Mentor Capital, Inc.
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Chester Billingsley
- Full Time Employees
- 2
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Capital Markets
- Address
- 5964 Campus Court Plano TX United States of America 92065
- IPO Date
- Sep 5, 2008
- CIK
- 0001599117
- Website
- mentorcapital.com
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- Mentor Capital, Inc. Mentor Capital Inc (MNTR) operates as a public energy investment company focused on the classic energy sectors including oil and gas royalties, coal, uranium, and related operations with established cash flows; the firm provides passive equity funding, acquisition currency, and public market access to pre-IPO companies and founders through significant minority positions while leaving operating control with management; it deploys cash, retained royalties, common stock, debt, securities, and precious metals for investments and supports shareholder returns via dividends, stock repurchases, or liquidity options. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, and founded in 1985 in Silicon Valley by CEO Chet Billingsley before going public in 1996, the company targets U.S. energy assets particularly in the West Texas Permian Basin, where it holds royalty interests equivalent to portions of revenue from producing wells using horizontal drilling techniques across approximately 131 wells plus development opportunities. Recent developments include multiple all-cash acquisitions of Permian Basin oil and gas royalty interests, such as eight additional lots in early 2025 increasing energy assets to 11 cents per share, a prior auction win for 25 net royalty acres in a 71-well program, and full backing of preferred shares by gold bullion; the firm repurchased 11.6% of outstanding stock, completed a subsidiary divestiture netting over 500% of market cap in cash, and shifted portfolio emphasis to uranium, coal, oil, and gas in late 2023 with director stock purchases in November 2025.
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Mentor Capital Gold in Storage Avoided New 39% Swiss Gold Tariff
Mentor Capital Preferred Shares Now 100% Backed by Gold Bullion
Mentor Capital Adds 8 More Lots to Its Permian Basin Oil and Gas Interests
Mentor Capital Wins Auction for Permian Basin Oil and Gas Royalties
Drill Baby, Drill is Consistent with Mentor Capital Energy Focus
Mentor Capital Buys Back 11.6% of Its Outstanding Stock
Mentor Capital Cash Exceeds Share Price and a Second Stock Buyback is Authorized
Mentor Capital Legacy Unit Sale Completed at $6 Million
Mentor Capital Gains 390% During Move to Uranium, Coal, Oil and Gas
Mentor Capital Subsidiary Divestiture Nets 500% of Market Cap in Cash
Mentor Capital Breakup Value Exceeds Stock Price
Mantaro Precious Metals Completes Initial Diamond Drill Program at Golden Hill Property