Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Date of cancellation

• 55 (1) The recording of a claim is cancelled on the day that

  • (a) the Mining Recorder receives the request for its cancellation and payment of the fee under section 54;

  • (b) the time specified in paragraph 60(2)(b) has ended and no application for a lease on the claim has been received; or

  • (c) a lease on the claim has terminated without being renewed or was cancelled under subsection 63(2) or section 64.

• Marginal note:Prohibition

  (2) For one year after the recording of a claim is cancelled, the former claim holder and any person related to the former claim holder 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 claim the recording of which has been cancelled; or

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