Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Cancellation of lease by lessee

• 64 (1) A lease is cancelled if the lessee submits to the Mining Recorder a written notice of cancellation. The cancellation takes effect on the day the notice is received by the Mining Recorder or, if a later day for cancellation is set out in the notice, on that day.

• Marginal note:Temporary prohibition relating to former lessee

  (2) For one year after a lease is cancelled, the former lessee and any person related to the former lessee are not permitted to

  • (a) apply for a prospecting permit for a zone, or apply to record a claim, that covers any part of the area that was covered by the cancelled lease; or

  • (b) acquire a legal or beneficial interest in a prospecting permit or claim referred to in paragraph (a).