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Chapter 2
Statements of Interest
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Registration
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12. (1) A person may apply to the Minister to register a written statement that sets out the person’s interest in prospecting for specified minerals in or on specified land (referred to in this Act as a “statement of interest”).
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister shall register a person’s statement of interest where—
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(a) the person submits an application in the prescribed form that specifies the minerals of interest and—
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(i) where appropriate, the number designated to the prospecting licence area by the Minister, or
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(ii) an ordnance map at an appropriate scale or other suitable map approved by the Minister showing the area of land of interest,
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(b) the person submits the prescribed application fee, and
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(c) the proposed area of land does not exceed the prescribed limit on the area that may be covered by statements of interest registered in respect of one person.
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(3) No statement of interest may be registered—
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(a) in respect of land specified in a mining licence or land in relation to which the Minister has received an application for a mining licence that has not been refused,
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(b) in respect of minerals in or on the land specified in a prospecting licence or a retention licence which is in force,
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(c) in respect of minerals in or on the land specified in an application received by the Minister for a prospecting licence or a retention licence that has not been refused, or
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(d) in respect of excepted minerals.
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