MINERAL BOARD RELEASES APRIL FIGURES

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

1999-2000 Fiscal Year
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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