M-13.1 - Mining Act

Section 218 Disposition versions

2018-09-20

218. In this chapter,

“operator” means any person who, as owner, lessee or occupant of a mine, performs or directs mining operations, or causes them to be performed or directed;

“mine” means any opening or excavation made for the purpose of searching for or mining mineral substances, passageways, works, machinery, plants, buildings and furnaces below or above ground and forming part of a mining operation.

1987, c. 64, s. 218; 1988, c. 9, s. 43; 2016, c. 35, s. 23.

1999-04-01

218. In this chapter,

“operator” means any person who, as owner, lessee or occupant of a mine or underground reservoir, performs or directs mining operations, or causes them to be performed or directed;

“mine” means any opening or excavation made for the purpose of searching for or mining mineral substances or operating an underground reservoir, including a well used to maintain water pressure, to dispose of or inject water or to create a water supply source, passageways, works, machinery, plants, buildings and furnaces below or above ground and forming part of a mining operation.

1987, c. 64, s. 218; 1988, c. 9, s. 43.