267. Any person except the grantee or owner whose rights have been revoked may, within thirty days from the date on which the revocation of mining rights under section 261 takes effect, apply for the registration of a claim by map designation, an exploration licence for petroleum and natural gas, an exploration licence for brine, a lease to produce petroleum and natural gas or a lease to produce brine in respect of all or part of the land that was subject to the revoked rights.
Thereafter, a person whose rights have been revoked may also apply for the registration of a right referred to in the first paragraph in relation to all or part of the parcel of land subject to the revoked rights.
1987, c. 64, s. 267; 1998, c. 24, s. 113.