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WITNESSETH that in consideration of the rents and royalties hereinafter reserved and subject to the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained and subject to the Public Lands Mineral Regulations, Her Majesty grants unto the Lessee, insofar as the Crown has the right to grant the same, for a period of 10 years commencing on the 
day of , 19, the exclusive right to search for, win and take the following minerals, namely:
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(hereinafter called “the said Province”), described as follows:
(hereinafter called “the said lands”), the Lessee paying therefor unto Her Majesty, at the Office of the Chief:
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(b) a royalty in respect of any and all designated minerals taken from the said lands, calculated and payable according to the laws of Canada in force in the said Province with respect to the payment of royalties for minerals taken from Federal lands except that, where there are no such laws in force in the said Province on January 1st in any year during the term hereby created, the amount of royalty payable for that year to Her Majesty and the time or times at which it shall be paid to Her Majesty shall be determined according to the laws of the said Province in force in that year in respect of the taking of minerals from lands owned by the said Province as though the designated minerals had been taken from lands leased from Her Majesty in right of the said Province.
The parties covenant and agree as follows:
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2 The Lessee will use the said lands only for the purpose of searching for, winning and taking the designated minerals and for that purpose will open, use and work all wells, boreholes, mines and works made, opened or carried on by the Lessee on the said lands in such manner only as is usual and customary in skillful and proper operations of similar character when conducted by proprietors themselves on their own lands, and when working the same shall keep and preserve the said wells, boreholes, mines and works from all avoidable injury and damage, and will maintain the works, erections and fixtures therein and thereon in good repair and condition to the satisfaction of the Minister, and will make safe all abandoned openings or excavations made in connection with or for the purpose of mining or other operations on the said lands, and in such state and condition will deliver peaceable possession thereof and of the said lands to Her Majesty on the termination of this lease.
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3 The Lessee will at all times comply with the laws and regulations of the said Province, as they apply to the operations conducted under this lease.
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8 Whenever requested to do so by the Minister, the Lessee will, during the period of this lease, deliver to the Minister or to any person appointed by the Minister a statement in writing verified by the affidavit or statutory declaration of the Lessee or the Lessee’s lawful attorney, setting out such information with respect to any operation or proceeding of the Lessee in respect of any well, borehole, mine or work constructed or operated under the authority of this lease as the Minister may from time to time specify.
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(3) Where a transfer under subsection (1) of the rights described herein, or any part of them, is made to a group of two or more persons or corporations, one of such persons or corporations shall be appointed (under corporate seal where the appointment is made by a corporation) by the others as their agent with full power and authority to act on their behalf for the purposes of this lease, including the authority to receive on their behalf any notice, request, direction or the like that may be given by the Minister pursuant to this lease.
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22 At the expiration of the said period of 10 years, if, in the opinion of the Minister, the said lands are capable of producing designated minerals in commercial quantity and the Lessee has complied with all the covenants and agreements herein contained, the Minister shall, at the request of the Lessee, renew the lease for a further term of 10 years, and the Minister may renew it thereafter as long as production is maintained to the Minister’s satisfaction for one or more further terms of 10 years upon such terms and conditions as the Minister may specify.
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