261. The Government may revoke, without compensation, the mining rights in the mining concessions referred to in section 4 or in the lands granted pursuant to the same section where there have been no exploration work or mining operations for 10 years unless the grantee or the owner proves to it that the deposit subject to the rights constitutes a reserve necessary for the continuation of a mining undertaking operated by him in Québec.
1987, c. 64, s. 261; 2013, c. 32, s. 98.