The highest bid received was for an exploration license 40 kilometres southeast of Radville. Stomp Energy Ltd. bid $10.5 million for the license, which is prospective for the Radcliffe Beds in the Madison Group, as well as the Bakken, Torquay and Red River formations.

Another eight leases were bid on in the southeast. The highest price for a lease was in the Torquay Main formation, just west of Estevan.

The next public offering of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights will be on August 14th of this year.