News Release
MINERAL BOARD RELEASES APRIL FIGURES
For Release
April 14, 2000
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale April 12, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. in the Mineral Board Hearing Room located in the State Land and Natural Resources Building in Baton Rouge. Below are the preliminary results of the Lease Sale and 1999-2000 Fiscal Year totals.
| NOMINATED | NOMINATED | LEASES | NO. OF | AMOUNT OF | |
| CLASSIFICATION | TRACTS | ACREAGE | AWARDED | ACRES | CASH PAYMENTS |
| Lease Sale April 12, 2000 | |||||
| State Offshore Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 |
| State Onshore Leases | 20 | 16,180.229 | 10 | 1,495.186 | 466,744.52 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| State Agency Leases | 6 | 673.460 | 3 | 150.000 | 28,186.00 |
| TOTAL SALE | 26 | 16,853.689 | 13 | 1,645.186 | $494,930.52 |
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1999-2000
Fiscal Year
|
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| State Offshore Leases | 137 | 194,579.260 | 36 | 23,374.290 | $6,258,879.18 |
| State Onshore Leases | 379 | 415,225.517 | 162 | 32,574.716 | 7,873,084.09 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 4 | 5,106.510 | 2 | 328.660 | 183,634.36 |
| State Agency Leases | 49 | 9,303.792 | 33 | 4,282.595 | 667,051.73 |
| TOTAL YEAR TO DATE |
569
|
624,215.079
|
233
|
60,560.261
|
$14,982,649.36
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Editors: For more information, please call Betty Landry at 225-342-3359 or DNR Public Information at 342-8955.