Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Recording of claim

• 13 (1) If an application to record a claim satisfies the requirements set out in section 12, the Mining Recorder must record the claim on payment of the charge referred to in paragraph 40(1)(a).

• Marginal note:Exclusion

  (2) The lands referred to in subsection 5(1) may not be included in a claim.

• Marginal note:Prospecting permit

  (3) Despite subsection (2), if an application to record a claim is made by a holder of a prospecting permit, the recorded claim includes the lands for which the application is made that are within the prospecting permit zone and that are open for prospecting. Those lands subsequently no longer form part of the permit zone.

• Marginal note:Application to change recording date

  (4) A claim holder may, not later than the day that precedes the first anniversary date of the recording of the claim, make an application to the Mining Recorder to change the date of the recording to the date specified in the application. That date must not be earlier than the recording date of the claim and must precede the first anniversary date of the recording of the claim.

• Marginal note:Only one change

  (5) The date of the recording of the claim may only be changed once.

• Marginal note:Amended recording date

  (6) The Mining Recorder must change the date of the recording of the claim in accordance with the application. The change of date takes effect on the day on which the application is received by the Mining Recorder or, if a later day is set out in the application, on that day.

• Marginal note:Non-application — certificate of work

  (7) Subsections (4) to (6) do not apply if a certificate of work has been issued under subsection 47(1) in respect of the claim.