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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