New! Community Webinar Series

Smackover formation & Your land

What Arkansas Landowners Must Know - Regularly Scheduled Webinars, Plain-English Updates & Q&A About Lithium, Brine Rights, and Landowner Protection

Smackover Registration -$39

Why This Matters For Arkansas Landowners

The Smackover Formation is rapidly changing land values, mineral rights, and economic opportunities across South Arkansas. Families in Lafayette, Columbia, Union, and Miller counties are being approached by companies and representatives — often with limited explanation and even less transparency.

Your land is valuable.
Your minerals are valuable.
Your decisions today will shape your family’s future.

This regularly scheduled webinar series helps you understand:
• What’s happening in the region
• How companies profit from lithium extraction
• How contracts, leases, and surface rights really work
• The risks and opportunities facing rural landowners
• How to protect your property and your family

Knowledge is power — especially when corporations move faster than communities can respond.

In this session, you’ll get plain-English guidance on the Smackover Formation, lithium development, and your rights as a landowner.

We’ll cover:
• How lithium extraction works in South Arkansas
• What companies are doing (and not telling you)
• Your mineral rights vs. your surface rights
• How to spot misleading offers
• What a fair agreement looks like
• How to protect your family’s land and legacy

You’ll walk away informed, confident, and ready to make decisions that protect your property — not someone else’s bottom line.

3 Things Every South Arkansas Landowner Must Know

1. Your land has two different types of rights.
Mineral rights and surface rights are not the same. Companies may only explain one side. You must understand both before signing anything.

2. Early offers are rarely the best offers.
When industries move fast — like lithium extraction — the first offers are usually the cheapest. Knowing your leverage is critical.

3. Once you sign, you can’t undo it.
Many contracts permanently transfer rights or limit future family control. A quick signature today can cost your heirs for decades.

A Note From Attorney Claudene Arrington

I was raised among people who worked hard, loved their land, and trusted their neighbors. Today, families across South Arkansas are being approached with fast-moving, complicated information about lithium extraction and the Smackover Formation.

Many landowners don’t know what they’re signing. Many don’t know what their rights really are. And too many are being pressured into agreements that don’t benefit their families.

That’s why I created this Smackover Formation webinar — to give our communities plain-English information, straight answers, and space to ask questions without fear or pressure.

If you own land in Lafayette, Columbia, Miller, or Union County, this session is for you.

Knowledge protects families. Knowledge protects property. Knowledge protects legacy.

If You Own Land in Lafayette, Columbia, Miller, or Union County. . .

This session is for you.

Knowledge protects families. Knowledge protects property.

Knowledge protects legacy.

Your decisions today will shape your family's future.

Smackover Registration -$39

What You’ll Learn in This One-Hour Session

• How the Smackover Formation works — and why companies are suddenly contacting landowners

• The difference between mineral rights, surface rights, and leasing rights

• How to protect your land from pressure tactics, misinformation, and rushed decisions

• What documents you should find *before* signing anything

• How to prepare your family now so no one gets left out of a deal

• What companies can and cannot legally do when approaching rural landowners

• Simple steps to protect your land’s long-term value and your family's future

Before You Sign Anything — Get the Real Facts

This one-hour session is designed to give rural Arkansas landowners the clarity, confidence, and tools you must have before agreeing to anything involving your land, mineral rights, or brine.
No pressure. No legal jargon.
Just straight talk, clear examples, and answers your family can use today.

Your land is too valuable to guess.
Let experienced guidance help you make the right move.

Legal Disclaimer

This webinar is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Participation does not create an attorney–client relationship. For legal advice concerning your specific land or mineral rights, consult an attorney of your choice.