News Release
State Mineral Board Releases July Figures
For Release
July 16, 2002
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale July 10, 2002, at 10 a.m. in the Conservation & Mineral Resources Hearing Room located in the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge. Below are the preliminary results of the Lease Sale.
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CLASSIFICATION
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NOMINATED
TRACTS |
NOMINATED
ACREAGE |
LEASES
AWARDED |
NO.
OF
ACRES |
AMOUNT
OF
CASH PAYMENTS |
|
Lease
Sale July 10, 2002
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| State Offshore Leases | 39 | 44,173.450 | 5 | 1,018.700 | $404,801.70 |
| State Onshore Leases | 150 | 250,159.010 | 44 | 28,201.250 | 5,478,474.71 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 1 | 2,371.000 | 1 | 312.720 | 117,270.00 |
| State Agency Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| TOTAL SALE | 190 | 296,703.460 | 50 | 29,532.670 | $6,000,546.41 |
Editors: For more information, call Assistant Secretary of the DNR Office of Mineral Resources Gus Rodemacher at 225-342-4607 or Sandra Bailey at 225-342-4608.