70. Where an improvement and a strip of land adjacent to it, where applicable, as defined by regulation, are situated on lands in the domain of the State that are subject to the exclusive exploration right, or where such land is already the subject of a transfer or lease referred to in section 239, no holder of an exclusive exploration right may carry on any work unless he obtains the authorization of the Minister and complies with such conditions as the latter may determine.
1987, c. 64, s. 70; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 36, ss. 35 and 140.