Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Claim recorded under the law of another province

• 35 (1) If it is determined that lands covered by a mining claim that is recorded or otherwise recognized under the law regulating the disposition of mining interests in another province are wholly or partly in the Nunavut Mining District, and if the portion in Nunavut does not contain lands referred to in section 5, the claim holder may, within 90 days after the determination, apply to the Mining Recorder to have the portion of the claim within Nunavut recorded as a separate claim.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (2) If an application to record the claim is not made within the period set out in subsection (1), the lands that were covered by the claim and that are within Nunavut are considered to never have been covered by a claim.

• Marginal note:Recording date and time

  (3) On receipt of an application made under subsection (1) and the applicable fee set out in Schedule 1, the Mining Recorder must record the claim as soon as practicable, using the date and time when the claim was recorded or otherwise recognized under the law regulating the disposition of mining interests in the other province.