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M-14.1 - Mining Act

Section 48.7
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Voluntary conversion of ground staked mineral claims
48.7(1)The holder of a ground staked mineral claim or a group of ground staked mineral claims that are contiguous may apply to the Recorder to convert the ground staked mineral claim or group of ground staked claims to a map staked mineral claim.
48.7(2)An application under this section shall be made in writing to the Recorder before the expiration of the term of the ground staked mineral claim or the group of ground staked mineral claims.
48.7(3)In respect of an application under this section, the Recorder shall determine
(a) the mineral claim units that make up the map staked mineral claim,
(b) the claim area that makes up the map staked mineral claim, and
(c) any other information required in order to effect conversion and to enter the map staked mineral claim in the registry.
48.7(4)Subject to this section, the Recorder may change or modify the boundaries of the ground staked mineral claim or the group of ground staked mineral claims that are contiguous, or any other aspects of the claim being converted under this section, in order to effect the conversion.
48.7(5)The Recorder may, in the Recorder’s discretion, grant to the holder of the ground staked mineral claim or group of mineral claims being converted under this section up to 2 additional mineral claim units abutting the mineral claim units that surround the perimeter of the claim area of the ground staked claim
(a) in order to compensate for any loss of area in the process of conversion, and
(b) to eliminate any fraction or gore.
48.7(6)If the additional mineral claim units granted under subsection (5) are located on private land or on Crown Lands leased from the Crown under the Crown Lands and Forests Act, the Recorder shall notify the owner of the private land or the lessee of the Crown Lands of the additional mineral claim units granted.
48.7(7)The land covered by the map staked mineral claim that has been converted under this section shall, as far as practicable, be substantially similar to the land covered by the ground staked mineral claim.
48.7(8)If the Recorder approves an application under this section, the Recorder shall register the map staked mineral claim in the registry and
(a) the rights under the ground staked mineral claim or group of ground staked mineral claims, as the case may be, are continued under the map staked mineral claim,
(b) the applicant is the registered holder of the map staked mineral claim, and
(c) the ground staked mineral claim, or the group of ground staked mineral claims that are contiguous, as the case may be, is cancelled.
2009, c.35, s.33
Voluntary conversion of ground staked mineral claims
48.7(1)The holder of a ground staked mineral claim or a group of ground staked mineral claims that are contiguous may apply to the Recorder to convert the ground staked mineral claim or group of ground staked claims to a map staked mineral claim.
48.7(2)An application under this section shall be made in writing to the Recorder before the expiration of the term of the ground staked mineral claim or the group of ground staked mineral claims.
48.7(3)In respect of an application under this section, the Recorder shall determine
(a) the mineral claim units that make up the map staked mineral claim,
(b) the claim area that makes up the map staked mineral claim, and
(c) any other information required in order to effect conversion and to enter the map staked mineral claim in the registry.
48.7(4)Subject to this section, the Recorder may change or modify the boundaries of the ground staked mineral claim or the group of ground staked mineral claims that are contiguous, or any other aspects of the claim being converted under this section, in order to effect the conversion.
48.7(5)The Recorder may, in the Recorder’s discretion, grant to the holder of the ground staked mineral claim or group of mineral claims being converted under this section up to 2 additional mineral claim units abutting the mineral claim units that surround the perimeter of the claim area of the ground staked claim
(a) in order to compensate for any loss of area in the process of conversion, and
(b) to eliminate any fraction or gore.
48.7(6)If the additional mineral claim units granted under subsection (5) are located on private land or on Crown Lands leased from the Crown under the Crown Lands and Forests Act, the Recorder shall notify the owner of the private land or the lessee of the Crown Lands of the additional mineral claim units granted.
48.7(7)The land covered by the map staked mineral claim that has been converted under this section shall, as far as practicable, be substantially similar to the land covered by the ground staked mineral claim.
2009, c.35, s.33