News Release
MINERAL BOARD RELEASES JUNE FIGURES
For Release
June 15, 2000
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale June 14, 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 June 14, 2000 | |||||
| State Offshore Leases | 0 | 15,467.330 | 4 | 1,175.770 | $205,759.75 |
| State Onshore Leases | 71 | 33,569.952 | 36 | 8,453.500 | 2,294,933.14 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| State Agency Leases | 5 | 849.467 | 4 | 179.467 | 26,100.75 |
| TOTAL SALE | 85 | 49,886.749 | 44 | 9,808.737 | $2,526,793.64 |
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1999-2000
Fiscal Year
|
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| State Offshore Leases | 146 | 210,046.590 | 40 | 24,550.060 | $6,464,638.93 |
| State Onshore Leases | 491 | 503,653.753 | 215 | 43,629.900 | 10,733,456.03 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 4 | 5,106.510 | 2 | 328.660 | 183,634.36 |
| State Agency Leases | 57 | 11,063.269 | 38 | 4,542.062 | 699,552.48 |
| TOTAL YEAR TO DATE |
698
|
729,870.122
|
295
|
73,050.682
|
$18,081,281.80
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Editors: For more information, please call Gus Rodemacher or Betty Landry at 225-342-3359 or DNR Public Information at 342-8955.