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Mineral Resources Act.

Pays/Territoire
Canada
Sous-division territoriale
Nova Scotia
Type du document
Législation
Date
2016 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Ressources minérales
Mot clé
Exploration Exploitation minière Minéraux Autorisation/permis
Aire géographique
Amériques, Arctique, Asie et Pacifique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord
Entry into force notes
This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.
Résumé

The purpose of this Act is to support and facilitate responsible mineral resource management consistent with sustainable development while recognizing the following goals: (a) providing a framework for efficient and effective mineral rights administration; (b) encouraging and facilitating mineral exploration, development and production; (c) providing a fair royalty regime; and (d) improving and ensuring the retention of the knowledge of mineral resources in the Province for the future benefit of the Province. This Act applies to every person who explores for, mines or produces a mineral or any substance declared, under Section 6, to be a mineral, and to every person mentioned in this Act or the regulations, including a person who produces gypsum or limestone. All minerals are reserved to the Crown and the Crown owns all minerals in or upon land in the Province and the right to explore for, mine and produce those minerals. Every person who has acquired Crown lands by conveyance or prescription is deemed not to have acquired the minerals in or upon the Crown lands or the right to explore for, mine and produce those minerals, and no person is entitled to acquire minerals or such rights by conveyance or prescription. The Governor in Council may (a) designate areas to be known as geothermal resource areas; (b) determine that Section 5 applies to the geothermal resources in a geothermal resource area as if the geothermal resources were a mineral and may further determine which other provisions of this Act apply to geothermal resources in those areas. An area is designated as a geothermal resource area and Section 5 is determined to apply to the geothermal resources in a geothermal resource area as if the geothermal resources were a mineral. No prospector, mineral right holder or legal representative or other person acting on behalf of a mineral right holder shall enter upon and work Crown lands except with the written consent of the Minister, or of a person authorized by the Minister, and upon such terms and conditions as are specified by the Minister or the person authorized by the Minister, as the case may be. No prospector, mineral right holder or legal representative or other person acting on behalf of a mineral right holder, shall enter upon or work private land for the purpose of gaining access to a mineral right and exploring without the consent required by this Section. For the purpose of activities that involve disturbing the ground, including associated access requirements, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, including (a) trenching, test-pitting or other excavating by mechanized means; (b) drilling; (c) bulk sampling; (d) cutting trees or survey lines; (e) building roads; and (f) any other prescribed activity, a mineral right holder shall obtain written consent, as prescribed, from the owner or occupier of the land before commencing the activities. No person shall explore for minerals except under a mineral right. An individual must be of the age of majority to apply for an exploration licence. An application for an exploration licence must (a) meet the prescribed requirements; (b) include the prescribed fee; and (c) specify one or more claims applied for as designated on the official maps of the Department. An exploration licence (a) must include the prescribed information; (b) must specify the location to which it relates by claims and tracts as designated on the official maps of the Department; (c) may include any number of coterminous claims not exceeding 80; and (d) may not be granted for a portion or portions of claims. A licensee shall (a) prepare and implement a stakeholder engagement plan, in the prescribed manner; and (b) submit the plan if and as required to do so by the regulations or the Minister. No person shall carry out mining or production of a mineral except in accordance with a mineral lease.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
nslegislature.ca