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Lease the Geothermal Power of Augustine Volcano!
February 12, 2013 | Anchorage Daily News

The Alaska Division of Oil and Gas plans to lease the geothermal rights to Augustine Volcano and 66,000 acres of surrounding land and seafloor. It should be pretty hot since it last erupted in 2006. Results from the lease at Spurr have not been exciting so far.


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