Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Area of claim — excluded lands

• 23 (1) The area of a claim must not exceed 1250 hectares, and must not include any lands referred to in section 5.

• Marginal note:Shape and boundaries of claim

  (2) Every claim must, as nearly as possible, meet all of the following specifications:

  • (a) it is rectangular in shape;

  • (b) its boundaries run north, south, east and west astronomically;

  • (c) the length of each boundary is 500 metres or a multiple of 500 metres;

  • (d) the length of the longest boundary is not more than five times the length of the shortest.