Application to form one group of contiguous mineral claims
58.1(1)The holder of contiguous mineral claims or contiguous groups of contiguous mineral claims may, upon payment of the fee prescribed by regulation, apply to the Recorder at any time to group two or more of the claims or groups into one group of contiguous mineral claims.
Granting of an application
58.1(2)The Recorder may grant an application under subsection (1) if satisfied that the proposed grouping will result in a single group of contiguous mineral claims.
58.1(3)The date of recording of each mineral claim contained in a group of contiguous mineral claims grouped under this section shall be deemed to be the date of recording of the first recorded mineral claim in the group.
58.1(4)The renewal fee for renewing each mineral claim contained in a group of contiguous mineral claims grouped under this section is the fee prescribed by regulation for renewing the first recorded mineral claim in the group for the applicable term.
Required work to be performed
58.1(5)The kind and dollar value of work required to be performed in any term in relation to each mineral claim contained in a group of contiguous mineral claims grouped under this section is the kind and dollar value of work required by regulation to be performed for that term in relation to the first recorded mineral claim in the group.
Separation of a claim from a group of claims
58.1(6)A mineral claim may be separated from a group of contiguous mineral claims only as a result of surrender, transfer, expiry or cancellation of the mineral claim.
Date of recording for a claim separated from a group of claims
58.1(7)Where a mineral claim is separated from a group of contiguous mineral claims grouped under this section, the separated mineral claim keeps the date of recording that was determined for the group of contiguous mineral claims.
Credit of excess dollar value of work
58.1(8)Where a mineral claim is separated from a group of contiguous mineral claims grouped under this section, the Recorder shall credit any excess dollar value of the work performed in relation to the mineral claims in amounts as determined by the holder of the group of contiguous mineral claims to
(a)
the mineral claim that is separated from the group of contiguous mineral claims, and
(b)
the group of contiguous mineral claims.
1989, c.25, s.4; 1991, c.57, s.6