76. The holder of adjoining claims may, not later than 15 days after the date of the expiry of the claim to be renewed, apply all or part of the amounts spent to perform, in respect of a claim, any work in excess of the prescribed requirements to a claim the renewal of which is applied for, up to the amount necessary for its renewal, provided the land on which the work has been performed and the land that is the subject of the application for renewal are included in a 3.2 kilometre square.
Where the length of any side of one of the claims exceeds 3.2 kilometres, the claim holder may also apply the amounts as provided in the first paragraph provided both parcels are wholly or partly included within a 3.2 kilometre square.
1987, c. 64, s. 76; 1998, c. 24, s. 39.