Acts and Regulations

M-14.1 - Mining Act

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Regulations
115(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting returns, reports, plans, maps and statements, to be submitted by the holder of a mineral claim or mining lease or the operator of a mine in relation to work, operations, production and expenditures;
(b) respecting the performance of feasibility studies by holders of mineral claims and mining leases and operators of mines and respecting feasibility study reports;
(c) Repealed: 2009, c.35, s.69
(d) respecting the registration of mineral claims in the registry, including the registration of any renewal, grouping, surrender or transfer of mineral claims, and other documents related to them;
(d.1) respecting the registry, including, but not limited to, the information required to effect registration, the effect of registration, searches in the registry, documents or information for which registration is not required but which must be provided to the Recorder in support of registration and when the documents or information must be provided;
(d.2) respecting instruments submitted to the registry including, but not limited to, the procedures, limitations and the manner of registering mineral claims, as well as the registration of any renewal, grouping, surrender or transfer of mineral claims, and the information to be provided when registering them;
(d.3) specifying any changes to mineral claims under section 48.1 that are not effective until registered in the registry;
(d.4) prescribing the form and amount of the work commitment security deposit and exemptions to the requirement to provide the work commitment security deposit;
(d.5) respecting the method of identifying the land that is subject to a mineral claim, including the establishment of the New Brunswick Mineral and Petroleum Grid;
(e) Repealed: 2009, c.35, s.69
(f) respecting the kind and dollar value of work required in relation to mineral claims and mining leases and the manner and form in which evidence of work shall be submitted;
(g) respecting information to be provided in a notice given under section 63;
(h) respecting the operation of any mine;
(i) respecting the disposal of drill core and cuttings;
(j) respecting conditions for opening, closing, reopening and abandoning mines and for rendering a mine inaccessible;
(k) respecting things and work to be done with respect to protection, reclamation and rehabilitation of the environment before mining commences, during mining and after mining is discontinued;
(l) generally respecting fees payable under this Act and the regulations and prescribing those fees required to be prescribed;
(m) respecting the confidentiality of documents and other information filed or submitted under this Act and the regulations and the period during which such documents and information are to be confidential;
(n) prescribing substances to be minerals or not to be minerals for the purposes of this Act and limiting the application of a regulation made under this paragraph to one or more specific areas of the Province;
(o) prescribing for purposes of section 13 matters over which the Board has jurisdiction;
(p) respecting the forms and amounts of security to be given under this Act, the maintenance of such security and the procedures for the submission, deposit, substitution, renewal, return and forfeiture of such security;
(q) prescribing lands and respecting consents for the purposes of paragraph 109(4)(e);
(r) generally respecting forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and prescribing those forms required to be prescribed;
(r.1) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(s) respecting royalties, charges and rents payable under this Act and prescribing interest rates for the purposes of this Act;
(s.1) defining any word or phrase used but not defined in this Act;
(t) fixing a date or dates for the purposes of subsections 58(1) and 80(2).
115(1.1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations considered necessary for the purpose of more effectively bringing into operation the registry and to remedy any transitional difficulties encountered in bringing the registry into operation.
115(1.2)A regulation made under subsection (1.1) may be made retroactive to a date not earlier than the date that subsection comes into force.
115(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may declare that a regulation made under subsection (1) is not applicable with respect to a specified mineral claim, mining lease or mine for any period or periods of time.
1986, c.55, s.11; 1987, c.36, s.4; 1989, c.25, s.11; 2008, c.11, s.19; 2009, c.35, s.69; 2023, c.6, s.2
Regulations
115(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting returns, reports, plans, maps and statements, to be submitted by the holder of a mineral claim or mining lease or the operator of a mine in relation to work, operations, production and expenditures;
(b) respecting the performance of feasibility studies by holders of mineral claims and mining leases and operators of mines and respecting feasibility study reports;
(c) Repealed: 2009, c.35, s.69
(d) respecting the registration of mineral claims in the registry, including the registration of any renewal, grouping, surrender or transfer of mineral claims, and other documents related to them;
(d.1) respecting the registry, including, but not limited to, the information required to effect registration, the effect of registration, searches in the registry, documents or information for which registration is not required but which must be provided to the Recorder in support of registration and when the documents or information must be provided;
(d.2) respecting instruments submitted to the registry including, but not limited to, the procedures, limitations and the manner of registering mineral claims, as well as the registration of any renewal, grouping, surrender or transfer of mineral claims, and the information to be provided when registering them;
(d.3) specifying any changes to mineral claims under section 48.1 that are not effective until registered in the registry;
(d.4) prescribing the form and amount of the work commitment security deposit and exemptions to the requirement to provide the work commitment security deposit;
(d.5) respecting the method of identifying the land that is subject to a mineral claim, including the establishment of the New Brunswick Mineral and Petroleum Grid;
(e) Repealed: 2009, c.35, s.69
(f) respecting the kind and dollar value of work required in relation to mineral claims and mining leases and the manner and form in which evidence of work shall be submitted;
(g) respecting information to be provided in a notice given under section 63;
(h) respecting the operation of any mine;
(i) respecting the disposal of drill core and cuttings;
(j) respecting conditions for opening, closing, reopening and abandoning mines and for rendering a mine inaccessible;
(k) respecting things and work to be done with respect to protection, reclamation and rehabilitation of the environment before mining commences, during mining and after mining is discontinued;
(l) generally respecting fees payable under this Act and the regulations and prescribing those fees required to be prescribed;
(m) respecting the confidentiality of documents and other information filed or submitted under this Act and the regulations and the period during which such documents and information are to be confidential;
(n) prescribing substances to be minerals or not to be minerals for the purposes of this Act and limiting the application of a regulation made under this paragraph to one or more specific areas of the Province;
(o) prescribing for purposes of section 13 matters over which the Mining Commissioner has jurisdiction;
(p) respecting the forms and amounts of security to be given under this Act, the maintenance of such security and the procedures for the submission, deposit, substitution, renewal, return and forfeiture of such security;
(q) prescribing lands and respecting consents for the purposes of paragraph 109(4)(e);
(r) generally respecting forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and prescribing those forms required to be prescribed;
(r.1) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(s) respecting royalties, charges and rents payable under this Act and prescribing interest rates for the purposes of this Act;
(s.1) defining any word or phrase used but not defined in this Act;
(t) fixing a date or dates for the purposes of subsections 58(1) and 80(2).
115(1.1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations considered necessary for the purpose of more effectively bringing into operation the registry and to remedy any transitional difficulties encountered in bringing the registry into operation.
115(1.2)A regulation made under subsection (1.1) may be made retroactive to a date not earlier than the date that subsection comes into force.
115(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may declare that a regulation made under subsection (1) is not applicable with respect to a specified mineral claim, mining lease or mine for any period or periods of time.
1986, c.55, s.11; 1987, c.36, s.4; 1989, c.25, s.11; 2008, c.11, s.19; 2009, c.35, s.69
Regulations
115(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting returns, reports, plans, maps and statements, to be submitted by the holder of a mineral claim or mining lease or the operator of a mine in relation to work, operations, production and expenditures;
(b) respecting the performance of feasibility studies by holders of mineral claims and mining leases and operators of mines and respecting feasibility study reports;
(c) Repealed: 2009, c.35, s.69
(d) respecting the registration of mineral claims in the registry, including the registration of any renewal, grouping, surrender or transfer of mineral claims, and other documents related to them;
(d.1) respecting the registry, including, but not limited to, the information required to effect registration, the effect of registration, searches in the registry, documents or information for which registration is not required but which must be provided to the Recorder in support of registration and when the documents or information must be provided;
(d.2) respecting instruments submitted to the registry including, but not limited to, the procedures, limitations and the manner of registering mineral claims, as well as the registration of any renewal, grouping, surrender or transfer of mineral claims, and the information to be provided when registering them;
(d.3) specifying any changes to mineral claims under section 48.1 that are not effective until registered in the registry;
(d.4) prescribing the form and amount of the work commitment security deposit and exemptions to the requirement to provide the work commitment security deposit;
(d.5) respecting the method of identifying the land that is subject to a mineral claim, including the establishment of the New Brunswick Mineral and Petroleum Grid;
(e) Repealed: 2009, c.35, s.69
(f) respecting the kind and dollar value of work required in relation to mineral claims and mining leases and the manner and form in which evidence of work shall be submitted;
(g) respecting information to be provided in a notice given under section 63;
(h) respecting the operation of any mine;
(i) respecting the disposal of drill core and cuttings;
(j) respecting conditions for opening, closing, reopening and abandoning mines and for rendering a mine inaccessible;
(k) respecting things and work to be done with respect to protection, reclamation and rehabilitation of the environment before mining commences, during mining and after mining is discontinued;
(l) generally respecting fees payable under this Act and the regulations and prescribing those fees required to be prescribed;
(m) respecting the confidentiality of documents and other information filed or submitted under this Act and the regulations and the period during which such documents and information are to be confidential;
(n) prescribing substances to be minerals or not to be minerals for the purposes of this Act and limiting the application of a regulation made under this paragraph to one or more specific areas of the Province;
(o) prescribing for purposes of section 13 matters over which the Mining Commissioner has jurisdiction;
(p) respecting the forms and amounts of security to be given under this Act, the maintenance of such security and the procedures for the submission, deposit, substitution, renewal, return and forfeiture of such security;
(q) prescribing lands and respecting consents for the purposes of paragraph 109(4)(e);
(r) generally respecting forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and prescribing those forms required to be prescribed;
(r.1) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(s) respecting royalties, charges and rents payable under this Act and prescribing interest rates for the purposes of this Act;
(s.1) defining any word or phrase used but not defined in this Act;
(t) fixing a date or dates for the purposes of subsections 58(1) and 80(2).
115(1.1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations considered necessary for the purpose of more effectively bringing into operation the registry and to remedy any transitional difficulties encountered in bringing the registry into operation.
115(1.2)A regulation made under subsection (1.1) may be made retroactive to a date not earlier than the date that subsection comes into force.
115(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may declare that a regulation made under subsection (1) is not applicable with respect to a specified mineral claim, mining lease or mine for any period or periods of time.
1986, c.55, s.11; 1987, c.36, s.4; 1989, c.25, s.11; 2008, c.11, s.19; 2009, c.35, s.69
Regulations
115(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting returns, reports, plans, maps and statements, to be submitted by the holder of a mineral claim or mining lease or the operator of a mine in relation to work, operations, production and expenditures;
(b) respecting the performance of feasibility studies by holders of mineral claims and mining leases and operators of mines and respecting feasibility study reports;
(c) respecting the manner of staking mineral claims;
(d) respecting applications to record mineral claims;
(d.5) respecting the method of identifying the land that is subject to a mineral claim, including the establishment of the New Brunswick Mineral and Petroleum Grid;
(e) respecting maintenance of boundary lines and mineral claim posts;
(f) respecting the kind and dollar value of work required in relation to mineral claims and mining leases and the manner and form in which evidence of work shall be submitted;
(g) respecting information to be provided in a notice given under section 63;
(h) respecting the operation of any mine;
(i) respecting the disposal of drill core and cuttings;
(j) respecting conditions for opening, closing, reopening and abandoning mines and for rendering a mine inaccessible;
(k) respecting things and work to be done with respect to protection, reclamation and rehabilitation of the environment before mining commences, during mining and after mining is discontinued;
(l) generally respecting fees payable under this Act and the regulations and prescribing those fees required to be prescribed;
(m) respecting the confidentiality of documents and other information filed or submitted under this Act and the regulations and the period during which such documents and information are to be confidential;
(n) prescribing substances to be minerals or not to be minerals for the purposes of this Act and limiting the application of a regulation made under this paragraph to one or more specific areas of the Province;
(o) prescribing for purposes of section 13 matters over which the Mining Commissioner has jurisdiction;
(p) respecting the forms and amounts of security to be given under this Act, the maintenance of such security and the procedures for the submission, deposit, substitution, renewal, return and forfeiture of such security;
(q) prescribing lands and respecting consents for the purposes of paragraph 109(4)(e);
(r) generally respecting forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and prescribing those forms required to be prescribed;
(r.1) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(s) respecting royalties, charges and rents payable under this Act and prescribing interest rates for the purposes of this Act;
(t) fixing a date or dates for the purposes of subsections 58(1) and 80(2).
115(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may declare that a regulation made under subsection (1) is not applicable with respect to a specified mineral claim, mining lease or mine for any period or periods of time.
1986, c.55, s.11; 1987, c.36, s.4; 1989, c.25, s.11; 2008, c.11, s.19; 2009, c.35, s.69
Regulations
115(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting returns, reports, plans, maps and statements, to be submitted by the holder of a mineral claim or mining lease or the operator of a mine in relation to work, operations, production and expenditures;
(b) respecting the performance of feasibility studies by holders of mineral claims and mining leases and operators of mines and respecting feasibility study reports;
(c) respecting the manner of staking mineral claims;
(d) respecting applications to record mineral claims;
(e) respecting maintenance of boundary lines and mineral claim posts;
(f) respecting the kind and dollar value of work required in relation to mineral claims and mining leases and the manner and form in which evidence of work shall be submitted;
(g) respecting information to be provided in a notice given under section 63;
(h) respecting the operation of any mine;
(i) respecting the disposal of drill core and cuttings;
(j) respecting conditions for opening, closing, reopening and abandoning mines and for rendering a mine inaccessible;
(k) respecting things and work to be done with respect to protection, reclamation and rehabilitation of the environment before mining commences, during mining and after mining is discontinued;
(l) generally respecting fees payable under this Act and the regulations and prescribing those fees required to be prescribed;
(m) respecting the confidentiality of documents and other information filed or submitted under this Act and the regulations and the period during which such documents and information are to be confidential;
(n) prescribing substances to be minerals or not to be minerals for the purposes of this Act and limiting the application of a regulation made under this paragraph to one or more specific areas of the Province;
(o) prescribing for purposes of section 13 matters over which the Mining Commissioner has jurisdiction;
(p) respecting the forms and amounts of security to be given under this Act, the maintenance of such security and the procedures for the submission, deposit, substitution, renewal, return and forfeiture of such security;
(q) prescribing lands and respecting consents for the purposes of paragraph 109(4)(e);
(r) generally respecting forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and prescribing those forms required to be prescribed;
(r.1) prescribing, in respect of offences under the regulations, categories of offences for the purposes of Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act;
(s) respecting royalties, charges and rents payable under this Act and prescribing interest rates for the purposes of this Act;
(t) fixing a date or dates for the purposes of subsections 58(1) and 80(2).
115(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may declare that a regulation made under subsection (1) is not applicable with respect to a specified mineral claim, mining lease or mine for any period or periods of time.
1986, c.55, s.11; 1987, c.36, s.4; 1989, c.25, s.11; 2008, c.11, s.19
Regulations
115(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting returns, reports, plans, maps and statements, to be submitted by the holder of a mineral claim or mining lease or the operator of a mine in relation to work, operations, production and expenditures;
(b) respecting the performance of feasibility studies by holders of mineral claims and mining leases and operators of mines and respecting feasibility study reports;
(c) respecting the manner of staking mineral claims;
(d) respecting applications to record mineral claims;
(e) respecting maintenance of boundary lines and mineral claim posts;
(f) respecting the kind and dollar value of work required in relation to mineral claims and mining leases and the manner and form in which evidence of work shall be submitted;
(g) respecting information to be provided in a notice given under section 63;
(h) respecting the operation of any mine;
(i) respecting the disposal of drill core and cuttings;
(j) respecting conditions for opening, closing, reopening and abandoning mines and for rendering a mine inaccessible;
(k) respecting things and work to be done with respect to protection, reclamation and rehabilitation of the environment before mining commences, during mining and after mining is discontinued;
(l) generally respecting fees payable under this Act and the regulations and prescribing those fees required to be prescribed;
(m) respecting the confidentiality of documents and other information filed or submitted under this Act and the regulations and the period during which such documents and information are to be confidential;
(n) prescribing substances to be minerals or not to be minerals for the purposes of this Act and limiting the application of a regulation made under this paragraph to one or more specific areas of the Province;
(o) prescribing for purposes of section 13 matters over which the Mining Commissioner has jurisdiction;
(p) respecting the forms and amounts of security to be given under this Act, the maintenance of such security and the procedures for the submission, deposit, substitution, renewal, return and forfeiture of such security;
(q) prescribing lands and respecting consents for the purposes of paragraph 109(4)(e);
(r) generally respecting forms to be used for the purposes of this Act and the regulations and prescribing those forms required to be prescribed;
(s) respecting royalties, charges and rents payable under this Act and prescribing interest rates for the purposes of this Act;
(t) fixing a date or dates for the purposes of subsections 58(1) and 80(2).
115(2)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may declare that a regulation made under subsection (1) is not applicable with respect to a specified mineral claim, mining lease or mine for any period or periods of time.
1986, c.55, s.11; 1987, c.36, s.4; 1989, c.25, s.11