83. A claim holder may abandon his right by filing a written notice to that effect with the registrar. The claim is deemed to be abandoned on the day on which the registrar registers the abandonment in the public register of real and immovable mining rights.
However, the claim holder may abandon only part of the claim with a view to the classification of an outstanding geological site or a protected area or for any other reason considered sufficient by the Minister. In such a case, the Minister may give the claim holder authorization to move, disturb or replace a post delimiting the staked parcel of land.
1987, c. 64, s. 83; 1988, c. 9, s. 24; 1998, c. 24, s. 43; 2013, c. 32, s. 43.