Terms of Service

Last updated: August 4, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and Innovaite LLC, doing business as LodeFinder ("LodeFinder," "we," "us"), governing your use of the LodeFinder website, the point inspector, the scored dropped-claim feed, watchlists, and alert emails (together, the "Service"). By creating an account or using the Service you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

1. Who we are

The Service is operated by Innovaite LLC, a limited liability company, doing business as LodeFinder. References to "LodeFinder" mean Innovaite LLC d/b/a LodeFinder.

2. The Service

LodeFinder aggregates and scores publicly available U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) mining-claim and land-status records, plus related public USGS data, and sends optional email alerts. The point inspector and dataset statistics are free; the scored feed, saved watchlists, and daily drop-alert emails require a paid subscription.

3. Data accuracy and BLM as the authoritative source

All claim, withdrawal, agency, and overlay data originate from public BLM and USGS services and may be incomplete, delayed, generalized, or wrong. BLM's "closed" claims layer is a rolling window with no true closure-date field, and our scores are heuristics — not guarantees. BLM's MLRS and official case records are the sole authoritative source. You must independently verify every claim's status, location, acreage, and any withdrawal directly with BLM (and the relevant county recorder) before taking any action or spending any money. We do not warrant that ground shown as "dropped," "open," or otherwise available is in fact available to locate.

4. Accounts and access

Sign-in is passwordless: we email a one-time link to the address you provide. You are responsible for keeping access to that email account secure and for activity under your account. You must be at least 18 and able to form a binding contract to subscribe.

5. Subscriptions, billing, and renewals

• Plans and price. Paid features are offered at $29 per month or $290 per year (USD), as shown at checkout.
• Payment processor. Billing is handled by Stripe. By subscribing you also agree to Stripe's terms. We never receive or store your full card details.
• Auto-renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period (monthly or annual) at the then-current price for that term, until you cancel.
• Cancellation. You may cancel anytime from the Stripe customer portal linked in your account. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period; you keep access until then, and you are not billed again.
• Price changes. We may change prices; any change applies to renewals after we give you reasonable advance notice by email, and you can cancel before it takes effect.

6. Refunds

Because the Service's value is timely access to public data — not any particular result — fees are non-refundable for data-driven outcomes, including a claim that turns out unavailable, withdrawn, already restaked, missed by an alert, or otherwise not as scored. This does not limit any rights you may have under applicable consumer-protection law, and it does not prevent us from choosing to issue a refund in our discretion. See our Refund & Cancellation Policy.

7. Acceptable use

Don't scrape, crawl, resell, sublicense, or redistribute the Service's data in bulk; don't overload or abuse the BLM/USGS upstream services through the Service; don't attempt to breach security, reverse the gate, or access another user's account; and don't use the Service for any unlawful purpose. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

8. Intellectual property

The underlying BLM and USGS records are public and not owned by us. The LodeFinder name, brand, interface, scoring model, and compiled presentation are ours. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Service for your own claim research while your account is in good standing.

9. Third-party services

The Service relies on third parties (for example Cloudflare for hosting, Stripe for billing, our email delivery provider, and BLM/USGS data services). We are not responsible for their acts, outages, or data, and your use may be subject to their terms.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any alert will be sent, delivered, or received.

11. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, LodeFinder and Innovaite LLC will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost opportunities, or amounts spent locating or acquiring any claim. Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the three (3) months before the event giving rise to the claim.

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Innovaite LLC and its members from claims and expenses arising out of your use of the Service or your violation of these Terms or applicable law.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms; we will revise the "Last updated" date and, for material changes, provide reasonable notice. Continued use after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [GOVERNING STATE — TO BE SET BY OWNER], without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and the exclusive venue for disputes will be the state and federal courts located in that state. (Owner: set your LLC's home/registration state here before launch.)

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms: support@lodefinder.com.