O. Reg. 193/06: ASSESSMENT WORK

Français

ontario regulation 193/06

made under the

mining act

Made: May 3, 2006
Filed: May 10, 2006
Published on e-Laws: May 11, 2006
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 27, 2006

Amending O. Reg. 6/96

(Assessment Work)

1. The Table to section 2 of Ontario Regulation 6/96 is revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE

Column 1	Column 2
Number of assessment years after the recording of the claim	Cumulative value of assessment work for each unit of 16 hectares or other  size claim unit required by s. 5 (12) to (17) of Ontario Regulation 7/96 (Claim Staking)
1	$0
2	400
3	800
4	1,200
5	1,600
6 and subsequent years	An additional $400 per year

2. Section 8 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.1) Assessment work credits obtained in accordance with subsection (1) for regional surveys and prospecting work performed on Crown land are eligible for assignment to contiguous mining claims if the same person was a holder of, had a beneficial interest in or was an optionee of record of,

(a) the claims subsequently staked and recorded in the area of the Crown land on which the work was performed, at the time it was performed and reported; and

(b) any claims contiguous to the claims referred to in clause (a), at the time the work was performed and reported.

3. Paragraph 8 of subsection 16 (10) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “mining recorder” and substituting “office designated by the Minister”.

4. Sections 21 and 22 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

Electronic Submission of Documents for Assessment Work Credit

21. (1) All documents that must be submitted for assessment work credit under this Regulation may be submitted,

(a) through the Electronic Assessment System website available on the Internet through http://www.ndm.gov.on.ca in the formats described in subsection (2); or

(b) on one or more compact discs containing electronic versions of the documents in the formats described in subsection (3).

(2) Documents submitted through the Electronic Assessment System website must be submitted using the forms provided on the website where those forms are available and, where such forms are not available, the documents must be submitted in PDF format, with the exception of maps, figures or other diagrams which may be submitted in PDF or JPEG format.

(3) Documents submitted on a compact disc must be in PDF format, with the exception of maps, figures or other diagrams which may be submitted in PDF or JPEG format.

(4) A compact disc must be identified by a label affixed to the disc that gives the name, address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address, if any, of the person submitting it.

(5) A compact disc must contain a table of contents, in PDF format, listing all the documents on the compact disc, and must be accompanied by a paper copy of the assessment work in the required form.

(6) All documents submitted through the Electronic Assessment System website or on compact disc must satisfy the requirements contained in this Regulation, except that the requirement for a signature referred to in the following provisions of this Regulation does not apply:

1. Subclause 9 (a) (v).

2. Subclause 10 (2) (a) (vi).

3. Clause 11 (2) (n).

4. Clause 16 (3) (q).

(7) All documents submitted through the Electronic Assessment System website or on compact disc must be received at the office designated by the Minister no later than 4:30 p.m. on the anniversary date.

22. If documents are submitted through the Electronic Assessment System website or on compact disc, revisions to those documents may be made by e-mail or through the Electronic Assessment System.

23. If documents are submitted through the Electronic Assessment System website or on compact disc and the submission cannot be received at the office designated by the Minister due to a failure of a Ministry of Northern Development and Mines server or other Ministry or government computer equipment, the person submitting the documents must submit them no later than 4:30 p.m. on the anniversary date, in accordance with,

(a) the requirements for paper submissions contained in this Regulation; or

(b) the requirements for submissions by fax set out in sections 10 and 11 of Ontario Regulation 113/91 (General) made under the Act, except that the requirement in subsection 10 (1) of that regulation that fax submissions be limited to 11 pages does not apply.

5. This Regulation comes into force 90 days after it is filed.

 

Français