Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Application to record claim

• 12 (1) A licensee may make an application to the Mining Recorder to record a claim.

• Marginal note:Number of units permitted

  (2) The application may be made in respect of not less than one unit and not more than 100 units.

• Marginal note:Unit partly covered

  (3) An application may be made in respect of a unit that is covered by lands referred to in subsection 5(1) or lands of Nunavut to which these Regulations do not apply to the extent that the unit is not entirely covered by those lands.

• Marginal note:Shape of claim

  (4) If an application is made in respect of more than one unit,

  • (a) each unit must be contiguous to another unit in the claim; and

  • (b) the units in the claim must not enclose a unit that is not included in the claim.

• Marginal note:Prospecting permit

  (5) Despite subsection (3), the holder of a prospecting permit may make an application in respect of any unit that is, partly or totally, within their prospecting permit zone.