Mines

Notices 2010

Phase out of Mailed Renewal Notices

As of April 1st 2010, the Direction générale de la gestion du milieu minier will cease to send notices of renewal, annual obligations and reports.

This notice will apply to the following:

Notices of renewal

  • Staked and map designated claims;
  • Seabed research licence;
  • Seabed mining lease;
  • Prospecting licence;
  • Mining lease.

Applications for renewal of leases

  • Exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances;
  • Non-exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances.

Notices of annual renewal of mining leases

Notices of annual obligations of mining concessions

Extraction report forms for surface mineral substances

  • Annual report of surface mineral substances;
  • Quarterly report of surface mineral substances “unconsolidated materials”;
  • Quarterly report of surface mineral substances “consolidated materials and peat-moss”.
Get the forms.
NB Privileged members can now fill out the report for surface mineral substances on the website GESTIM Plus

 

Requests for renewal of mining titles must be filed before the due date. No extension of deadline granted on the following business day.

The Direction générale de la gestion du milieu minier believes that the services provided to its customers on the Internet supplement advantageously the sending of notices. Visit the website GESTIM Plus .

You can consult your mining titles by using the search tools of GESTIM Plus .

Methods of Payment Accepted to File a Notice of Map Designation

This directive will be in effect as of April 1, 2010. It renders null and void all previous directives on the same topic.

The directive has been adopted under the provisions of section 49 of the Mining Act (R.R.Q., c. M-13.1):

The methods of payment are:

  • Credit card
  • A client’s MRNF account

N.B. The total fee must be deposited in an account with the Direction générale de la gestion du milieu minier with the specific purpose of registration of claims.

A notice of map designation must be accompanied with the fee prescribed by regulation. Any application submitted without payment in full will be refused.

Directive concerning Claims situated within the limits of urban territories

This Directive shall come into force on September 23th, 2010. It renders any previous directive on the same topic void and of no effect.

The Directive is adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 32, to the first subparagraph of section 34, and to the second and third subparagraphs of section 52 of the Mining Act.

The Minister of Ressources naturelles et de la Faune may, notwithstanding the provisions of the Act and as she may deem necessary, impose conditions and obligations regarding such things as the work to be carried out on the site covered by the claim.

Conditions and obligations relating to a claim located in an urban area

The holder of a claim located within the boundaries of an urban area must inform the municipality, in writing, no later than sixty days following registration of the claim in the Public Register of Real and Immovable Mining Rights.

The holder of a claim lying within the boundaries of an urban area must inform the municipality, in writing, of any work the claimholder intends to carry out at least forty-eight hours before said work begins.

The claim holder shall provide the Minister, on request, with a copy of the notices sent to the municipality.

Failure to comply with these conditions and obligations may result, pursuant to section 278 of the Act, in the suspension or revocation of the claim by the Minister.

The Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune asks holders of claims registered before this Directive came into force to inform municipalities of the work they intend to carry out on sites within the boundaries of an urban area.

The conditions specific to each municipality are listed at https://gestim.mines.gouv.qc.ca/ftp//information/municipalites.asp .

* Limits of urban territories indicated by the Minister and shown on maps kept in the office of the registrar at http://gestim.mines.gouv.qc.ca .

Filing Order of Map Designation Notices

This Directive shall come into force on October 25th, 2010. It renders any previous directive on the same topic void and of no effect.

The directive has been adopted under the provisions of section 207 of the Mining Act (R.S.Q., c. M-13.1), which stipulates, among other things, that

[ … ]. A notice of map designation is deemed to have been filed on the date on which it is received at the office of the registrar [ … ].

[ … ]. Order of admission, Notices of map designation are admitted according to the order in which they are received at the office of the registrar […].

The time of receipt of notices of map designation establishes the order of files processing by the Registrar in order to register titles.

The time of receipt of the notice of map designation is based on the server time of GESTIM Plus synchronized with the atomic time determined by the National Research Council Canada.

Directive

Filing Order

  • By GESTIM Plus
    Or
  • By GESTIM at a regional office designated by ministerial orde

The time of receipt of a notice of map designation is established at the moment of the deposit at the registrar office.

According to the section 8 of the Regulation respecting mineral substances other than petroleum, natural gas and brine, c. M-13.1, r. 2, fees shall be included with the notice of map designation upon presentation for registration of claims.