News Release
MINERAL BOARD RELEASES JULY FIGURES
For Release
July 13, 2000
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale July 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.
| NOMINATED | NOMINATED | LEASES | NO. OF | AMOUNT OF | |
| CLASSIFICATION | TRACTS | ACREAGE | AWARDED | ACRES | CASH PAYMENTS |
| Lease Sale July 12, 2000 | |||||
| State Offshore Leases | 7 | 9,490.680 | 3 | 2,335.260 | $410,303.65 |
| State Onshore Leases | 61 | 57,174.398 | 18 | 4,691.538 | 1,522,206.05 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| State Agency Leases | 6 | 1,516.810 | 3 | 163.880 | 17,854.84 |
| TOTAL SALE | 74 | 68,181.888 | 24 | 7,190.678 | $1,950,364.54 |
For more information, please call DNR's Office of Mineral Resources' Sandra Bailey at (225) 342-4608 or Betty Landry at 225-342-3359.