MINERAL BOARD RELEASES AUGUST FIGURES

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

1999-2000 Fiscal Year
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

For more information, please call DNR's Office of Mineral Resources' Sandra Bailey at (225) 342-4608 or Betty Landry at (225) 342-3359.