News Release
MINERAL BOARD RELEASES AUGUST FIGURES
For Release
August 9, 2000
The State Mineral Board conducted a Lease Sale August 9, 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 August 9, 2000 | |||||
| State Offshore Leases | 25 | 49,137.530 | 3 | 2,176.860 | $358,525.22 |
| State Onshore Leases | 39 | 30,627.780 | 22 | 3,527.510 | 1,077,093.89 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
| State Agency Leases | 4 | 358.485 | 2 | 120 | 55,760.00 |
| TOTAL SALE | 68 | 80,123.795 | 27 | 5,824.37 | $1,491,379.11 |
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1999-2000
Fiscal Year
|
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| State Offshore Leases | 32 | 58,628.21 | 6 | 4,512.120 | $768,828.87 |
| State Onshore Leases | 100 | 87,802.178 | 40 | 8,219.048 | 2,599,299.94 |
| State Dedicated Leases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| State Agency Leases | 10 | 1,875.295 | 5 | 283.88 | 73,614.84 |
| TOTAL YEAR TO DATE |
142
|
148,305.683
|
51
|
13,015.048
|
$3,441,743.65
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For more information, please call DNR's Office of Mineral Resources' Sandra Bailey at (225) 342-4608 or Betty Landry at (225) 342-3359.