Why Hire Ellis?

  • World leader in accurate appraisal of the market value of gold and other mineral properties.
  • Many years of experience conducting mineral appraisals as an expert for litigations.
  • Our clients are often foreign companies, with mineral properties in U.S. or foreign locations.
  • Up-to-date credentials for appraisal of charitable donation value for income tax filings.
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Testimonials

Your work ethic was exemplary and your honesty and integrity in your work product beyond reproach. Because of your help we were able to obtain the largest eminent domain verdict in the history of the state of Connecticut. If it was not for your assistance in this case, I do not believe we would have achieved the tremendous result we obtained for our client.

- James J. Skelton

My clients and I are extremely pleased at the result, as we achieved a result that could not have been surpassed had we concluded this matter in court…Your work in this case and deposition testimony certainly aided our ability to achieve such a favorable outcome…. I am sure that your testimony was instrumental in our efforts to convince CSSI to settle on our original terms.

- Richard I. Brown

Trevor, I want to thank you for your competence and integrity — a beacon for your industry…. There is no greater legacy for any of us than to be thought of as a person of strong character and integrity. You are the gold standard — and I know you know a little something about both gold and standards.

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    - Robert Parker

As our expert you were able to provide tremendous assistance in educating us, and the court, concerning the different qualities of the rock, its age, the location of granite seams, [and] the amount of granite gneiss on the site. Your thorough, hands on inspection of the site, your tremendous knowledge of geology and the mining industry, and your thorough preparation, in my opinion, created the foundation of our recovery.

- R. Bartley Halloran

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Overview

Ellis International Services specializes in providing rigorous, unbiased, and independent, market value appraisals (fair market valuations) of mineral properties.  These include mineral exploration and development tracts to operating mines and quarries, and mineral rights and royalty interests. We can appraise the value of a mineral ownership, a partial interest, or a lessor or lessee’s rights.

Our appraisal services are provided for market valuation of properties involving all mineral commodities, such as precious and base metals, industrial minerals, uranium, coal, oil shale, aggregate and dimension stone. However, we only appraise the value of a conventional oil and natural gas interest if it is intertwined with another mineral interest that is the primary subject of our valuation.

We provide our services throughout the USA and the world, subject to legal and regulatory restrictions. We occasionally appraise the value of a mineral property in one country for a regulatory filing purpose in another country. Our valuation reports are developed in accordance with the relevant national or international standards.

Appraisal Services

Market Value Appraisal – Our specialization is the development of market valuation reports for mineral properties, mines and quarries. Mr. Ellis is recognized as a world leader in refining transaction analysis and transaction adjustment methods, advancing the employment of the Market (Sales Comparison) Approach in mineral property valuations. We also apply market-based Income or Cost Approach methods when appropriate.

Expert Witness – Through our minerals appraisal skills and diverse range of minerals industry knowledge and experience, we provide substantial advice and assistance to clients involved in legal disputes. Litigation cases often settle shortly after we deliver our fact-based report or Mr. Ellis is deposed.

Supporting Services – We provide services that supplement or enhance our mineral property appraisal service. These include geological review, mineral product market analysis, mineral deposit economic evaluation, mineral resource review and estimation, and appraisal of surface real estate, including improvements and water rights.