorado, and you consent to that venue.
8. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
Disclaimers
The following disclaimers apply to the Site, downloadable samples, marketing materials, and any
preliminary communications before a signed engagement. They are in addition to — not a substitute for —
disclaimers in our engagement letters and deliverables.
Not legal advice
Shannon Springs is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Nothing on the Site
or in our sample materials constitutes legal advice, creates an attorney-client relationship, or should
be relied on as a substitute for counsel licensed in the relevant jurisdiction. We do not draft trusts,
probate instruments, pooling protests, or court filings. Demand-letter templates and election tools are
administrative aids for your review; independent counsel should review any operator
correspondence or regulatory filing before it is sent.
Not financial, tax, or investment advice
We do not provide investment advice, securities recommendations, tax preparation, or accounting opinions.
Exposure figures, fee-cap illustrations, and market-pricing comparisons in samples or preliminary
discussions are forensic mineral auditing estimates for fiduciary and advisory review — not
recommendations to buy, sell, or hold mineral interests, and not projections of future returns.
Public data sources and accuracy
In the course of forensic mineral auditing, we may consult publicly available information
from sources such as:
Federal, state, and tribal regulatory agencies (including oil and gas conservation commissions and revenue departments);
Publicly filed or published production, permit, and spacing records;
Operator remittance documents and lease instruments provided by you or obtained from public record where lawful;
Commercial reference data licensed or purchased under applicable terms, where used; and
General market reference indices and published pricing benchmarks cited for comparison purposes.
We do not warrant or guarantee the completeness, timeliness, or accuracy of any third-party
or public-source data. Regulatory postings may be delayed, corrected, or incomplete. Operator statements
may disagree with state records. Our work product reflects what was available at the time of analysis and
the documents you supplied. You are responsible for verifying critical facts with counsel, operators, and
official sources before taking legal or financial action.
Descriptions on this Site intentionally avoid disclosing proprietary reconciliation methods, internal
workflows, or technical implementations. Nothing here grants a license to reproduce Shannon Springs
processes or deliverable formats.
No client information maintained on the public web
Shannon Springs does not store, host, or maintain client trust files, remittance records, lease
registries, or audit workpapers on the public internet. The Site is static marketing and inquiry
content only. Client materials are processed on a private, locally controlled system after engagement and
secure intake — not uploaded to this website, a public cloud marketing platform, or searchable web storage.
Sample PDFs and redacted demonstrations contain no live client identifying information.
Warranty disclaimer
THE SITE AND ALL SAMPLE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,”
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT
THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
Limitation of liability (no responsibility disclaimer)
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SHANNON SPRINGS AND ITS PRINCIPAL, OFFICERS, AND CONTRACTORS
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR
ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR
RELIANCE ON SITE CONTENT — EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
For paid engagements, liability limits (if any) are set forth in your written engagement
agreement, which controls over this Site disclaimer. For use of the Site alone, our aggregate
liability shall not exceed one hundred U.S. dollars (USD $100).
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to
the greatest extent permitted by law.
Fair use and sample materials
Redacted Advisor Reviews, outreach letters, and educational content on the Site may reference real-world
fact patterns in anonymized form for professional illustration. Third-party trademarks, operator names in
samples, and regulatory citations belong to their respective owners and are used for descriptive and
educational purposes. Sample downloads are offered for fiduciary and professional evaluation under
fair-use principles; they may not be republished as your own work product without permission.
Independence — no affiliates, advertisers, or outside direction
Shannon Springs, LLC is an independent forensic practice. We are not affiliated with, employed
by, or compensated by any oil and gas operator, landman, broker, title company, law firm, or mineral
buyer. We do not buy minerals, lease acreage for operators, or accept industry referral fees.
The Site carries no paid advertising and no sponsored content. No affiliate program,
referral network, or third party directs our forensic conclusions, deliverable content, or operator
correspondence. Operational and professional decisions are made by Shannon Springs, LLC personnel only.
Expectation management
Forensic mineral auditing identifies variances, flags, and exposure estimates based on
documents and records available at the time of analysis. We do not guarantee recovery of
royalties, successful operator negotiations, favorable pooling outcomes, or any particular financial result.
Many issues depend on title curative work, pooling orders not yet on file, or operator responses outside
our control. Deliverables are designed for fiduciary and advisory review; your team and
counsel decide whether and how to pursue operator contact or legal remedies.
Automated analysis supports human-reviewed deliverables. Nothing is sent to an operator without explicit
client approval through our advisory workflow.
Regulatory compliance — professional services, not finder’s fees
We describe Oklahoma and other state royalty, pooling, and fee-cap frameworks in educational materials where
relevant to fiduciary oversight. Such references are general summaries, not compliance
certifications for your trust or estate. Statutes and agency rules change; only licensed counsel can advise
on your obligations.
Many states restrict unlicensed individuals from charging “finder’s fees” for recovering
property. Charging a contingency fee solely for “finding” mineral royalties may be treated as
unlicensed private-investigator or broker activity in states such as Oklahoma or Texas. Shannon Springs,
LLC does not sell leads on property or act as a locator.
Where reconciliation identifies recoverable exposure, we offer asset recovery and administrative
management — professional auditing, documentation, and administrative support to help the client
reclaim amounts owed on their own mineral interests. Engagement letters state that compensation,
when success-based, is for these professional services rather than for the sale of a property lead.
Applicable state caps (including Oklahoma’s 25% maximum under 60 O.S. § 674.1)
apply to the parties to that engagement.
Professional liability mitigation
Our role is to support trustees, CPAs, family offices, and counsel with documented reconciliation and
sealed workpapers — not to assume your fiduciary, accounting, or legal duties. You remain responsible for
trust administration, beneficiary communications, tax reporting, and litigation strategy. We recommend
independent counsel before certified mail, regulatory protests, or recovery demands. White-label deliverables
prepared under your firm’s name remain your responsibility to review before
placement in a client or trust file.
“Views expressed” disclaimer
Opinions, interpretations, and forensic characterizations in our materials reflect Shannon Springs’
professional judgment based on the record reviewed. They are not statements of official regulatory
authority, operator admission, or court finding. Other qualified professionals may reach different
conclusions from the same documents.
Investment and past performance disclaimer
Any dollar amounts, exposure tables, or “monthly gap” figures in samples or case illustrations
are derived from specific historical remittances and public production records for
demonstration. They are not predictive of future production, prices, or recoveries. Mineral interests are
speculative and volatile. Past audit results do not guarantee future findings or recoveries.
Annualized or extrapolated figures in redacted samples are labeled illustrative where they appear in our
deliverables and must not be treated as claims against any operator.
Questions about these terms
For questions about these Terms or disclaimers, contact: