CKX Lands, Inc. announced that Gray Stream has been appointed its president and treasurer, effective July 15, 2020. Lee Boyer is retiring from the position but has been appointed secretary, and he will also provide transition services to CKX as Stream assumes his new role. Both Stream and Boyer will continue as directors. Gray Stream is the president of Matilda Stream Management, which manages a diverse set of operating businesses, investments, and assets—including land and natural resources nearly identical to CKX’s holdings. Additionally, Stream has built and acquired successful businesses in a variety of industries. He has been a long-time director of CKX and previously served as chair of the audit committee for several years.
CKX Lands, Inc. is engaged in the business of ownership and management of land. Its activities consist of leasing its properties for minerals (oil and gas), raising and harvesting timber and surface use (agriculture, right of ways, hunting). Its segments include oil and gas, surface and timber. It leases its property to oil and gas operators and collects income through its land ownership in the form of oil and gas royalties and lease rentals and geophysical revenues. It receives income from royalty interests and mineral leases related to oil and gas production, timber sales, land sales and surface rents. Oil and Gas segment provides the customer access to a designated tract of land upon which the customer performs exploration, extraction, production and ultimate sale of the oil and gas. It receives royalties on all oil and gas produced by the customer. Timber income is derived from sales of timber on its lands. Surface income is earned from various recurring and non-recurring sources.