---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-000371"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DMLP"
cik: "0001172358"
company_name: "DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P."
filed_at: "2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T04:31:07.966076+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dorchester Minerals announces retirement of board manager James E. Raley

## Summary
- James E. Raley, 83, retired as a manager on the board of managers of the general partner, effective December 29, 2023.
- Raley was designated Manager Emeritus, an honorary role without compensation or voting rights.
- He served Dorchester Minerals and its predecessors for over 47 years and is described as a founder of the Partnership.
- Chairman Casey McManemin praised Raley's steady leadership and instrumental role in the Partnership's founding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-000371
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DMLP
- cik: 0001172358
- company_name: DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P.
- filed_at: 2024-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172358/000143774924000371/0001437749-24-000371-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172358/000143774924000371/dmlp20240102_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  James E. Raley retired as manager on the board of managers at DORCHESTER MINERALS, L.P..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: manager on the board of managers
  source text: On December 29, 2023, Dorchester Minerals, L.P., a Delaware corporation (the “Partnership”), received notification that Mr. James E. Raley, age 83, a manager on the board of managers (the “Board”) of Dorchester Minerals Management GP LLC, the general partner of the Partnership’s general partner (“DMMGP”), retired, effective as of December 29, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172358/000143774924000371/0001437749-24-000371-index.htm

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