Office of Mineral Resources

Leasing Manual

How to Acquire a Mineral Lease on State and State Agency Lands and Water Bottoms in the State of Louisiana

Step 5: Advertisement of State and State Agency Tracts Offered for Mineral Lease

If a party wants to protest the State Mineral and Energy Board mineral leasing a state or state agency tract, a formal letter of protest shall be submitted to the State Mineral and Energy Board, Attention:  Secretary, up to the meeting of the State Mineral and Energy Board to receive bids on the tract (the state mineral lease sale date). The letter of protest shall reference the appropriate tract number, parish, and state mineral lease sale date, as well as set forth the source and nature of the title claimed, how and when acquired, and by what legal process.