78. Any amount disbursed in excess of the prescribed requirements in respect of a claim by its holder or any work performed in respect of a mining lease or mining concession by its holder may be applied, in accordance with section 76 or 77 as the case may be, towards the renewal of another claim in respect of which he has made a promise to purchase by way of a deed registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights.
Where the amount is disbursed or the work is performed by a person who is not the holder of the mining rights in question but has made a promise to purchase as in the preceding paragraph, the amount disbursed or the work may be applied, with the written consent of the holder of the rights, towards the renewal of a claim of which the said person is the holder or in respect of which he has made a promise to purchase as in the preceding paragraph.
1987, c. 64, s. 78; 1988, c. 9, s. 22.