Nunavut Mining Regulations

Marginal note:Issuance of licence

• 3 (1) The Mining Recorder must issue a licence to prospect to a person who has applied for one and paid the applicable fee set out in Schedule 1 if the person is

  • (a) an individual who is 18 years of age or older; or

  • (b) a company that is incorporated or registered under the Business Corporations Act (Nunavut), S.N.W.T. 1996, c. 19, or that is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

• Marginal note:Application for licence

  (2) An application for a licence must include

  • (a) the applicant’s name, address, telephone number and email address;

  • (b) the name, address, telephone number and email address of every person who is authorized to act on behalf of the applicant;

  • (c) in the case of an applicant who is an individual, proof that they are 18 years of age or older; and

  • (d) in the case of an applicant that is a corporation, the title of the Act referred to in paragraph (1)(b) under which the corporation is incorporated or registered under.

• Marginal note:Duration of licence

  (3) A licence is valid from the date of its issuance or renewal until March 31 of the following calendar year.

• Marginal note:Application for renewal

  (4) A licence may be renewed by making an application to the Mining Recorder containing the information set out in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) and, in the case of an applicant that is a corporation, the information set out in paragraph 2(d). The application must be made not earlier than January 1 preceding the end of the period of validity of the licence.

• Marginal note:Change in information

  (5) If, after the issuance or renewal of the licence, there is any change in information referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) or, in the case of an applicant that is a corporation, any change in the information referred to in paragraph 2(d), the licensee must provide the new information to the Mining Recorder within 10 business days after the day on which the information was changed.

• Marginal note:Licence not transferable

  (6) A licence is not transferable.