Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Application to record claim in prospecting permit zone

• 18 (1) A permittee may apply to record a claim wholly or partially within the permittee’s prospecting permit zone only if a confirmation under subsection 15(11) respecting that zone has been provided setting out a cost of work equal to or greater than the number of hectares in the permit zone multiplied by $0.25.

• Marginal note:Exclusion of claim from permit zone

  (2) When a claim referred to in subsection (1) has been recorded, the area covered by the claim no longer forms part of the permit zone.

• Marginal note:Excess cost of work transferrable to claim

  (3) If the cost of work that has been justified in a report with respect to a prospecting permit exceeds the charges remitted under subsection 19(2), the permittee may request the Mining Recorder to allocate the excess cost of work to work required under subsection 39(1) on a claim referred to in subsection (1). The request must be in the prescribed form and be accompanied by the fee for a certificate of work set out in Schedule 1.