M-13 - Mining Act

Section 1 Disposition versions

1987-05-27

1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gaz” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “lands in the public domain” : all lands in the public domain, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on lands in the public domain, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this Act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who wishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : every licence contemplated in section 240.12;

(32.1)  “special exploration licence” : every licence contemplated in section 240.6;

(33)  “rejected material” ; displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessee or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Government under this Act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Energy and Resources;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 20; 1979, c. 81, s. 20; 1981, c. 23, s. 21; 1982, c. 25, s. 41; 1982, c. 27, s. 1; 1987, c. 23, s. 76.

The Minister for Mines and Native Affairs exercises, under the authority of the Minister of Energy and Resources, the functions relating to the application of this Act, and in exercising those functions is responsible for setting out government policy with respect to the Native population and for coordinating its implementation. O.C. 2650-85 of 85.12.13, (1986) 118 G.O. 2 (French), 171; O.C. 339-86 of 86.03.26, (1986) 118 G.O. 2 (French), 1071.

1982-09-15

1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gaz” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “public lands” or “Crown lands” : all Crown lands, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on Crown lands, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who wishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : every licence contemplated in section 240.12;

(32.1)  “special exploration licence” : every licence contemplated in section 240.6;

(33)  “rejected material” ; displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessee or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Government under this act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Energy and Resources;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 20; 1979, c. 81, s. 20; 1981, c. 23, s. 21; 1982, c. 25, s. 41; 1982, c. 27, s. 1.

1982-06-23

1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gaz” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “public lands” or “Crown lands” : all Crown lands, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on Crown lands, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who wishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : any licence contemplated in section 238;

(33)  “rejected material” ; displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessee or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Government under this act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Energy and Resources;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 20; 1979, c. 81, s. 20; 1981, c. 23, s. 21; 1982, c. 25, s. 41.

1981-12-19

1. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gaz” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “public lands” or “Crown lands” : all Crown lands, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on Crown lands, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who wishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : any licence contemplated in section 238;

(33)  “rejected material” ; displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessee or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Government under this act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Energy and Resources, except in Division XIX;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère de l’Énergie et des Ressources.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 20; 1979, c. 81, s. 20; 1981, c. 23, s. 21.

1980-04-01

1. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gas” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “public lands” or “Crown lands” : all Crown lands, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on Crown lands, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who whishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : any licence contemplated in section 238;

(33)  “rejected material” : displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessor or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Government under this act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Energy and Resources, except in Division XIX;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère de l’énergie et des ressources.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 20; 1979, c. 81, s. 20.

1979-11-28

1. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gas” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “public lands” or “Crown lands” : all Crown lands, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on Crown lands, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who whishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : any licence contemplated in section 238;

(33)  “rejected material” : displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessor or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Gouvernement under this act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Natural Resources, except in Division XIX;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère des richesses naturelles.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1; 1979, c. 49, s. 20.

1977-12-31

1. In this act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and expressions respectively mean:

(1)  “minerals” or “mineral substances” : all natural solid, liquid or gaseous mineral substances, and all fossilized organic matter;

(2)  “ore” : a mineral substance in natural deposit of such size, composition and situation as to allow reasonable hope of extracting therefrom, at present or in the future, products which may be sold at a profit;

(3)  “mining operation” : all the work whereby mineral substances are taken from the ground for the purpose of obtaining a commercial product therefrom or whereby an underground reservoir is used for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(4)  “mine” : any opening or excavation made for the purpose of discovering or obtaining any mineral substance or of discovering, developing or using an underground reservoir for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue, including a quarry, a sand-pit or a well used for maintaining water pressure, for disposing of or injecting water or to create a source of water supply and the ways, works, machinery, mills, buildings and furnaces below or above the surface of lands which form part of a mining operation;

(5)  “to mine” : to carry out mining operations;

(6)  “to prospect” and “to explore” : to carry out work preliminary to mining operations, with the purpose of discovering an ore deposit or an underground reservoir and demonstrating the existence thereof;

(7)  “petroleum” : crude oil and other hydrocarbons which can be extracted from the ground in liquid form;

(8)  “natural gas” : all hydrocarbons and other substances which can be extracted from the ground in gaseous form;

(9)  “underground reservoir” : any mass of rock, consolidated or not, containing natural or artificial cavities, which is suitable to be used for the purpose of storing mineral substances or industrial products or residues or of permanently disposing thereof, or which may become suitable to be so used;

(10)  “brine” : any natural aqueous solution containing more than 4% by weight of dissolved solids;

(11)  “public lands” or “Crown lands” : all Crown lands, lands transferred to Québec, clergy lands or lands of the Jesuits’ estates, Crown domain or seigniory of Lauzon, which have not been alienated by the Crown;

(12)  “private lands” : all lands conceded or alienated by the Crown except mining concessions, lands conceded as such and, on Crown lands, lands under mining lease, operating lease, storage lease or disposal licence;

(13)  “surveyed territory” : that part of a township or seigniory which has been surveyed and divided into lots by the proper authority;

(14)  “mineral rights” or “mining rights” : the right to explore for, work and use natural mineral substances situated within the volume formed by the vertical projection of the perimeter of a parcel of land, including the right to explore for underground reservoirs or to develop or use them for the storage or permanent disposal of any mineral substance or of any industrial product or residue;

(15)  “prospector’s licence” : the licence issued under section 12;

(16)  “claim” : a parcel of land marked out on the ground under a prospector’s licence in conformity with this act or with the Mining Act in force at the time;

(17)  “development licence” : the licence issued to a claim holder who whishes to preserve his rights;

(18)  “exploration permit” : the permit contemplated in the first paragraph of section 298;

(19)  “licence for using geophysical instruments” : the authorization to use the geophysical instruments determined by regulation;

(20)  “licence for geophysical surveying” : the authorization to make or cause to be made a geophysical survey to determine whether there exist geological conditions favourable to exploration for petroleum, natural gas or underground reservoirs;

(21)  “exploration licence” : a licence to explore lands for the purpose of finding petroleum and natural gas there;

(22)  “operating lease” : the authorization to produce petroleum and natural gas;

(23)  “exploration licence for underground reservoirs” : the licence contemplated in section 192;

(24)  “storage lease” : the lease contemplated in section 193;

(25)  “disposal licence” : the licence contemplated in section 193;

(26)  “exploration licence for brine” : the authorization to explore land to find brine there;

(27)  “operating lease for brine” : the authorization to produce brine;

(28)  “mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 84;

(29)  “underground mining lease” : the lease contemplated in section 85;

(30)  “mining concession” : a mining property sold out of the public domain for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(31)  “underground mining concession” : a mining property under private land sold for the purpose of operating mining rights;

(32)  “special licence” : any licence contemplated in section 238;

(33)  “rejected material” : displaced overburden, waste rock, liquid or solid residues and waste matter from mining operations;

(34)  “rejected materials management system” : the aggregate of administrative and technical operations for the removal, haulage, storage, milling and permanent deposit of the tailings of mining, and the moveable and immoveable property allocated to such purposes;

(35)  “output” : mineral substances taken from a mine which are removed, sold or shipped, and all substances resulting from the milling, concentrating or smelting thereof or which are otherwise extracted therefrom in a plant forming part of a mine;

(36)  “operator” : any person who carries on or directs, or causes to be carried on or directed, mining operations in a mine of which he is the owner, lessor or occupant;

(37)  “regulation” : any regulation made by the Gouvernement under this act;

(38)  “Minister” : the Minister of Natural Resources;

(39)  “Department” : the Ministère des richesses naturelles.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 34, s. 1; 1968, c. 36, s. 1; 1970, c. 27, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 31, s. 1.