Mining Regulations (N.W.T. Reg. 015-2014) Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Northwest Territories Document type Regulation Date 2014 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Minerals Mining Royalties/fees Enforcement/compliance Authorization/permit Indigenous peoples Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Entry into force notes The present Regulations enter into force on 1 April 2014. Abstract The present Regulations are made under sections 10, 19, 24 and 33 of the Northwest Territories Land Act. In particular, the Regulations provide for the rights to sub-surface material. The Mining Recorder’s Office (MRO) administers the sub-surface rights and mineral tenures, and issues prospector's licences, prospecting permits, minerals claims, claim tags, claim maps, and minerals leases. Mineral rights records and mineral disposition reports are also available at the MRO. Mining Royalties are paid by the owner or operator of a mine to compensate for natural resources that are extracted. The Mineral Tenure Map Viewer can be used to explore mineral tenure and pertinent map information managed by the Government of the Northwest Territories. The text – consisting of 89 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: Prospector’s Licences (sect. 4); Acquiring Mineral Claims (sects. 5 and 6); Prospecting Permits (sects. 8 to 22); Staking Mineral Claims (sects. 23 to 30); Recording a Claim (sects. 33 to 35);Work done on the claim (sects. 39 to 45, 46 (5) to 46(6), 47 to 49); Grouping of recorded claims (sects. 46 (1) to 46 (4); Legal Surveys (sects. 57 to 59). The text consists of 89 sections and 3 Schedules. Full text English/French Website www.gov.nt.ca References - Legislation Implements Northwest Territories Lands Act (S.N.W.T. 2014, c. 13). Legislation | Canada | 2014 (2015) Keyword: Basic legislation, Indigenous peoples, Public land, Ownership, Lease, Policy/planning, Offences/penalties, Minerals, Management/conservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX