48(1)A prospector who wishes to register a mineral claim in the registry or make any change to a mineral claim referred to in section 48.1 shall do so by entering the particulars of the mineral claim or change to the mineral claim in the registry.

48(2)Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, a mineral claim or a change to a mineral claim referred to in section 48.1 may be registered in the register by a natural person who is a prospector

48(3)Subject to the Act and the regulations, any number of mineral claims may be registered in the registry under a prospecting licence.

48(4)The registration of a mineral claim shall include the fee prescribed by regulation and, if applicable, the work commitment security deposit and, if applicable, any change to the mineral claim referred to in section 48.1 shall include the fee prescribed by regulation.

48(5)A prospector who wishes to register a mineral claim or register any change to the mineral claim referred to in section 48.1 shall provide evidence of his or her identity or authorization to register the mineral claim or change to the mineral claim.

48(6)On confirmation of payment of the fee and, if applicable, the work commitment security deposit, as recorded by the registry, the mineral claim or change to the mineral claim is registered and a statement confirming the registration of the mineral claim or change to the mineral claim shall be sent electronically to the prospector.

48(7)A prospector who registers a mineral claim or any change to the mineral claim referred to in section 48.1 shall not cancel, withdraw in any way retract or reverse payment of any fee or, if applicable, the work commitment security deposit without approval of the Recorder.

48(1)A prospector who has staked a mineral claim, or a prospector in whose name a mineral claim has been staked, shall within twenty-one days after the date of completion of staking file in the office of the Recorder in accordance with the regulations an application to record the claim.

48(2)Where an application is not filed under subsection (1) within the prescribed time, the mineral claim expires.

48(2.1)Where a prospector who has staked a mineral claim, or a prospector in whose name a mineral claim has been staked, does not file an application under subsection (1) within the prescribed time, the claim area of the expired mineral claim shall not be restaked by the prospector or by anyone in his name before 8 a.m. on the sixty-third day after the date of expiry of the mineral claim.

48(3)An application to record a mineral claim is filed when the application in accordance with the regulations is received in the office of the Recorder.