I currently have the gpaa lifetime membership, so im interested in more info just a little unsure on understanding the price breakdown. Is it 1000 to upgrade to both memberships, then an additional 750 to ldma plrs a monthly maintenance fee of 12$

Yes, just how you stated. I will call the member specialist at LDMA tomorrow to ask about the transfer fee, if a person already has GPAA

I have tried to reach out about this offer , found a few different responses, i also got a text back from gpaa office that almost sounded like they were not aware of this, even after i mentioned im a lifetime member gpaa here is the response i was given ! The GPAA and LDMA are two separate memberships now. So you could do a lifetime to the GPAA and never have to renew your membership again. Every magazine and every mining guide would automatically be sent to you. And then you could do a lifetime or even a pay as you go membership on the LDMA. Which would allow you access to properties that we own where you can stay for six months at a time. Most of them have full to partial hookups and the nightly cost for you to stay is very reasonable as a member.