NEWS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release
May 13, 2010

The state Mineral and Energy Board on Wednesday conducted its monthly lease sale in the LaBelle Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.

The board collected more than $1.8 million in bonuses in the May sale, bringing the total collected for FY 09-10 to more than $55.3 million. For the calendar year, that total is $20.4 million.

At this month’s lease sale, the board awarded 17 leases covering more than 4,380 acres, out of 63 nominated tracts covering 61,447 acres.

The Board sold leases in 11 parishes – Assumption, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, Cameron, East Baton Rouge, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Mary and Vermillion. Of the 17 leases sold, the majority were sold in south Louisiana, with 14 leases sold in southern parishes and 3 in north Louisiana.

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