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类型: 法令
编号: CQLR, c. M-13.1
颁布机构: Éditeur officiel du Québec (LégisQuébec)
国家: 加拿大

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§ 1 — Acquisition
§ 1. — Acquisition [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:40&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [40.](#se:40) An exclusive exploration right may be obtained by map designation in accordance with this division. The expression “exclusive exploration right” also covers any exclusive exploration right obtained by staking or by map designation in accordance with this Act before 29 November 2024. For the purposes of this division, “staked exclusive exploration right”, “exclusive exploration right obtained by staking” or “parcel of land staked”, “staked parcel of land”, or “land staked”, means an exclusive exploration right obtained by staking or the parcel of land on which such an exclusive exploration right is obtained in accordance with this Act, as it reads on 8 December 2021. 1987, c. 64, s. 40; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 3611; 2024, c. 36, ss. 16 and 140. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:41&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [41.](#se:41) An exclusive exploration right may be registered in favour of the State. 1987, c. 64, s. 41; 1998, c. 24, s. 18; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 171. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:42&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [42.](#se:42) The area and shape of a parcel of land that may be the subject of an exclusive exploration right by way of map designation shall be determined by the Minister and registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. Any modification takes effect on the date specified in the notice. 1987, c. 64, s. 42; 1988, c. 9, s. 10; 1998, c. 24, s. 19; 2003, c. 15, s. 5; 2013, c. 32, s. 16; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 371; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 181. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:42_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [42.1.](#se:42_1) Every exclusive exploration right obtained by map designation or by conversion of a mining right into a map designated exclusive exploration right pursuant to subdivision 5 of this division must cover the entire area of a parcel of land determined by the Minister and registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights or, where applicable, only the area of the parcel of land that is open to map designation in accordance with this Act. However, where a map designated exclusive exploration right has been obtained by the conversion of a mining right, the holder of an exclusive exploration right may, within 60 days from the date of issue of the certificate of registration of the exclusive exploration right, refuse the inclusion of any part of the parcel of land subject to the exclusive exploration right that exceeds the area subject to the converted mining right if the inclusion of the excess portion would impose new requirements on the holder of an exclusive exploration right by reason of the application of section 231. 1998, c. 24, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1911. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:42_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [42.2.](#se:42_2) Where it has not been possible to extend an exclusive exploration right obtained by map designation or by conversion of a mining right to cover the total area of a parcel of land as registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights, the area of land subject to the exclusive exploration right must, as soon as possible, be extended so as to include an area corresponding to the total area of a parcel of land registered in the register provided that the included area is open to map designation in accordance with this Act. Where parts of a parcel of land registered in the register are subject to more than one exclusive exploration right, the Minister shall extend one such exclusive exploration right, as determined by a drawing of lots, to include the excess portion of the parcel of land, provided that the included area is contiguous and is open to map designation in accordance with this Act. However, the holder of the exclusive exploration right extended to include the excess portion of land may, within 60 days from the date of issue of the notice of extension, refuse the extension if it would impose new obligations on the holder of an exclusive exploration right by reason of the application of section 231. 1998, c. 24, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 2011. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:42_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [42.3.](#se:42_3) No extension of the area of the parcel of land subject to an exclusive exploration right, pursuant to section 42.2, shall have the effect of increasing the cost of the work to be performed in respect of the exclusive exploration right for the term during which the extension is effected. 1998, c. 24, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:42_4&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [42.4.](#se:42_4) Any decision concerning the application of sections 42.1 and 42.2 may be made by the Minister, including a decision concerning the rules relating to the area of the parcel of land subject to an exclusive exploration right obtained by map designation or by conversion of a mining right, and the Minister may order, where necessary for the application of the said provisions, a survey of the parcels of land concerned. 1998, c. 24, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:42_5&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [42.5.](#se:42_5) (Repealed). 2003, c. 15, s. 6; 2013, c. 32, s. 17; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 381. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:43&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [43.](#se:43) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 43; 1988, c. 9, s. 11, s. 12; 1998, c. 24, s. 21. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:44&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [44.](#se:44) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 44; 1988, c. 9, s. 9, s. 14; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 22; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 381. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:45&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [45.](#se:45) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 45; 1988, c. 9, s. 15; 2013, c. 32, s. 18; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 381.
§ 2 — Registration and validity
§ 2. — Registration and validity [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:46&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [46.](#se:46) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 46; 1988, c. 9, s. 16; 1998, c. 24, s. 23; 2013, c. 32, s. 19; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 381. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:47&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [47.](#se:47) An exclusive exploration right is acquired by the filing of a notice of map designation followed by its registration in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. 1987, c. 64, s. 47; 1998, c. 24, s. 24; 2013, c. 32, s. 20; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 391; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:48&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [48.](#se:48) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 48; 1998, c. 24, s. 25; 2003, c. 15, s. 7; 2013, c. 32, s. 21; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:49&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [49.](#se:49) The notice of map designation must be presented on a form supplied by the Minister, contain the information determined by regulation and be accompanied with the fee prescribed by regulation. Any notice that does not meet the requirement set out in the first paragraph is not admissible for consideration. 1987, c. 64, s. 49; 1998, c. 24, s. 26; 2003, c. 15, s. 8; 2013, c. 32, s. 22; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 411; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 221. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:50&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [50.](#se:50) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 50; 1998, c. 24, s. 27; 2013, c. 32, s. 23; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 421. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:51&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [51.](#se:51) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 51; 1988, c. 9, s. 9; 1998, c. 24, s. 28; 2013, c. 32, s. 24; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 421. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:52&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [52.](#se:52) The registrar shall refuse a notice of map designation (1) where the land is subject to an exclusive exploration right registered in accordance with this subdivision; (2) where the land is subject to a mining lease, a mining concession, an application for a mining lease or an application for a conversion of an exclusive exploration right under subdivision 5 of Division III of this chapter; (3) where the land’s mineral substances are withdrawn from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations; (4) where the land is subject to a temporary suspension notice pursuant to section 304.1; (5) where the land is an outstanding geological site classified under section 305.1; (6) where the land has been designated on a map in contravention of sections 38 and 288; (7) where the land has been designated by a person who does not meet the conditions set out in section 18.1; or (8) where the territory has an area of 0.1 hectares or less. The registrar shall forward, to the Minister, every notice of map designation that concerns a parcel of land (1) referred to in section 4, where only gold and silver form part of the domain of the State; (2) from which mineral substances referred to in section 5 have been, or are being, extracted, except sand or gravel; (3) referred to in section 33; or (4) where the mineral substances are reserved to the State. The Minister may refuse the notice of map designation or, where considered necessary by the Minister, accept it subject to the conditions and requirements imposed by the Minister that may, in particular and notwithstanding the provisions of this Act, concern work to be performed on the parcel of land that will be subject to the exclusive exploration right. 1987, c. 64, s. 52; 1998, c. 24, s. 29; 2003, c. 15, s. 9; 2013, c. 32, s. 25; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 43112021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 4312; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 2311. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:52_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [52.1.](#se:52_1) The Minister may impose on a holder of an exclusive exploration right, at the time the Minister considers appropriate, conditions and requirements that, despite the provisions of this Act, may, in particular, concern the work to be performed, in the following cases: (1) for a public interest reason, in particular to prevent or limit impacts on local and Indigenous communities; or (2) to enable prioritization or reconciliation of uses and preservation of the territory. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 241. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:53&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [53.](#se:53) The registrar shall refer to the Minister, for a decision, any other case where the notice of map designation does not appear to him to meet the requirements of this Act or the regulations or gives rise to a dispute. 1987, c. 64, s. 53; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 4411. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:54&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [54.](#se:54) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 54; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 451. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:55&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [55.](#se:55) The decision to refuse a notice of map designation must be in writing, give reasons and be notified to the interested person within 15 days. 1987, c. 64, s. 55; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 461; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 251. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:56&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [56.](#se:56) The registrar shall issue to an applicant whose notice of map designation is accepted a certificate of registration evidencing the exclusive exploration right from the date of filing of the notice and make an entry thereof in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. 1987, c. 64, s. 56; 1988, c. 9, s. 19; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 471; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:57&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [57.](#se:57) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 57; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 261. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:58&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [58.](#se:58) The Minister may make any decision concerning the area of an exclusive exploration right where parcels of land overlap each other, or where the area, orientation or length of the boundary lines of the land does not meet the requirements of this Act or the regulations. For the purposes of the first paragraph, the Minister may order that a survey of the exclusive exploration right be made. 1987, c. 64, s. 58; 1988, c. 9, s. 20; 2003, c. 15, s. 10; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 481; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:58_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [58.1.](#se:58_1) The Minister may make any decision concerning the conversion of a staked exclusive exploration right into a map designated exclusive exploration right or the amalgamation or replacement of map designated exclusive exploration rights. 2003, c. 15, s. 11; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:59&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [59.](#se:59) The survey of an exclusive exploration right, carried out in accordance with this Act and the regulations, shall remain in force and be considered to be the delimitation and description of that parcel of land until the exclusive exploration right is abandoned or revoked or expires or until its area is altered. Where parcels of land subject to an exclusive exploration right are contiguous, the boundaries of the parcel of land subject to the older exclusive exploration right prevail. Where a statement by the holder of a staked exclusive exploration right establishes that the parcel of land subject to the staked exclusive exploration right is not located within the boundaries of a parcel of land where an exclusive exploration right has been or may be obtained by map designation, the boundaries of the map designated parcel of land prevail. 1987, c. 64, s. 59; 2003, c. 15, s. 12; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:59_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [59.1.](#se:59_1) The statement provided for in the third paragraph of section 59 and the agreement signed by the holder of the staked exclusive exploration right and provided at the time of the conversion of a mining right into a map designated exclusive exploration right may be set up against third persons. 2003, c. 15, s. 13; 2013, c. 32, s. 26; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 491; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:60&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [60.](#se:60) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 60; 2003, c. 15, s. 14; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 501. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:60_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [60.1.](#se:60_1) The Minister shall determine the boundaries of the territories in which exclusive exploration rights may be obtained by map designation, and register them in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. The Minister shall, from time to time, modify the boundaries of the territories as and when exclusive exploration rights obtained by staking are map designated or converted into map designated exclusive exploration rights, are not renewed, or are abandoned or revoked. A log of modifications to the boundaries of the territories in which exclusive exploration rights may be obtained by map designation shall be kept in the register. 1998, c. 24, s. 31; 2003, c. 15, s. 15; 2013, c. 32, s. 27; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 5111; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 2711a. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:61&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [61.](#se:61) Subject to the special rules in the first paragraph of section 83.3 that apply to the conversion of exclusive exploration rights into map designated exclusive exploration rights, the first term of an exclusive exploration right expires three years after the exclusive exploration right is registered. The Minister shall renew the exclusive exploration right for a term of two years provided the holder of the exclusive exploration right (1) has applied for the renewal of the exclusive exploration right before its date of expiry. An application for renewal must be filed using the form supplied by the Minister and must contain the information determined by regulation; (2) has paid the fee prescribed by regulation; (3) has complied with this Act and the regulations throughout the previous term of the exclusive exploration right and, in particular, has performed and reported on the work required under section 72; (4) has met any other renewal requirement prescribed by regulation. An application for renewal that has been transmitted even though the holder of an exclusive exploration right has failed to comply with one of the conditions set out in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the second paragraph is not admissible for consideration. An exclusive exploration right registered in favour of the State remains in force for the period and on the conditions determined by the Minister, who may dispose of it for the price and subject to the conditions determined by the Government. If all or part of an exclusive exploration right lies within a mining-incompatible territory, sections 73 and 75 to 78 do not apply to renewals after the delimitation of that territory. 1987, c. 64, s. 61; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 32; 2003, c. 15, s. 16; 2013, c. 32, s. 28; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 5211; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 2811. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:62&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [62.](#se:62) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 62; 2013, c. 32, s. 29. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:63&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [63.](#se:63) Subject to the conditions determined by the Minister, the Minister may, on his own initiative or at the request of any interested person, suspend the term of the exclusive exploration right, (1) during such time as the validity of the exclusive exploration right is contested; (2) for the period he determines, where the holder of the exclusive exploration right is prevented from performing the work prescribed by section 72; (3) until he has rendered a decision on an application for a mining lease, where the application concerns the land that is the subject of the exclusive exploration right. 1987, c. 64, s. 63; 1998, c. 24, s. 33; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 2911.
§ 3 — Rights and obligations
§ 3. — Rights and obligations [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:64&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [64.](#se:64) The holder of an exclusive exploration right has the exclusive right to explore for mineral substances on the parcel of land subject to the exclusive exploration right, with the exception of (1) (paragraph repealed); (2) sand other than silica sand used for industrial purposes, gravel, common clay used in the manufacture of clay products and every other mineral substance found in its natural state as a loose deposit, as well as inert mine tailings used for construction purposes; (3) on any part of the parcel of land that is also subject to an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, every other surface mineral substance. 1987, c. 64, s. 64; 1998, c. 24, s. 34; 2013, c. 32, s. 30; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 301. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:65&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [65.](#se:65) Every holder of an exclusive exploration right has access to the parcel of land subject to his exclusive exploration right and may perform any exploration work thereon. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, on lands granted, alienated or leased by the State for purposes other than mining purposes or on lands under an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, the holder of an exclusive exploration right may exercise such rights only in accordance with section 235. With respect to lands granted or alienated by the State for purposes other than mining purposes, if the exclusive exploration right is in the territory of a local municipality, the holder of the exclusive exploration right must inform the municipality and the landowner of the work to be performed at least 30 days before the work begins. The Minister shall, within 60 days after the exclusive exploration right is registered, notify the local municipality and, as the case may be, the Indigenous nation or community concerned of the existence of that right. Where land that is subject to the exclusive exploration right is granted, alienated or leased by the State for purposes other than mining purposes or is subject to an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, the Minister shall also notify the owner, the lessee and the holder, as the case may be, of the lands. 1987, c. 64, s. 65; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 31; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 5311b; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 3111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:65_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [65.1.](#se:65_1) The holder of an exclusive exploration right shall transmit to the representatives of every local municipality located in the region of the land subject to the right and, as the case may be, every Indigenous nation or community concerned, at least 30 days before exploration work begins and, subsequently, each year that the work continues, an annual work planning, presented using the form supplied by the Minister. The holder shall hold an information session concerning the annual work planning with each such representative who so requests. During such a session, the representative may submit observations and present information that is complementary to that presented by the holder. The holder shall publish on the holder’s website or by any other means of publication authorized by the Minister the annual work planning and, if applicable, a summary of the information session. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 321. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:66&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [66.](#se:66) The holder of an exclusive exploration right may not erect or maintain any construction on lands of the domain of the State without first obtaining authorization from the Minister, except if the construction is located on the parcel of land subject to the exclusive exploration right and is a construction of a type defined by a ministerial order made under subparagraph 2.1 of the first paragraph of section 304. When the holder of an exclusive exploration right becomes aware that a third person is erecting a construction on such lands, he shall immediately notify the Minister in writing. 1987, c. 64, s. 66; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 35; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:67&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [67.](#se:67) Any part of a watercourse with a natural force equal to or greater than 225 kilowatts at its ordinary flow during 6 months together with a strip of land 20 metres in width on each side of the watercourse shall be excluded from any exclusive exploration right and reserved to the State. The Minister may add to the reserve any area he considers necessary for the development and utilization of the waterpower. Where such an addition is made after the registration of an exclusive exploration right on the land, compensation shall be paid to the holder of the exclusive exploration right in an amount equal to the amounts spent for all the work performed, on the filing of the reports on that work. The Minister may, subject to certain conditions, authorize a holder of an exclusive exploration right to explore on the reserved land. 1987, c. 64, s. 67; 1988, c. 53, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 32; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 3311. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:68&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [68.](#se:68) A holder of an exclusive exploration right may use, for his mining activities, sand or gravel forming part of the domain of the State except where the land subject to his exclusive exploration right is already under an exclusive lease, in favour of a third person, to mine surface mineral substances. 1987, c. 64, s. 68; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:69&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [69.](#se:69) The holder of an exclusive exploration right must obtain the authorization of the Minister before performing any impact-causing exploration work determined by regulation. The Minister issues the authorization provided the holder of an exclusive exploration right (1) has paid the fees prescribed by regulation; (2) has furnished the guarantee referred to in section 232.4 of this Act, where applicable; and (3) has met the other conditions prescribed by regulation. The holder of an exclusive exploration right provides to the Minister, at the Minister’s request, any document or information relating to impact-causing exploration work covered by the application for authorization. 1987, c. 64, s. 69; 1998, c. 24, s. 36; 2013, c. 32, s. 33; 2022, c. 82022, c. 8, s. 441; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:69_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [69.1.](#se:69_1) The Minister may, where considered necessary by the Minister, impose conditions and requirements on the holder of the authorization mentioned in the first paragraph of section 69 that may, in particular and despite the provisions of this Act, concern work to be performed on the parcel of land subject to the exclusive exploration right. Where the authorization concerns sampling work, the Minister may attach conditions or obligations to it to maximize the economic spinoffs within Québec. 2022, c. 82022, c. 8, s. 441; 2024, c. 36, ss. 34 and 140. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:69_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [69.2.](#se:69_2) The authorization provided for in the first paragraph of section 69 is valid for a term of two years. The Minister shall renew the authorization for a term of 12 months on the conditions and on payment of the fees prescribed by regulation. However, if mining activities are permanently discontinued, the authorization cannot be renewed. 2022, c. 82022, c. 8, s. 441. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:70&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [70.](#se:70) Where an improvement and a strip of land adjacent to it, where applicable, as defined by regulation, are situated on lands in the domain of the State that are subject to the exclusive exploration right, or where such land is already the subject of a transfer or lease referred to in section 239, no holder of an exclusive exploration right may carry on any work unless he obtains the authorization of the Minister and complies with such conditions as the latter may determine. 1987, c. 64, s. 70; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 36, ss. 35 and 140. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:71&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [71.](#se:71) Stone may be extracted from lands in the domain of the State, without compensation to the holder of an exclusive exploration right, for the construction or maintenance of State works. 1987, c. 64, s. 71; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 34; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:71_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [71.1.](#se:71_1) The holder of the exclusive exploration right must, not later than 31 January each year, submit to the Minister a report on the work performed during the period from 1 January to 31 December of the preceding year. The report must be presented using a form supplied by the Minister and must contain the information determined by regulation. 2013, c. 32, s. 35; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 541; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 3611. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:72&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [72.](#se:72) Subject to sections 73 and 75 to 81, the holder of the exclusive exploration right shall, before the expiry of his exclusive exploration right, perform on the land that is subject to his exclusive exploration right work of the nature and for the minimum cost determined by regulation. However, the amounts spent on property examination and technical assessment work shall not be accepted unless the work is performed within 48 months following the date on which the exclusive exploration right was registered. The holder of an exclusive exploration right must, not later than that day, report to the Minister on all the work performed, including work for which an exploration allowance or a pre-production development allowance may be claimed under the Mining Tax Act ([chapter I-0.4](/fr/document/lc/I-0.4?langCont=en&cible=)), whether or not it actually is. The report shall be in the form and accompanied with the documents prescribed by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 72; 1988, c. 9, s. 21; 1998, c. 24, s. 37; 2013, c. 32, s. 36; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 5511; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 3711a. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:73&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [73.](#se:73) A holder of an exclusive exploration right who has performed and reported, within the time prescribed, work whose cost represents at least 90% of the minimum cost required under section 72 may, to enable the renewal of his exclusive exploration right, pay the Minister an amount equal to twice the difference between the minimum cost of the work that should have been performed and the work reported. 1987, c. 64, s. 73; 1998, c. 24, s. 38; 2013, c. 32, s. 37; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 381. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:74&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [74.](#se:74) The Minister may refuse all or part of the work where the documents filed (1) are incomplete or not consistent with the regulations; (2) do not corroborate the stated amounts or the actual cost of the work; (3) fail to show that the stated amounts were disbursed solely for the performance of work; (4) have been falsified or contain false information; (5) pertain to work previously reported by the holder of an exclusive exploration right or by a third person and accepted as part of another report. 1987, c. 64, s. 74; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:75&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [75.](#se:75) Amounts spent during the term of an exclusive exploration right to perform work in excess of the minimum cost prescribed by regulation and excess amounts accumulated for the exclusive exploration right as at 6 May 2015 may be applied to the six subsequent terms of the exclusive exploration right, subject to the special rules for the conversion of staked exclusive exploration rights into map designated exclusive exploration rights. 1987, c. 64, s. 75; 2013, c. 32, s. 38; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:76&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [76.](#se:76) The holder of an exclusive exploration right may, for the renewal of his right, apply to the sole amount necessary for that purpose and before the date on which the right expires, all or part of the amounts spent for work performed in respect of an exclusive exploration right for which excess amounts have been spent, provided that the land that is subject to the exclusive exploration right whose renewal is applied for is situated entirely within a 4.5-kilometre radius circle measured from the geometrical centre of the land subject to the exclusive exploration right for which excess amounts have been spent. 1987, c. 64, s. 76; 1998, c. 24, s. 39; 2003, c. 15, s. 17; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 391. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:77&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [77.](#se:77) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 77; 1998, c. 24, s. 40; 2003, c. 15, s. 18; 2013, c. 32, s. 39. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:78&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [78.](#se:78) Excess amounts spent in respect of an exclusive exploration right by its holder may be applied, in accordance with section 76, towards the renewal of another exclusive exploration right regarding which the holder has made a promise to purchase by way of an instrument registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. If those excess amounts were spent by a person who is not the holder of the exclusive exploration right concerned but who has made a promise to purchase in the manner described in the preceding paragraph, the amounts spent may be applied, with the holder of an exclusive exploration right written consent, towards the renewal of an exclusive exploration right held by that person or regarding which the person has made a promise to purchase in the manner described in the preceding paragraph. 1987, c. 64, s. 78; 1988, c. 9, s. 22; 2013, c. 32, s. 40; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:79&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [79.](#se:79) For the purposes of sections 75 to 78, where the work performed is insufficient to permit the renewal of an exclusive exploration right, the holder of an exclusive exploration right may, within 15 days of being so notified by the Minister, amend his application for renewal. 1987, c. 64, s. 79; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 4011. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:80&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [80.](#se:80) The work performed in respect of an exclusive exploration right during the 24 months preceding the current term may, in a report, be applied to the current term of the exclusive exploration right. However, where an exclusive exploration right obtained by staking is converted into one or more map designated exclusive exploration rights following an application under section 83.2, only the work performed in respect of the exclusive exploration right during the 24 months preceding the date of conversion may be applied, in a report, to the term of the exclusive exploration right that follows the conversion. 1987, c. 64, s. 80; 1988, c. 9, s. 23; 1990, c. 36, s. 2; 1998, c. 24, s. 41; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:80_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [80.1.](#se:80_1) A holder of an exclusive exploration right must obtain the authorization of the Minister, using a form supplied by the latter, to transfer all or part of the holder’s right during the first term of the right. The Minister shall authorize the transfer once the work required under section 72 has been performed on the land subject to the right. Any transfer of an exclusive exploration right in contravention of this section is null and void. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 411. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:81&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [81.](#se:81) All geological, geophysical or geochemical surveys and prospecting work defined by regulation, performed in the territory comprising the parcel of land that is subject to an exclusive exploration right during the 24 months preceding the date of filing of the notice of map designation may, in a report, be applied to the first term of an exclusive exploration right. 1987, c. 64, s. 81; 1998, c. 24, s. 42; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 5611; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:81_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [81.1.](#se:81_1) A holder of an exclusive exploration right is required to declare to the Minister and to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks any discovery of mineral substances containing 0.1% or more of triuranium octaoxide within 90 days after the discovery. 2013, c. 32, s. 41; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:82&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [82.](#se:82) The Minister may order the cessation of the work if necessary in his judgment to permit the use of the territory for public utility purposes. In such a case, the Minister shall, subject to certain conditions, suspend the term of the exclusive exploration right. After six months, if the Minister is of opinion that the cessation of the work must be maintained, he shall terminate the exclusive exploration right and pay compensation equal to the amounts spent for all the work performed, on the filing of the reports on that work. 1987, c. 64, s. 82; 2013, c. 32, s. 42; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401.
§ 4 — Abandonment
§ 4. — Abandonment [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.](#se:83) A holder of an exclusive exploration right may abandon his right by filing a written notice to that effect with the registrar. The exclusive exploration right 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 holder of the exclusive exploration right may abandon only part of the exclusive exploration right 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 holder of the exclusive exploration right 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; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 4211.
§ 5 — Conversion of mining rights into map designated exclusive exploration rights
§ 5. — Conversion of mining rights into map designated exclusive exploration rights 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.1.](#se:83_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 44. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.2.](#se:83_2) The holder of an exclusive exploration right obtained by staking may apply to the Minister for the conversion of the staked exclusive exploration right into one or more map designated exclusive exploration rights. The application for conversion must be filed using the form supplied by the Minister, and contain the information and be accompanied with the documents determined by regulation. The exclusive exploration rights obtained by conversion shall replace the converted exclusive exploration rights from the date of issue of the certificates of registration of the exclusive exploration rights converted into map designated exclusive exploration rights, and the date of registration of the converted exclusive exploration rights is deemed to be the date of conversion. The conversion of an exclusive exploration right applied for under this section is effected in accordance with sections 83.3 to 83.5. 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 45; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.3.](#se:83_3) The date of expiry of the exclusive exploration rights converted into map designated exclusive exploration rights shall be the date of expiry of the converted exclusive exploration rights. However, where an application for conversion concerns more than one exclusive exploration right held on contiguous parcels of land, the Minister shall fix the date of expiry of the exclusive exploration rights converted into map designated exclusive exploration rights by calculating, in the manner prescribed by regulation, the average unexpired portion of the terms of all the exclusive exploration rights to be converted. The Minister shall also determine, for each of the parcels of land subject to the converted exclusive exploration rights, the minimum cost of the work required for the first renewal of the exclusive exploration rights following conversion by adding together the minimum cost of the work to be performed on all the parcels of land that are subject to the exclusive exploration rights to be converted and by allocating the resulting total minimum cost among the converted exclusive exploration rights in proportion to the respective area of each. 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_4&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.4.](#se:83_4) The Minister shall allocate any excess amount disbursed for work performed on all the parcels of land subject to the exclusive exploration rights to be converted among the resulting map designated exclusive exploration rights, in the manner and subject to the conditions prescribed by regulation. 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_5&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.5.](#se:83_5) In order to establish the minimum cost of the work required to renew the exclusive exploration rights converted into map designated exclusive exploration rights for every renewal except the first renewal following conversion, the Minister shall determine the number of terms of the converted exclusive exploration rights in the manner prescribed by regulation. 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_6&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.6.](#se:83_6) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 46. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_6_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.6.1.](#se:83_6_1) The Minister may, on the Minister’s own initiative, convert a staked exclusive exploration right into a map designated exclusive exploration right in accordance with sections 83.3 to 83.5. 2003, c. 15, s. 19; 2013, c. 32, s. 47; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_7&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.7.](#se:83_7) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_8&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.8.](#se:83_8) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48.
§ 6
§ 6. — Repealed, 2013, c. 32, s. 48. 2013, c. 32, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_9&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.9.](#se:83_9) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_10&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.10.](#se:83_10) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_11&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.11.](#se:83_11) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_12&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.12.](#se:83_12) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_13&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.13.](#se:83_13) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 44; 2013, c. 32, s. 48.
§ 7 — Amalgamation of map designated exclusive exploration rights
§ 7. — Amalgamation of map designated exclusive exploration rights 2003, c. 15, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_14&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.14.](#se:83_14) The Minister may, on his or her initiative or at the request of the holder, amalgamate map designated exclusive exploration rights that are contiguous to and within the boundaries of a parcel of land whose area and form have been determined by the Minister in accordance with the third paragraph of section 42, to constitute a new map designated exclusive exploration right. The application for amalgamation must be filed by the holder, using the form supplied by the Minister, and must contain the information and be accompanied with the fee prescribed by regulation. The exclusive exploration right obtained by amalgamation replaces the amalgamated exclusive exploration rights as of the issue of the certificate of registration of the new map designated exclusive exploration right, and the date of registration of the exclusive exploration right is deemed to be the date of amalgamation. The amalgamation of exclusive exploration rights under this section is carried out in accordance with sections 83.3 to 83.5. 2003, c. 15, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 4311.
§ 8 — Replacement of map designated exclusive exploration rights
§ 8. — Replacement of map designated exclusive exploration rights 2003, c. 15, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:83_15&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [83.15.](#se:83_15) Where a map designated exclusive exploration right extends over a parcel of land whose area and form do not correspond to those determined by the Minister and registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights, the Minister may, by virtue of office or on the application of the holder of the exclusive exploration right, replace that exclusive exploration right with one or more map designated exclusive exploration rights covering parcels of land whose area and form must tend to correspond to that determined by the Minister pursuant to section 42. The rules provided in sections 42.1 to 42.4 apply, with the necessary modifications, to exclusive exploration rights so obtained by replacement. The application for replacement must be filed by the holder of the exclusive exploration right, using the form supplied by the Minister, and contain the information and be accompanied with the documents determined by regulation. The exclusive exploration right obtained replaces the former exclusive exploration right as of the issue of the certificate of registration of the new exclusive exploration right, and its date of registration is deemed to be the date of its replacement. The replacement of exclusive exploration rights under this section is carried out in accordance with sections 83.3 to 83.5. 2003, c. 15, s. 20; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 4411. DIVISION IV Repealed, 2013, c. 32, s. 49. 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:84&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [84.](#se:84) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 84; 1998, c. 24, s. 45; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:84_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [84.1.](#se:84_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 45; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:85&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [85.](#se:85) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 85; 1998, c. 24, s. 46. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:86&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [86.](#se:86) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 86; 1998, c. 24, s. 46. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:87&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [87.](#se:87) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 87; 1998, c. 24, s. 46. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:88&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [88.](#se:88) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 88; 1988, c. 9, s. 25; 1998, c. 24, s. 46. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:89&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [89.](#se:89) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 89; 1998, c. 24, s. 46. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:90&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [90.](#se:90) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 90; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:91&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [91.](#se:91) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 91; 1998, c. 24, s. 47; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:92&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [92.](#se:92) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 92; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:92_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [92.1.](#se:92_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 48; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:93&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [93.](#se:93) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 93; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:94&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [94.](#se:94) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 94; 1988, c. 9, s. 26; 2003, c. 15, s. 21; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:95&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [95.](#se:95) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 95; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:96&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [96.](#se:96) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 96; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:97&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [97.](#se:97) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 97; 2013, c. 32, s. 49. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:98&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [98.](#se:98) A holder of exclusive exploration rights must provide the Minister, where applicable, with a preliminary version of the scoping and market study provided for in section 101 within the time limit prescribed in the second paragraph of section 31.3 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) for the transmission of the impact assessment statement. 1987, c. 64, s. 98; 2013, c. 32, s. 49; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 461. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:99&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [99.](#se:99) The Minister shall make public the rehabilitation and restoration plan as submitted for approval under section 232.1 and register it in the public register of real and immovable mining rights for information and public consultation purposes as part of the environmental impact assessment and review procedure provided for by the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)). 1987, c. 64, s. 99; 2013, c. 32, s. 49; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 461. DIVISION V MINING LEASE AND MINING CONCESSION [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:100&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [100.](#se:100) No person may mine mineral substances, except surface mineral substances, unless he has previously obtained a mining lease from the Minister or a mining concession under any former Act relating to mines. 1987, c. 64, s. 100; 2013, c. 32, s. 50; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:101&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [101.](#se:101) The Minister shall grant a mining lease in respect of all or part of a parcel of land that is subject to one or more exclusive exploration rights where the following conditions are met: (1) the rehabilitation and restoration plan provided for in section 232.1 has been approved; (2) a financial guarantee has been provided in accordance with section 232.4; (3) the holder of exclusive exploration rights has provided a project feasibility study presenting, in particular, an estimate of the deposit’s mineral resources and reserves, certified by an engineer or a geologist who meets the qualification requirements prescribed by regulation; (4) where applicable, the authorization required under section 31.5, 154 or 189 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) for the mining operations concerned has been issued; (5) for the mining of mineral substances determined by regulation and according to the standards prescribed in the regulation, the holder of exclusive exploration rights has provided the Minister with a scoping and market study that concerns, among other things, the integration of the proposed mining operations in a circular economy and the processing in Québec of the mineral substances extracted; (6) the holder of exclusive exploration rights has provided the Minister, on request, with any document and information relating to the mining project; and (7) the holder of exclusive exploration rights has complied with the conditions and paid the annual rental prescribed by regulation. In the case of a project for the mining of tailings, the Minister shall grant a lease giving only the right to mine those tailings. 1987, c. 64, s. 101; 1998, c. 24, s. 49; 2001, c. 12, s. 15; 2013, c. 32, s. 51; 2017, c. 4, s. 274; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 571; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 471. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:101_0_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [101.0.1.](#se:101_0_1) The Minister may, when granting the mining lease, subject it to conditions or obligations in the following cases: (1) to enable prioritization or reconciliation of uses and preservation of the territory; (2) for a public interest reason, in particular to prevent or limit impacts on local and Indigenous communities; (3) where the lease concerns land where mineral substances are reserved to the State; and (4) to maximize the economic spinoffs within Québec of the mining project. The conditions and obligations may, among other matters and despite the provisions of this Act, concern the work to be performed on the land. 2013, c. 32, s. 52; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 471. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:101_0_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [101.0.2.](#se:101_0_2) (Repealed). 2013, c. 32, s. 52; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 481. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:101_0_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [101.0.3.](#se:101_0_3) The lessee shall establish a monitoring committee, whose mandate is determined by regulation, to foster the involvement of the local community within 30 days after the lease is issued, unless a committee has already been established for the same project. The committee members are chosen in the manner determined by the lessee. The lessee determines the number of representatives who are to sit on the committee. However, the committee must include at least one representative of the economic sector and one member of the public from the region where the project is situated and, if applicable, one representative of each Indigenous nation or community, as the case might be, consulted by the Government with respect to the project. The committee must also include a representative of each local municipality or regional county municipality whose territory is included, in whole or in part, on land that is the subject of the project that so requests. A majority of the committee members must be independent from the lessee. However, the Minister may authorize a different committee composition if the lessee shows that it is impossible to find a representative of each sector. The committee shall be maintained until all the work provided for by the rehabilitation and restoration plan has been completed. 2013, c. 32, s. 52; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 4911. ![](/img/Note.png) The provisions of the first paragraph are in force except insofar as it determines the mandate of the monitoring committee. See 2024, c. 36, s. 181 par. 8. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:101_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [101.1.](#se:101_1) Notwithstanding the first paragraph of section 101, the Minister may, if part of the parcel of land concerned by the application for a mining lease is already subject to an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, postpone the granting of the mining lease until the applicant has obtained the consent of the holder of the exclusive lease to exercise, should the lease be granted, a right of access to or the right to perform mining operations on the land concerned or, failing agreement as to the amount of compensation to be paid to the holder of the exclusive lease, until an application for the fixing of compensation has been filed with the competent court. An application for the fixing of compensation is heard and decided by preference. The Minister may refuse to grant the mining lease if the applicant, six months after a decision by the Minister to postpone the granting of the lease, has not obtained the consent of the holder of the exclusive lease or has not filed an application for the fixing of compensation with the competent court. 1998, c. 24, s. 50; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP). [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:102&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [102.](#se:102) The land that is subject to a lease must be comprised within a single perimeter and its area must not exceed 100 hectares. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, where circumstances warrant it, the Minister may agree to grant a lease on a parcel of land having an area in excess of 100 hectares. 1987, c. 64, s. 102. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:103&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [103.](#se:103) The area of the territory subject to exclusive exploration rights referred to in section 101 is reduced by the area of the land subject to the lease. 1987, c. 64, s. 103; 2013, c. 32, s. 53; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 5011. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:104&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [104.](#se:104) The term of a mining lease is 20 years, except for a lease granted for the mining of tailings, whose term, determined by the Minister, is up to 10 years. The Minister shall renew the lease, by mere notice, for a period of 10 years, not more than three times, provided the lessee (1) applies therefor before the sixtieth day preceding the expiry of the lease or, failing that, within 60 days preceding the expiry of the lease on payment of an additional amount prescribed by regulation; (2) has submitted a report establishing that he has conducted mining operations for at least 2 years during the lease’s period of validity, where it has been granted for the mining of tailings, or in the last 10 years in other cases; (2.1) has provided the Minister, for the mining of mineral substances determined by regulation and according to the standards prescribed in the regulation, with a scoping and market study that concerns, among other things, the integration of the mining operations in a circular economy and the processing in Québec of the mineral substances extracted; (3) has paid the annual rental prescribed by regulation; (4) has complied with this Act, the Mining Tax Act ([chapter I-0.4](/fr/document/lc/I-0.4?langCont=en&cible=)) and the regulations throughout the previous term of the lease; (5) has complied with any other renewal requirement prescribed by regulation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after the third renewal of the lease, the Minister may grant five-year extensions. 1987, c. 64, s. 104; 1998, c. 24, s. 51; 2013, c. 32, s. 54; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 5111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:104_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [104.1.](#se:104_1) The Minister may grant an increase in the area of the territory covered by the lease to the lessee who applies for one, provided (1) the added land is contiguous to that territory; (2) the added land is subject to one or more exclusive exploration rights held by the lease holder; (3) mining operations have come into production in reasonable commercial quantities; (4) the revised rehabilitation and restoration plan has been approved in accordance with this Act, and the authorization required under the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) has been issued or amended, as applicable; and (5) the lessee has complied with any requirement prescribed by regulation and paid the annual rental for the portion of added land as well as the fees prescribed. An application for an increase in the area of the territory covered by the lease must also be accompanied by a survey of the parcel of land involved, unless it has already been entirely surveyed, a report describing the nature, extent and probable value of the deposit, certified by an engineer or a geologist who meets the qualification requirements determined by regulation, and a report presenting an estimate of mineral resources and reserves. 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 581; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:105&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [105.](#se:105) Subject to the restrictions contained in this division, a lessee or a grantee has, on land that is subject to a lease or concession, the rights and obligations of an owner. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the right to use the surface of land situated within the domain of the State shall be restricted to mining uses, in particular the establishment of tailings yards, workshops, plants and other facilities required for mining activities, and subject to the conditions set out in the lease or concession and in this Act. On lands granted, alienated or leased by the State for purposes other than mining purposes or on lands that are the subject of an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, the right may be exercised only in accordance with section 235. 1987, c. 64, s. 105; 1991, c. 23, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:106&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [106.](#se:106) Any part of a watercourse with a natural force equal to or greater than 225 kilowatts at its ordinary flow during 6 months together with a strip of land 20 metres in width on each side of the watercourse shall be excluded from any lease and reserved to the State. The Minister may add to the reserve any area he considers necessary for the development and utilization of the waterpower. Where such an addition is made after the granting of a lease on the land, compensation shall be paid to the lessee. The Minister, however, may, subject to certain conditions, authorize the lessee to mine mineral substances on the reserved land. 1987, c. 64, s. 106; 1988, c. 53, s. 3; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:107&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [107.](#se:107) The following parts of a watercourse or land shall be excluded from any concession and reserved to the State: (1) any part of a watercourse with a natural force of 110 kilowatts or more, from 15 March 1928; (2) any strip of land 20 metres in width on each side of the watercourse, from 24 May 1937; (3) any additional area considered to be necessary by the Government for the development and utilization of waterpower, until 24 October 1988, and, from that date, any additional area considered to be necessary by the Minister for the same purposes. In any such case, compensation shall be paid to the grantee. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the Minister may authorize the grantee, subject to certain conditions, to mine mineral substances on the reserved land. 1987, c. 64, s. 107; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:108&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [108.](#se:108) Sand and gravel not granted under any former Act relating to mines, petroleum, natural gas and brine are excluded from the concession. 1987, c. 64, s. 108. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:109&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [109.](#se:109) A lessee and a grantee may use, for their mining activities, sand and gravel that is part of the domain of the State except where the land that is subject to the lease is already subject to an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances in favour of a third person. 1987, c. 64, s. 109; 1988, c. 9, s. 27; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:110&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [110.](#se:110) 5% of the area of the land affected by a lease or concession and situated on lands of the domain of the State shall be reserved to the State for public development purposes. 1987, c. 64, s. 110; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:111&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [111.](#se:111) Stone or inert tailings for the construction or maintenance of State works may be extracted from lands of the domain of the State without compensation to the lessee or grantee. 1987, c. 64, s. 111; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 55; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 521. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:112&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [112.](#se:112) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 112; 1998, c. 24, s. 52. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:113&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [113.](#se:113) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 113; 1998, c. 24, s. 52. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:114&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [114.](#se:114) All lots subject to a mining concession that have been alienated in accordance with the Mining Act as it read on the date on which the alienation was authorized, and all lots the transfer of which cannot be invalidated under section 361, shall be withdrawn from the mining concession and shall form part of the private domain from the date of alienation or transfer. 1987, c. 64, s. 114; 1998, c. 24, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:115&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [115.](#se:115) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 115; 1996, c. 2, s. 738; 1998, c. 24, s. 54. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:115_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [115.1.](#se:115_1) From 17 June 1998, all lands in the domain of the State that are subject to a mining concession shall be governed, in addition to the provisions of this Act, by the provisions of the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State ([chapter T‐8.1](/fr/document/lc/T-8.1?langCont=en&cible=)) and the Act respecting the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune ([chapter M‐25.2](/fr/document/lc/M-25.2?langCont=en&cible=)). The first paragraph applies to lots the alienation of which was authorized but for which no instrument of alienation has been made and published at the registry office before the said date. The concession holder is not entitled to any indemnity or reimbursement in respect of any claim arising from the application of this section. 1998, c. 24, s. 55; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:116&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [116.](#se:116) The lessee shall pay the annual rental before the beginning of each year of his lease and comply with the conditions of the lease. The annual rental and the conditions of the lease are prescribed by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 116. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:116_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [116.1.](#se:116_1) The grantee shall pay the annual duties prescribed by regulation before January 31 of each year. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 531. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:117&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [117.](#se:117) The lessee shall commence mining operations within four years from the date of the lease. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the Minister may, where the lessee has a valid reason for requesting it, grant an extension of time on the conditions, for the rental and for the term he determines. 1987, c. 64, s. 117. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:118&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [118.](#se:118) From 29 November 2024, the grantee shall, for each 10-year period following that date, perform mining operation work for at least two years. 1987, c. 64, s. 118; 2013, c. 32, s. 56; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 541. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:118_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [118.1.](#se:118_1) The grantee shall, within one year after the date of coming into force of this section, transmit to the Minister a scoping and market study that concerns, among other things, the integration of the mining operations in a circular economy and the processing in Québec of the mineral substances extracted for the mining of mineral substances determined by regulation and according to the standards prescribed in the regulation. The grantee shall transmit a revised scoping and market study every 10 years. 2013, c. 32, s. 57; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 541. Not in force [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:118_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [118.2.](#se:118_2) On an application by the grantee, the Minister may convert a mining concession into a mining lease. The application for conversion must be filed using the form supplied by the Minister, and contain the information and be accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation. The provisions applicable to the mining lease apply to a lease obtained by conversion, with the exception of sections 101 and 101.0.1. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 541. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:119&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [119.](#se:119) Before mining operations begin and 20 years after they begin, the Government may, on reasonable grounds, require the maximization of the economic spinoffs within Québec of mining the mineral resources authorized under the mining concession. 1987, c. 64, s. 119; 1988, c. 9, s. 28; 2013, c. 32, s. 58. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:120&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [120.](#se:120) Every lessee and grantee shall prepare a report showing, for each mine, the quantity of ore extracted during the previous year, its value, the duties paid under the Mining Tax Act ([chapter I-0.4](/fr/document/lc/I-0.4?langCont=en&cible=)) during that period, the overall contributions paid by the lessee and grantee and any other information determined by regulation and send it either (1) to the Minister, not later than the 150th day following the end of their fiscal year or, in the case of a natural person, of the calendar year; or (2) to the Authority at the same time as the statement required under the Act respecting transparency measures in the mining, oil and gas industries ([chapter M-11.5](/fr/document/lc/M-11.5?langCont=en&cible=)). The Authority shall, without delay, send the Minister the report received under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph. 1987, c. 64, s. 120; 2013, c. 32, s. 58; 2015, c. 23, s. 48. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:121&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [121.](#se:121) Where contiguous parcels of land with a total area not exceeding 2,000 ha have been leased by separate leases to the same person, the Minister may allow the work to be undertaken on one of the parcels of land only. Subject to the same conditions, the Minister may grant the same authorization to a grantee referred to in section 100 and allow him to concentrate the work on one parcel of land. 1987, c. 64, s. 121; 2013, c. 32, s. 59. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:121_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [121.1.](#se:121_1) The Minister may, if he considers it necessary, correct the perimeter of a mining lease or mining concession registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights to bring it into conformity with the survey. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 561. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:122&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [122.](#se:122) A lessee or grantee may abandon his right in respect of all or part of the land subject to his lease or concession provided that (1) he applies therefor in writing and that, following the application, the Minister has notified all creditors having registered an instrument referred to in paragraph 3 of section 13 in the public register of real and immovable mining rights; (2) he has paid the duties exigible under the Mining Tax Act ([chapter I-0.4](/fr/document/lc/I-0.4?langCont=en&cible=)); (3) he has transmitted the plans, registers and reports referred to in section 226 to the Minister; (4) he has obtained the authorization of the Minister, who shall grant his authorization after obtaining a favourable opinion from the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks and not before 30 days from the date of transmission of the notice provided for in paragraph 1; (5) he has complied with the other provisions of this Act and the regulations. A mining lease or mining concession is deemed to be abandoned from the date of notification, to the right holder, of the authorization provided for in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph. 1987, c. 64, s. 122; 1994, c. 17, s. 75; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2011, c. 6, s. 290; 2013, c. 32, s. 60; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 571. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:123&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [123.](#se:123) Within 30 days from the abandonment of a lease or concession or from the expiry of a lease, the lessee or grantee shall have priority of registration, by notice of map designation, of an exclusive exploration right in respect of all or part of the land that was subject to the abandoned or expired title. In that case, an exclusive exploration right may be obtained on each part of a lot if the lease or concession covers part of a lot and the holder or grantee does not hold an exclusive exploration right on the other part of the lot. Thereafter, registration under the first paragraph may be applied for by any interested person in respect of any part of the land that has not become subject to an exclusive exploration right pursuant to the first paragraph. 1987, c. 64, s. 123; 1998, c. 24, s. 56; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:123_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [123.1.](#se:123_1) A lessee or grantee may not transfer his right before the financial guarantee has been provided in accordance with section 232.4, 232.5 or 232.7. Any transfer of a lease or concession in contravention of the first paragraph is null and void. This section does not apply to a transfer having occurred under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-36) or the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. B-3). 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 581. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:124&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [124.](#se:124) A grantee may obtain letters patent from the Minister in respect of the land subject to the concession on proof that the mining operations were begun within the time prescribed under section 118. Letters patent issued over the signature of the Minister have the same force as if they had been issued and signed by the Lieutenant-Governor and the Attorney General under the Great Seal. The letters patent shall be registered by the Minister of Justice in his capacity as Registrar of Québec. 1987, c. 64, s. 124. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:125&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [125.](#se:125) Where letters patent contain an error concerning the area or designation of the parcel of land concerned or the name of the holder or any other clerical error, the Minister may cancel the letters patent and issue corrected letters patent having effect on the same date, unless the error is the subject of a dispute. Where possible, the Minister may also correct letters patent without cancelling them. 1987, c. 64, s. 125. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:126&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [126.](#se:126) The Minister shall notify the Registrar of Québec of the issue, correction or cancellation of letters patent. Mention shall be made of any correction or cancellation in the margin of the registered letters patent together with a reference to the registration number of the correction or cancellation. 1987, c. 64, s. 126; 2000, c. 42, s. 186. DIVISION VI Repealed, 2013, c. 32, s. 61. 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:127&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [127.](#se:127) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 127; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:128&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [128.](#se:128) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 128; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:129&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [129.](#se:129) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 129; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. DIVISION VII Repealed, 2013, c. 32, s. 61. 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:130&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [130.](#se:130) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 130; 1998, c. 24, s. 58; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:130_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [130.1.](#se:130_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 58; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:131&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [131.](#se:131) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 131; 1998, c. 24, s. 59. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:132&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [132.](#se:132) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 132; 1988, c. 9, s. 29; 1998, c. 24, s. 59. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:133&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [133.](#se:133) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 133; 1990, c. 36, s. 3; 1998, c. 24, s. 59. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:134&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [134.](#se:134) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 134; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:135&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [135.](#se:135) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 135; 1998, c. 24, s. 60; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:136&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [136.](#se:136) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 136; 1998, c. 24, s. 61; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:137&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [137.](#se:137) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 137; 1988, c. 9, s. 30; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:138&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [138.](#se:138) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 138; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:139&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [139.](#se:139) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 139; 2013, c. 32, s. 61. DIVISION VIII LEASE TO MINE SURFACE MINERAL SUBSTANCES [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:140&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [140.](#se:140) No person may extract or mine surface mineral substances unless he has obtained a lease to mine surface mineral substances from the Minister, except a person who extracts or mines surface mineral substances for the construction or maintenance of a forest road on lands in the domain of the State as part of the person’s forest development activities within the meaning of the Sustainable Forest Development Act ([chapter A-18.1](/fr/document/lc/A-18.1?langCont=en&cible=)). In the event of a disaster, the Minister may authorize a person who is not a lessee to extract in a year a fixed quantity of surface mineral substances, subject to certain conditions. Every person receiving such authorization must pay the duties and royalty fixed by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 140; 1998, c. 24, s. 62; 2013, c. 32, s. 62; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 591. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:140_0_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [140.0.1.](#se:140_0_1) The Minister may, within the perimeter and on the conditions the Minister determines, authorize another minister or an agency that is a mandatary of the State to extract or mine a surface mineral substance for the period necessary for the construction or maintenance of a State work. The Minister may also determine the perimeter within which and conditions on which the Minister may extract or mine surface mineral substances for the purposes referred to in the first paragraph. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 601. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:140_0_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [140.0.2.](#se:140_0_2) A person who builds or maintains a forest road and who is not subject to the obligation to obtain a lease provided for in the first paragraph of section 140 may not extract or mine surface mineral substances on land subject to a lease to mine surface mineral substances in favour of a third person. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 601. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:140_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [140.1.](#se:140_1) An applicant for a lease to mine surface mineral substances must, after transmitting the application, hold a public consultation in the region of the land where the project is situated, in the manner prescribed by regulation, where the following conditions are met: (1) the lease is a peat lease or a lease to carry on an industrial activity or to engage in commercial export; and (2) the lease is for the carrying out of a mining project that is not subject to the environmental impact assessment and review procedure provided for by the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)). At the Minister’s request, the applicant shall provide the Minister with any document or information relating to the public consultation. If the Minister finds that the consultation was not carried out in the manner prescribed by regulation, the Minister may impose any additional measure. 2013, c. 32, s. 63; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 6111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:141&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [141.](#se:141) The lease is non-exclusive where it is granted for the extraction or mining of the following substances used for construction purposes: sand, except silica sand used for industrial purposes, gravel, common clay, every other mineral substance found in its natural state as a loose deposit and inert tailings; however, the lease may be exclusive if granted to a municipality or an intermunicipal board for the construction or maintenance of its streets and road network. The lease is exclusive where it is granted for the extraction or mining of silica sand used for industrial purposes or for surface mineral substances other than those mentioned in the first paragraph. The lease is also exclusive where it is granted for the extraction or mining of sand, gravel, common clay or a mineral substance found in its natural state as a loose deposit, if it is shown to the Minister’s satisfaction that a supply guarantee is necessary for the carrying on of an industrial activity, or a crushing activity to guarantee supplies for an industrial activity or to engage in commercial export outside Québec. 1987, c. 64, s. 141; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 63; 2003, c. 15, s. 22; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 621. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:141_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [141.1.](#se:141_1) A non-exclusive lease may only be for a single loose deposit of mineral substances in their natural state. The perimeter of such a deposit shall be determined by the Minister according to the perimeter authorized under section 22 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) or declared in accordance with section 31.0.6 of that Act and shall be registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 631. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:142&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [142.](#se:142) The Minister shall grant a lease in respect of a given parcel of land to any person who meets the requirements and pays the rental prescribed by regulation. No lease, other than a peat lease, may be granted before, where applicable, the ministerial authorization provided for in section 22 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) has been obtained or the declaration of compliance provided for in section 31.0.6 of that Act has been filed. Notwithstanding the first paragraph, no non-exclusive lease shall be granted where the land concerned is subject to a mining lease, a mining concession, an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances or, subject to the fifth paragraph, an application for such an exclusive lease, held or made by a third person. No exclusive lease is granted if the parcel of land concerned is subject to a mining lease, a mining concession or an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances in favour of a third person or if an application for a mining lease has been filed in favour of a third person. Nor is such a lease granted if the parcel of land concerned is subject to an exclusive exploration right in favour of a third person, unless the lease applied for is only to mine a surface mineral substance referred to in paragraph 2 of section 64 and excluded from the exclusive right granted to the holder under the exclusive exploration right. The Minister may refuse an application for an exclusive lease where he considers it necessary to reserve the land in order to guarantee the supply required for the carrying out of a non-exclusive lease already granted or other non-exclusive leases which may be granted subsequently. 1987, c. 64, s. 142; 1990, c. 36, s. 4; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 64; 2013, c. 32, s. 64; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 6411. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:142_0_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [142.0.1.](#se:142_0_1) The Minister may refuse an application for a non-exclusive lease for a loose deposit of mineral substances in their natural state that has never been mined, that has been the subject of rehabilitation and restoration measures or in respect of which the available quantity of mineral substances is insufficient. 2013, c. 32, s. 65; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 651. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:142_0_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [142.0.2.](#se:142_0_2) The Minister may, to enable prioritization or conciliation of land uses, in particular for agricultural purposes, and of land preservation, or for a public interest reason, in particular to prevent or limit impacts on local and Indigenous communities, (1) refuse an application for a lease or its renewal; (2) make the granting or the renewal of a lease subject to conditions and obligations the Minister determines; (3) grant a lease for a smaller area than the one applied for; or (4) terminate a lease or reduce the area subject to it. Where the Minister terminates a lease in accordance with subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph, he shall grant the lease holder a lease in respect of another parcel of land. Failing that, the Minister shall pay to the holder compensation equal to the amounts spent for the work performed on the land. No lease in respect of another parcel of land may be granted before, where applicable, the ministerial authorization provided for in section 22 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) has been obtained or the declaration of compliance provided for in section 31.0.6 of that Act has been filed. 2013, c. 32, s. 65; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 651. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:142_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [142.1.](#se:142_1) No person may apply for an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances on a parcel of land that is subject to an exclusive exploration right the registration of which has been refused or to an abandoned, revoked, unrenewed or expired exclusive exploration right, before the lapse of the time fixed in the first paragraph of section 38. However, in no case may the holder of the abandoned, revoked, unrenewed or expired exclusive exploration right or any person who had an interest therein, or any person whose application for the registration of an exclusive exploration right has been refused, apply for an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, on his own behalf, on the parcel of land that was subject thereto before an additional 30-day period. For the purposes of the second paragraph, a natural person, the person’s representatives and their employees or, in the case of a legal person, the legal person, its subsidiaries and their directors, executives, representatives and employees are deemed to constitute a single person. Where the interested person withdraws a contestation relating to a refusal to register, a refusal to authorize work, a refusal to renew or a revocation, the period begins to run from the day a notice of discontinuance is filed in the office of the Court of Québec. This section does not apply to an application for an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances that concerns only the mining of a surface mineral substance referred to in paragraph 2 of section 64 that is excluded from the exclusive right granted to the holder under the exclusive exploration right. 1998, c. 24, s. 65; 2003, c. 15, s. 23; 2013, c. 32, s. 66; 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 14417; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 6611. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:143&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [143.](#se:143) A non-exclusive lease is not transferable. 1987, c. 64, s. 143. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:144&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [144.](#se:144) The following sites and parcel of land may not be leased: (1) a parcel of land subject to an improvement as well as the strip of land adjacent to it, defined by regulation; (2) a parcel of land withdrawn from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations; (3) a parcel of land regarding which a temporary suspension notice has been issued in accordance with section 304.1; (4) an outstanding geological site classified under section 305.1; (5) a parcel of land used as a cemetery governed by the Funeral Operations Act ([chapter A-5.02](/fr/document/lc/A-5.02?langCont=en&cible=)); (6) a parcel of land covered by an authorization given under the second paragraph of section 140; and (7) a parcel of land situated within a perimeter where surface mineral substances are extracted or mined under section 140.0.1. The Minister may refuse to grant a lease or may grant a lease subject to conditions and obligations which may concern, among other matters and despite this Act, the work required to be performed if the lease concerns a parcel of land (1) situated in an Indian reserve; (2) designated as a migratory bird sanctuary under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 (S.C. 1994, c. 22); (3) (subparagraph repealed); (4) reserved to the State. 1987, c. 64, s. 144; 1988, c. 9, s. 31; 1998, c. 24, s. 66; 2013, c. 32, s. 67; 2016, c. 12016, c. 1, s. 1321; I.N. 2019-01-15; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 6711a. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:145&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [145.](#se:145) The perimeter of the parcel of land that is subject to an exclusive lease, except a peat lease, shall be determined by the Minister in accordance with the following criteria: (1) it shall be comprised within a single perimeter; (2) it shall not exceed an area of 100 hectares; and (3) it shall be included within the perimeter authorized under section 22 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) or declared in accordance with section 31.0.6 of that Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 145; 1990, c. 36, s. 5; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 681. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:145_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [145.1.](#se:145_1) The perimeter of the parcel of land that is subject to a peat lease shall be determined by the Minister in accordance with the following criteria: (1) it shall be comprised within a single perimeter; and (2) it shall not exceed an area of 300 hectares. Despite the first paragraph, the Minister may grant such a lease in respect of a parcel of land having an area in excess of 300 hectares in order to guarantee a supply of peat for a period of approximately 50 years, taking into account the operation’s projected rate of production and production capacity. The Minister shall, as applicable, (1) terminate the lease if (a) the application for the ministerial authorization provided for in section 22 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)) for the activity of producing peat is refused; or (b) the activity is not eligible for a declaration of compliance under section 31.0.6 of that Act; or (2) adjust the perimeter of the parcel of land according to the ministerial authorization issued under section 22 of the Environment Quality Act or the declaration of compliance filed in accordance with section 31.0.6 of that Act. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 681. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:146&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [146.](#se:146) At the beginning of each year of the lease, the Minister may grant the lessee of an exclusive lease an increase in the area of the territory covered by the lease, provided (1) the added land is contiguous to that territory; (1.1) the lessee, in the case of sand, gravel, common clay or a mineral substance found in its natural state as a loose deposit, establishes to the satisfaction of the Minister that the increase is necessary in order to carry on an activity during the current term of his lease; (2) the total area of the land is consistent with the requirements of sections 145 and 145.1; (3) the lessee has paid the fees prescribed by regulation and complied with the other provisions of this Act and the regulations. 1987, c. 64, s. 146; 1990, c. 36, s. 6; 1998, c. 24, s. 67; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 691. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:147&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [147.](#se:147) A non-exclusive lease is effective from the date the registrar issues a certificate of registration of the lease. It ends on 31 March of the year that is one, two or three years after the year in which the lease began, at the applicant’s choice. The lease is renewed for one-, two- or three-year periods, at the lessee’s choice, for a total term not exceeding 10 years from 31 March of the year following the year in which the certificate of registration of the lease is issued, provided that the lessee (1) applies for renewal before the date of expiry of the lease; (2) has paid the rental prescribed by regulation; (3) has complied with this Act and the regulations throughout the term that is ending and, in particular, has made the reports required under section 155; (4) has met any other renewal requirement prescribed by regulation. However, the lease may not be renewed if, during the term of the preceding lease, the land concerned was subject to a mining lease in favour of a third person. The Minister may extend the lease following the last renewal for one-year periods. 1987, c. 64, s. 147; 1990, c. 36, s. 7; 1998, c. 24, s. 68; 2013, c. 32, s. 68; 2023, c. 242023, c. 24, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:148&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [148.](#se:148) The term of an exclusive lease fixed by the Minister may not exceed 10 years. The Minister shall fix the term of the lease on the basis of the anticipated duration of the activities to which the application for extraction or mining pertains. However, the term of an exclusive lease to produce peat is 15 years. The Minister shall renew an exclusive lease, no more than twice, for five-year periods, provided the lessee (1) applies therefor 60 days or more before the expiry of the lease or, on payment of an additional amount prescribed by regulation, within 60 days before the expiry of the lease; (2) has carried on mining operations for at least 1/5 of the term of his lease; (3) has paid the rental prescribed by regulation; (4) has complied with this Act and the regulations throughout the previous term of his lease; (5) has met any other renewal requirement prescribed by regulation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an exclusive lease for the production of peat shall be renewed for a period of 15 years. After the second renewal of the lease, the Minister may grant 5-year extensions or, in the case of a peat lease, 15-year extensions. Upon renewing an exclusive lease for the extraction or mining of sand, gravel, common clay or mineral substances found in their natural state as a loose deposit, the Minister may alter the area covered by the lease if he considers it necessary in order to reserve an area of land to guarantee the supply required for the purposes of non-exclusive leases which may be granted subsequently, provided the alteration does not, during the period of renewal of the exclusive lease, adversely affect the carrying on of the activity of the lessee under an exclusive lease. The renewal shall be refused for the extraction or mining of sand, gravel, common clay or mineral substances found in their natural state as a loose deposit where the Minister is of opinion that the supply guarantee is no longer necessary for the carrying on of the activity to which the application for extraction or mining pertains. 1987, c. 64, s. 148; 1990, c. 36, s. 8; 1998, c. 24, s. 69; 2013, c. 32, s. 69. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:149&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [149.](#se:149) The lessee or a person who has obtained an authorization under the second paragraph of section 140 or the first paragraph of section 140.0.1 has a right of access to, and may extract or mine surface mineral substances on, the parcel of land that is subject to the lessee’s or person’s right. In the cases referred to in the second paragraph of section 140.0.1, the Minister may access a parcel of land to extract or mine surface mineral substances on it. However, on land granted, alienated or leased by the State for purposes other than mining purposes, the rights referred to in the first paragraph may be exercised only as provided in section 235. 1987, c. 64, s. 149; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 711. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:150&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [150.](#se:150) Any part of a watercourse with a natural force equal to or greater than 225 kilowatts at its ordinary flow during 6 months together with a strip of land 20 metres in width on each side of the watercourse shall be excluded from the lease and reserved to the State. The Minister may add to the reserve any area he considers necessary for the development and utilization of the waterpower. Where such an addition is made after the granting of a lease on the land concerned, compensation shall be paid to the lessee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Minister may, subject to certain conditions, authorize the lessee to extract or mine surface mineral substances on the reserved land. 1987, c. 64, s. 150; 1988, c. 53, s. 4; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:150_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [150.1.](#se:150_1) Five percent of the area of any parcel of land subject to a lease to mine surface mineral substances is reserved to the State for public development purposes. 2013, c. 32, s. 70. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:151&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [151.](#se:151) Sand, stone, gravel and inert tailings for the construction or maintenance of the works of the State may be extracted from lands forming part of the domain of the State without compensation to the lessee. 1987, c. 64, s. 151; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 721. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:151_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [151.1.](#se:151_1) No exclusive lease may be granted in respect of land that is subject to one or several non-exclusive leases at the time the application is made, unless the person applying for the exclusive lease has, beforehand, reached an agreement with each lessee under a non-exclusive lease as to the amount of and the terms and conditions applicable to the compensation he is entitled to receive. When an agreement has been reached with every lessee under a non-exclusive lease concerned, the Minister shall transmit to each lessee a notice informing him that, notwithstanding section 147, his lease expires 90 days after the date of the notice. The Minister shall grant the exclusive lease at the expiry of the period of 90 days. Any dispute concerning the determination of the amount of and the terms and conditions applicable to the compensation shall be submitted to arbitration at the request of the person applying for the exclusive lease or of a lessee under a non-exclusive lease, in accordance with the provisions of Title II of Book VII of the Code of Civil Procedure ([chapter C-25.01](/fr/document/lc/C-25.01?langCont=en&cible=)). The decision of the arbitrator shall have the effect of an agreement between the parties. 1990, c. 36, s. 9; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP). [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:152&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [152.](#se:152) The lessee shall comply with the conditions of the lease prescribed by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 152; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 731. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:153&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [153.](#se:153) Every lessee under an exclusive lease shall commence his operations within the time indicated in the lease. 1987, c. 64, s. 153. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:154&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [154.](#se:154) Every lessee shall keep detailed records of his operations including a copy of all documents relating to the alienation and shipment of extracted substances. 1987, c. 64, s. 154. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:155&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [155.](#se:155) Not later than 15 April each year, the lessee shall transmit to the Minister a report covering the period from 1 April to 31 March preceding that date indicating the quantity of surface mineral substances extracted, its value, and the quantity of mineral substances alienated or set aside. The report must be submitted with the royalty fixed by regulation, where applicable. The lessee shall transmit to the Minister, at the Minister’s request and within the time fixed by the Minister, a monthly or quarterly report with the same information. No royalties are payable on sand, gravel and stone extracted from a sand pit or quarry for the construction or maintenance, on lands in the domain of the State, of (1) a mining road; (2) (subparagraph repealed); (3) (subparagraph repealed); (4) all or part of a road with respect to which a municipality has obtained an authorization to see to maintenance and repair in accordance with section 66 of the Municipal Powers Act ([chapter C-47.1](/fr/document/lc/C-47.1?langCont=en&cible=)); or (5) a road, by a non-profit organization determined by the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 155; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 70; 2001, c. 6, s. 144; 2010, c. 3, s. 300; 2013, c. 32, s. 71; 2015, c. 23, s. 49; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 5911; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 7411. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:155_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [155.1.](#se:155_1) The holder of a non-exclusive lease must submit, along with the report provided for in the first paragraph of section 155, a financial contribution for the rehabilitation and restoration of a loose deposit of mineral substances in their natural state, the amount of which is fixed by regulation. No financial contribution is required from the holder where the lease is required for the construction or maintenance, on lands in the domain of the State, of (1) a mining road; (2) all or part of a road in respect of which a municipality has obtained an authorization to see to its maintenance and repair in accordance with section 66 of the Municipal Powers Act ([chapter C-47.1](/fr/document/lc/C-47.1?langCont=en&cible=)); or (3) a road by a non-profit organization determined by the Minister. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 751. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:156&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [156.](#se:156) The lessee under an exclusive lease may abandon his right in all or part of the parcel of land that is subject to his lease, provided that (1) he applies therefor in writing and that, following the application the Minister has notified all creditors having registered an instrument referred to in paragraph 3 of section 13 in the public register of real and immovable mining rights; (2) the residual area, in the case of partial abandonment, is comprised within a single perimeter; (3) he has obtained the authorization of the Minister who shall grant his authorization after obtaining a favourable opinion from the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks and not before 30 days from the date of transmission of the notice provided for in paragraph 1; (4) he has complied with the other provisions of this Act and the regulations. The lease is deemed to be abandoned from the date of notification, to its holder, of the authorization provided for in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph. 1987, c. 64, s. 156; 1994, c. 17, s. 75; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2013, c. 32, s. 72; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 761. DIVISION IX Repealed, 2016, c. 35, s. 23. 1987, c. 64, Div. IX; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:157&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [157.](#se:157) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 157; 1998, c. 24, s. 71; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:158&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [158.](#se:158) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 158; 1998, c. 24, s. 72; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:159&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [159.](#se:159) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 159; 1988, c. 9, s. 32; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. DIVISION X Repealed, 2016, c. 35, s. 23. 1987, c. 64, Div. X; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:160&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [160.](#se:160) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 160; 1998, c. 24, s. 73; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:161&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [161.](#se:161) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 161; 1998, c. 24, s. 74; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:162&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [162.](#se:162) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 162; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:163&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [163.](#se:163) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 163; 1988, c. 9, s. 33; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:164&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [164.](#se:164) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 164; 1988, c. 9, s. 34; 1994, c. 17, s. 75; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 1998, c. 24, s. 75; 2000, c. 42, s. 187; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 1998, c. 24, s. 75; 2013, c. 16, s. 10; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. DIVISION XI Repealed, 2016, c. 35, s. 23. 1987, c. 64, Div. XI; 1998, c. 24, s. 76; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:165&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [165.](#se:165) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 165; 1998, c. 24, s. 77; 2013, c. 16, s. 11; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:166&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [166.](#se:166) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 166; 1998, c. 24, s. 78; 2013, c. 16, s. 12; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:166_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [166.1.](#se:166_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 79; 2013, c. 16, s. 13. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:167&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [167.](#se:167) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 167; 1998, c. 24, s. 80. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:168&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [168.](#se:168) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 168; 2013, c. 16, s. 21; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:169&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [169.](#se:169) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 169; 1998, c. 24, s. 81; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:169_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [169.1.](#se:169_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 82; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:169_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [169.2.](#se:169_2) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 82; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:170&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [170.](#se:170) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 170; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:171&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [171.](#se:171) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 171; 1998, c. 24, s. 83; 2013, c. 16, s. 14. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:172&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [172.](#se:172) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 172; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:173&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [173.](#se:173) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 173; 1998, c. 24, s. 84; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:174&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [174.](#se:174) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 174; 1998, c. 24, s. 85; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:175&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [175.](#se:175) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 175; 1988, c. 9, s. 35; 1998, c. 24, s. 86; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:176&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [176.](#se:176) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 176; 1998, c. 24, s. 87; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:177&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [177.](#se:177) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 177; 1998, c. 24, s. 88; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:178&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [178.](#se:178) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 178; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:179&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [179.](#se:179) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 179; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:180&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [180.](#se:180) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 180; 1998, c. 24, s. 89; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:181&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [181.](#se:181) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 181; 2012, c. 11, s. 33; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:182&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [182.](#se:182) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 182; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:183&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [183.](#se:183) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 183; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:184&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [184.](#se:184) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 184; 1988, c. 9, s. 36; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. DIVISION XII Repealed, 2016, c. 35, s. 23. 1987, c. 64, Div. XII; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:185&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [185.](#se:185) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 185; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:186&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [186.](#se:186) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 186; 1998, c. 24, s. 90; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:187&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [187.](#se:187) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 187; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:188&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [188.](#se:188) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 188; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:189&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [189.](#se:189) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 189; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:190&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [190.](#se:190) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 190; 1998, c. 24, s. 91; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:191&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [191.](#se:191) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 191; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:192&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [192.](#se:192) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 192; 1988, c. 9, s. 37; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. DIVISION XIII Repealed, 2016, c. 35, s. 23. 1987, c. 64, Div. XIII; 1998, c. 24, s. 92; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:193&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [193.](#se:193) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 193; 1998, c. 24, s. 93; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:194&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [194.](#se:194) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 194; 1998, c. 24, s. 94; 2013, c. 16, s. 15; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:194_0_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [194.0.1.](#se:194_0_1) (Repealed). 2013, c. 16, s. 15; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:194_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [194.1.](#se:194_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 95; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:194_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [194.2.](#se:194_2) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 95; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:195&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [195.](#se:195) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 195; 1998, c. 24, s. 96; 2013, c. 16, s. 21; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:196&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [196.](#se:196) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 196; 2013, c. 16, s. 21; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:197&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [197.](#se:197) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 197; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:198&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [198.](#se:198) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 198; 1998, c. 24, s. 97; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:199&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [199.](#se:199) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 199; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:200&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [200.](#se:200) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 200; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:201&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [201.](#se:201) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 201; 1998, c. 24, s. 98; 2013, c. 16, s. 16. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:202&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [202.](#se:202) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 202; 1998, c. 24, s. 99; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:203&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [203.](#se:203) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 203; 1998, c. 24, s. 100; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:204&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [204.](#se:204) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 204; 1998, c. 24, s. 101; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:205&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [205.](#se:205) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 205; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:206&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [206.](#se:206) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 206; 1988, c. 9, s. 38; 1994, c. 17, s. 75; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 1998, c. 24, s. 102; 2013, c. 16, s. 21; 2016, c. 352016, c. 35, s. 23. DIVISION XIV PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE HOLDER OF A MINING RIGHT [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:207&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [207.](#se:207) Every document sent, filed or received for the purposes of this Act is deemed to have been sent, filed or received on the date and at the hour and minute it is received, as the case may be, by the registrar or by the Minister. Map designation notices or applications for a lease or an authorization under section 33 are admitted according to the order in which they are received, as the case may be, by the registrar or by the Minister. Applications for a lease or authorization under section 33, where they relate to the same parcel of land and are received on the same day, shall be admitted in the order established by a drawing of lots. Map designation notices for which the order of receipt cannot be determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph shall also be admitted in the order established by a drawing of lots. Every person who intends to take part in the drawing of lots must, beforehand, pay the duties fixed by regulation and comply with the conditions for participation prescribed by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 207; 1988, c. 9, s. 39; 1990, c. 36, s. 10; 1998, c. 24, s. 103; 2003, c. 15, s. 24; 2013, c. 16, s. 17; 2013, c. 32, s. 73; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 6011a; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 7711. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:207_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [207.1.](#se:207_1) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 103; 2013, c. 32, s. 74. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:208&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [208.](#se:208) Every parcel of land subject to a mining right is limited on the surface by its perimeter, and in depth by the vertical projection of its perimeter. 1987, c. 64, s. 208. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:209&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [209.](#se:209) The holder of a mining right shall assume, with respect to the parcel of land that is subject to his right, any costs incurred for surveying, the determination or demarcation of boundaries and topographical surveys by means of aerial photography or otherwise. The documents, reports and minutes relating to such operations shall be transmitted to the Minister with diligence after they are conducted. 1987, c. 64, s. 209. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:210&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [210.](#se:210) Any survey required by the Minister or prescribed by this Act or the regulations to establish the boundaries and official description of a parcel of land subject to a mining right shall be carried out by a land surveyor. The surveyor shall comply with the surveying standards prescribed by regulation and act according to the instructions of the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 210; 1988, c. 9, s. 40. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:211&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [211.](#se:211) Where a person is in illegal possession of any parcel of land that is subject to a mining right on land of the domain of the State refuses to relinquish possession, the Minister, or the holder of a right to engage in mining or production, may apply to a judge of the Superior Court for an order in the form of an eviction order. In such a case, sections 60 to 62 of the Act respecting lands in the domain of the State ([chapter T-8.1](/fr/document/lc/T-8.1?langCont=en&cible=)) apply, adapted as required. 1987, c. 64, s. 211; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP). [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:212&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [212.](#se:212) A holder of a mining right may not claim compensation from another holder of a mining right for the deposit of mine tailings on the parcel of land subject to the former’s right, except in the case of a mining lease or a mining concession. 1987, c. 64, s. 212; 2013, c. 32, s. 75. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:213&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [213.](#se:213) The holder of a mining right may, in order to construct buildings or perform any other operation required for his mining activities, cut timber forming part of the domain of the State on the parcel of land that is subject to his right, in accordance with the rules set forth in the Sustainable Forest Development Act ([chapter A-18.1](/fr/document/lc/A-18.1?langCont=en&cible=)) and the regulations. However, the rules referred to above do not apply to a person who effects line cutting not exceeding one metre in width. Similarly, except in the case of a strip of woodland established for the protection of lakes, watercourses, riparian areas and wetlands by government regulation under section 38 of the Sustainable Forest Development Act, the rules apply neither to a person cutting trenches or performing other excavations nor to a person carrying out drilling work, provided he has obtained prior authorization from the Minister responsible for the administration of that Act and complies with the following conditions: (1) the total area of the trenches or other excavations, added, as the case may be, to the total area of excavations already carried out by another holder of a mining right, shall not exceed 2% of the wooded area of the parcel of land in question; (2) the area affected by the cutting of timber, which is required for drilling work, added, as the case may be, to the area affected by cutting already carried out by another holder of a mining right on the same conditions, shall not exceed 2% of the wooded area of the parcel of land in question. The said Minister may make his authorization subject to such other conditions and obligations as he may establish jointly with the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any area classified as an exceptional forest ecosystem or designated as a biological refuge or as wetlands of interest under the Sustainable Forest Development Act, the holder of the mining right must follow the rules set forth in that Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 213; 1988, c. 9, s. 41; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2001, c. 6, s. 145; 2010, c. 3, s. 301; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 611; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 791. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:213_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [213.1.](#se:213_1) The holder of mining rights who obtains an authorization under section 213 shall scale the harvested timber in accordance with section 70 of the Sustainable Forest Development Act ([chapter A-18.1](/fr/document/lc/A-18.1?langCont=en&cible=)) and pay the same duties as those applicable to the holder of a forestry permit issued under subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 73 of that Act. 1988, c. 73, s. 74; 2001, c. 6, s. 146; 2010, c. 3, s. 302. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:213_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [213.2.](#se:213_2) (Repealed). 1991, c. 23, s. 3; 2001, c. 6, s. 147; 2013, c. 32, s. 77. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:213_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [213.3.](#se:213_3) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 104; 2013, c. 32, s. 77. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:214&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [214.](#se:214) In the event of the death of the holder of a mining right and on the application of his successors received before the expiry date of the mining right, the Minister may extend the term of the right for one year and suspend for that year the obligations entailed by the right. 1987, c. 64, s. 214. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:215&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [215.](#se:215) The documents and information obtained by the Minister from holders of mining rights for the purposes of this Act are public. The Minister makes such documents and information public in the manner the Minister sees fit. However, the work reports required under section 72 involving amounts beyond the allowances that may be claimed under the Mining Tax Act ([chapter I-0.4](/fr/document/lc/I-0.4?langCont=en&cible=)) remain confidential for five years after the date of the work. The following are made public once a year for each mine and for each lease to mine surface mineral substances: (1) the quantity and value of the ore extracted during the previous year; (2) the royalties paid during the previous year; and (3) the overall contributions paid by the holder. The following are also made public: (1) the rehabilitation and restoration plan approved by the Minister; and (2) the total amount of the financial guarantee required. This section applies subject to the restrictions on rights of access prescribed by section 28 of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information ([chapter A-2.1](/fr/document/lc/A-2.1?langCont=en&cible=)). 1987, c. 64, s. 215; 1988, c. 9, s. 42; 1990, c. 36, s. 11; 2013, c. 32, s. 78; 2015, c. 8, s. 70; 2015, c. 23, s. 50. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:215_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [215.1.](#se:215_1) Subject to an authorization given under this Act, the Minister may, at any time, require the holder of a mining right to remove or move, within the time fixed by the Minister, any property or extracted ore or any extracted surface mineral substance situated on the land subject to the mining right in order to enable prioritization or conciliation of uses and preservation of the territory or for a public interest reason, in particular to prevent or limit impacts on local and Indigenous communities. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 801. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:216&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [216.](#se:216) Within 30 days after the abandonment, revocation or expiry of his right, the holder of an exclusive exploration right shall remove all his property from the parcel of land that was subject to his right. Subject to the first paragraph of section 123, the holder of a mining lease or mining concession shall, within one year after the abandonment, revocation or expiry of his right, remove all his property and any extracted ore from the parcel of land that was subject to his right. On written application, the Minister may grant him an extension subject to the conditions he determines. Before the date of abandonment, revocation or expiry of the lease, the holder of a lease to mine surface mineral substances shall remove all the property and any extracted surface mineral substances from the parcel of land subject to the lease. Once the time is expired, the property and mineral substances remaining on land of the domain of the State shall, of right, form part of the domain of the State. 1987, c. 64, s. 216; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 79; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 8111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:216_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [216.1.](#se:216_1) If a person referred to in section 215.1 or 216 fails to remove or move the property or extracted ore or the extracted surface mineral substances as prescribed by that section, the Minister may remove or move them at the person’s expense. 2013, c. 32, s. 80; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 821. CHAPTER IV GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING PERSONS CARRYING ON MINING ACTIVITIES DIVISION I APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:217&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [217.](#se:217) This chapter applies to the mineral substances referred to in section 18 and to mineral substances that are not part of the domain of the State. 1987, c. 64, s. 217; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:218&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [218.](#se:218) In this chapter, “operator” means any person who, as owner, lessee or occupant of a mine, performs or directs mining operations, or causes them to be performed or directed; “mine” means any opening or excavation made for the purpose of searching for or mining mineral substances, passageways, works, machinery, plants, buildings and furnaces below or above ground and forming part of a mining operation. 1987, c. 64, s. 218; 1988, c. 9, s. 43; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. DIVISION II NOTICES, REPORTS, PLANS, REGISTERS, OTHER DOCUMENTS AND ROYALTIES 1990, c. 36, s. 12. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:219&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [219.](#se:219) The holder of a mining right or, as the case may be, the operator is required to notify the Minister in writing within 15 days of any change of operator or of firm name or address. 1987, c. 64, s. 219. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:220&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [220.](#se:220) The operator shall transmit to the Minister, at his request, any plan or document required for further information on deposits and working of deposits, and any report on exploration work performed during the year and the results of the work. 1987, c. 64, s. 220. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:221&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [221.](#se:221) Every operator, every person engaged in exploration for or extraction or processing of mineral substances and every contractor engaged in mining operations shall forward to the Minister, before 31 October each year, a preliminary report for the current year and a forecast for the following year showing (1) the expenses made or anticipated for exploration; (2) the sums allocated or to be allocated for capital expenditures and repairs; (3) the nature and cost of the rehabilitation and restoration work performed or to be performed. The operator or the person who processes mineral substances and the contractor shall also indicate in his report the quantity and value of the production. Despite the first paragraph of section 215, the information in the report is not made public and may only be used for statistical purposes. 1987, c. 64, s. 221; 1990, c. 36, s. 13; 2003, c. 15, s. 25; 2015, c. 8, s. 71. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:222&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [222.](#se:222) Every operator and every person engaged in exploration for or extraction or processing of mineral substances and every contractor engaged in mining operations shall transmit to the Minister, not later than 31 March each year, a report of activities for the preceding year showing (1) the nature of the work and the sums spent on exploration; (2) the sums allocated for capital expenditures and repairs; (3) the current state of ore reserves; (4) the quantity and value of their production; (5) the number of employees; (6) the expenses entailed by mining activities; (7) any other information the Minister may request. At the request of the Minister, they shall transmit a monthly or quarterly report of activities within 30 days after the end of the period referred to in the report. Every enterprise which provides mining services shall forward the report described in the first paragraph to the Minister, at his request. In the event of the bankruptcy or winding-up of an enterprise, the trustee or liquidator shall transmit the report to the Minister at his request. Despite the first paragraph of section 215, the information in the report is not made public and may only be used for statistical purposes. 1987, c. 64, s. 222; 2003, c. 15, s. 26; 2005, c. 45, s. 4; 2015, c. 8, s. 72. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:223&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [223.](#se:223) The operator shall, every five years, forward to the Minister the plans prescribed by regulation. The plans must be signed by an engineer. The Minister may require that the operator provide him, within the time fixed by the Minister, with the plans prescribed by regulation. Whenever amendments to the plans are justified by changes in the mining activities, the operator must forward the plans to the Minister within the time provided for by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 223; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 6211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:223_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [223.1.](#se:223_1) Sections 154 and 155, adapted as required, apply to every operator or person engaged in the extraction or mining, for commercial purposes, of surface mineral substances forming part of the domain of the State. 1990, c. 36, s. 14; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:224&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [224.](#se:224) The holder of mining rights who performs underground exploration work and the operator shall, before commencing mining operations or resuming them after a suspension of six months or more, transmit to the Minister a written notice in compliance with the standards prescribed by regulation. 1987, c. 64, s. 224. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:225&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [225.](#se:225) The holder of mining rights and the operator shall keep up to date plans and registers relating to the work as prescribed by regulation. The holder of mining rights who performs any other exploration work shall keep an up to date record of excavations and drilling in accordance with the regulations. 1987, c. 64, s. 225; 2013, c. 32, s. 81. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:226&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [226.](#se:226) Where mining operations are suspended for six months or more, the holder of a mining right who performs underground exploration work and the operator shall, at least 10 days before the beginning of the suspension, transmit to the Minister and the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks a written notice informing them of the suspension of operations and, within four months from the beginning of the suspension, a copy, certified by an engineer or a geologist, of the plans of the underground works, surface mines, ground facilities, and tailing dumps existing on the date of cessation of the work. They shall also transmit the plans, records and reports prescribed by regulation. In the event of a strike or lock-out, the notice required under the first paragraph must be sent within four months after the beginning of the strike or lock-out. 1987, c. 64, s. 226; 1998, c. 24, s. 105; 2001, c. 12, s. 16; 2013, c. 32, s. 82. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:227&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [227.](#se:227) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 227; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:228&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [228.](#se:228) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 228; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 83. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:229&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [229.](#se:229) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 229; 2013, c. 32, s. 83. DIVISION III PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND REHABILITATION AND RESTORATION MEASURES 1991, c. 23, s. 4. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:230&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [230.](#se:230) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 230; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:231&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [231.](#se:231) In addition to the protective measures necessary to prevent any damage and the safety measures prescribed by regulation, the Minister may, if mining activities are temporarily or permanently discontinued, order the holder of a mining right or the operator to take any measure imposed by the Minister. The Minister may cause the work to be done at the expense of a holder of a mining right or operator who fails to comply with the Minister’s orders or the regulatory prescriptions. The first paragraph does not apply in the case of a strike, lock-out, cessation of underground exploration or operation of a mine for a period of less than six months. 1987, c. 64, s. 231; 2013, c. 32, s. 84. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.](#se:232) The following persons must rehabilitate and restore, in accordance with this Act, the land on which they carry out their mining activities in order to make reparation for any harm caused to the environment: (1) every holder of a mining right who performs exploration work determined by regulation or agrees to such work being performed on the land subject to his mining right; (2) every operator who performs mining operation work determined by regulation in respect of mineral substances listed in the regulation; (3) every person who operates a mineral substance processing plant of a category determined by regulation or a mineral substance concentration plant; and (4) every person who performs mining operation work determined by regulation in respect of tailings. The rehabilitation and restoration obligation includes work to restore the affected land to a satisfactory condition as well as the monitoring and maintenance required to ensure follow-up to the work carried out. 1987, c. 64, s. 232; 1991, c. 23, s. 5; 2001, c. 6, s. 148; 2013, c. 32, s. 85; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 841. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_0_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.0.1.](#se:232_0_1) A person referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 who transfers, as the case may be, his mining right, the land on which he carries out his mining activities, or his concentration or processing plant is liable to pay a compensation to the Minister for the harm caused by his activities to the environment, as prescribed by regulation. The Minister may waive payment of that compensation in exchange for the implementation of a more efficient rehabilitation and restoration method for the land used for mining activities. The first paragraph does not apply to a transfer of mining rights referred to in section 123.1. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 841. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.1.](#se:232_1) The persons referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 must submit a rehabilitation and restoration plan to the Minister for approval and perform the rehabilitation and restoration work as well as the monitoring and maintenance required to ensure follow-up to the work in accordance with the approved plan. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2013, c. 32, s. 86; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 851. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.2.](#se:232_2) The rehabilitation and restoration plan submitted by a person identified in the first paragraph of section 232, other than an applicant for a mining lease, must be approved by the Minister before mining activities begin. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2013, c. 32, s. 87; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 861. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.3.](#se:232_3) The rehabilitation and restoration plan must comply with the standards prescribed by regulation and contain, in particular, (1) a description of the rehabilitation and restoration work relating to the activities of the person submitting the plan and intended to restore the land affected by the activities to a satisfactory condition; (2) if the land is affected by tailings, containment work and, if required, work to put in place, operate and maintain any infrastructure that could result from the presence of tailings on the land; (3) if progressive restoration work is possible, the conditions and phases of completion of the work; (4) the conditions and phases of completion of the work in the event of final cessation of mining activities; (5) commitments related to the monitoring and maintenance required for follow-up to the rehabilitation and restoration work; (6) a detailed assessment of the anticipated costs for carrying out the rehabilitation and restoration work and for the follow-up to the work; and (7) in the case of an open-pit mine, a backfill feasibility study. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2013, c. 32, s. 88; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 871. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_4&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.4.](#se:232_4) A person referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 must, in accordance with the standards established by regulation, provide and maintain a guarantee covering the anticipated costs for carrying out the rehabilitation and restoration work and for the follow-up to the work, as determined in the plan. Where the guarantee is property or a sum of money, the property or money is exempt from seizure. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2013, c. 32, s. 89; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 871. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_5&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.5.](#se:232_5) The Minister may, before approving a rehabilitation and restoration plan, require any amendment or subject his approval to other conditions and obligations that he determines. The Minister may require, for the approval of the plan, payment of a provisional financial guarantee, in accordance with the standards established by regulation. The Minister shall approve the plan after obtaining a favourable opinion from the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. Every person to whom section 232 applies must at the request of and within the time limit fixed by the Minister provide him with any additional information, research findings or study he considers he needs to grant his approval. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 1994, c. 17, s. 75; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2013, c. 32, s. 90; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 8811. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_6&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.6.](#se:232_6) Every person whose plan has been approved shall submit a revised plan to the Minister for approval (1) every 5 years, unless a shorter period is fixed by the Minister on approving the plan or revised plan; (2) whenever amendments to the plan are justified by changes in the mining activities; (3) whenever he intends to amend the plan; (3.1) before carrying out work that is not provided for in or does not comply with the approved plan; (4) whenever the Minister has seen fit to request a revision.
Section 232.5 — , adapted as required, applies to a revised plan
Section 232.5, adapted as required, applies to a revised plan. In the case of an emergency, a person may carry out work not provided for in the plan and submit a revised plan within a reasonable time. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 8911. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_7&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.7.](#se:232_7) The Minister may increase the amount of the guarantee where he considers that it is no longer sufficient or reduce it to make it consistent with the foreseeable costs of carrying out the rehabilitation and restoration plan. Every person referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 whose amount of guarantee has been increased must furnish any additional guarantee required pursuant to the revision, within the time fixed by the Minister. The Minister may also require the payment of the total guarantee if, in the Minister’s opinion, the financial situation of the person described in the first paragraph of section 232 or a reduction in the anticipated duration of the person’s activities may prevent the payment of all or part of the guarantee. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2003, c. 15, s. 27; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 901. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_7_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.7.1.](#se:232_7_1) The rehabilitation and restoration work must begin, in respect of each of the activities covered by the plan, at the time specified by the plan or, failing that, (1) within three years after a cessation of the mining operations; or (2) on the cessation of activities in other cases. However, the Minister may require that the work begin earlier, or authorize one or more extensions of the time limit. The first extension shall not exceed three years and any additional extension shall not exceed one year. 2013, c. 32, s. 91; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 911. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_8&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.8.](#se:232_8) If a person fails to perform any of his obligations under sections 232 and 232.1 to 232.7.1, the Minister may enjoin him to do so within the time he fixes. If the person concerned fails to comply with the Minister’s prescription within the time granted, the Minister may, at the person’s expense and in addition to any other civil, administrative or penal sanction, carry out any research or study, prepare the rehabilitation and restoration plan, or cause the work provided for by such a plan to be performed at the person’s expense. He may, in particular, recover the cost of the work out of the guarantee furnished. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 9211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_9&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.9.](#se:232_9) Any sum owing to the State under sections 231, 232.0.1, 232.4, 232.5, 232.7, 232.8 and 232.10.3 gives rise to a legal hypothec of the State on all the property of the debtor. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 1992, c. 57, s. 612; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 931. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_10&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.10.](#se:232_10) The Minister shall declare being satisfied with the rehabilitation and restoration work carried out by a person referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 where the work was, in the Minister’s opinion, carried out in accordance with the plan approved by him, where no sum of money is due to him because of the performance of the work, and where the Minister obtained a favourable opinion from the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. The declaration provided for in the first paragraph releases the person from the obligations set out in sections 232 to 232.7.1, except the monitoring and maintenance required to ensure follow-up to the rehabilitation and restoration work carried out. The follow-up to the rehabilitation and restoration work must be conducted during the period specified by the approved plan, which period shall not exceed 15 years from the date on which the Minister declares being satisfied, in accordance with the first paragraph. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2013, c. 32, s. 92; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 941. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_10_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.10.1.](#se:232_10_1) The Minister may release a person from the obligations set out in sections 232 to 232.7.1 where the Minister agrees to let a third person assume the obligations. The Minister shall issue a certificate attesting that the person has been released from those obligations. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 941. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_10_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.10.2.](#se:232_10_2) The Minister shall, at the time the Minister declares being satisfied under the first paragraph of section 232.10, return or reimburse to the person referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 the part of the financial guarantee relating to the anticipated costs for the rehabilitation and restoration work. The Minister shall return or reimburse the rest of the guarantee once the follow-up obligation set out in the plan in respect of the rehabilitation and restoration work ends. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 941. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_10_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.10.3.](#se:232_10_3) The Minister may require from the person referred to in the first paragraph of section 232 the payment of financial compensation as prescribed by regulation for the follow-up to the rehabilitation and restoration work that must be carried out on lands in the domain of the State at the end of the rehabilitation and restoration plan. The Minister may, in particular, make the remittance or reimbursement of part of the financial guarantee conditional on the payment of the compensation. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 941. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_11&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.11.](#se:232_11) The Minister may, if applicable, with the consent of the person referred to in the second paragraph of section 7, enjoin a person who, before 9 March 1995, carried out work or operations referred to in subparagraph 1, 2 or 3 of the first paragraph of section 232 and who is not covered by that section, to submit, within the time indicated by the Minister, a rehabilitation and restoration plan for the land affected by tailings, in accordance with the requirements of section 232.3, to the extent that the tailings result from the person’s activities, and to perform the rehabilitation and restoration work required by the presence of the tailings. The Minister shall prescribe the nature of the work and the time within which it must be carried out, after consultation with the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. If the person concerned fails to comply with the prescriptions of the Minister within the time fixed, the Minister may cause the plan to be prepared or the work to be performed at that person’s expense. The second paragraph of section 232.5 and sections 232.9 and 232.10, adapted as required, apply for the purposes of this section. 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 1994, c. 17, s. 75; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2003, c. 15, s. 28; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; I.N. 2024-11-30. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:232_12&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [232.12.](#se:232_12) Nothing in sections 232 to 232.11 shall affect or restrict the application of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)). 1991, c. 23, s. 6; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 951. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:233&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [233.](#se:233) No person may move, disturb or damage a facility erected under this division, unless he has the authorization in writing of the owner of the mine and of the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 233; 2013, c. 32, s. 93. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:233_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [233.1.](#se:233_1) A person specially or generally authorized by the Minister to carry out work related to protective measures or rehabilitation and restoration work may enter, at any reasonable time, any place where an activity governed by this Act or the regulations is carried on, even after the expiry of the mining right, where applicable. 2013, c. 32, s. 94; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 961. DIVISION IV OPTIMUM RECOVERY OF A MINERAL SUBSTANCE [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:234&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [234.](#se:234) In order to ensure that every lessee or grantee recovers the economically workable mineral substance that is the subject of his mining activities in accordance with generally recognized best practices, the Minister may (1) require him to transmit a report justifying the mining method used; (2) carry out a study to evaluate the method used; (3) require him to take, within the time the Minister determines, any measures necessary to remedy any situation that would compromise the optimum recovery of the mineral substance. In the case of the study referred to in subparagraph 2, the Minister may, subject to the conditions he determines, give a mandate to a committee composed of three persons including two mining specialists who are not part of the public service, to conduct the study. The committee shall remit a report recommending, as the case may be, measures to remedy any situation that compromises the optimum recovery of the mineral substance. If the operator fails to comply with his requirements, the Minister may order the suspension of operations for the period he determines. 1987, c. 64, s. 234; 1988, c. 9, s. 44; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 981. DIVISION V EXPROPRIATION AND COMPENSATION [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:235&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [235.](#se:235) On lands granted, alienated or leased by the State for purposes other than mining purposes or on lands subject to an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances, the holder of a mining right or the owner of mineral substances must obtain a written authorization at least 30 days in advance in order to access the site or may acquire, by agreement, any real right or property allowing the holder to access the site or conduct exploration work or mining operations. If no agreement is reached to that end, the holder of a mining right or the owner of mineral substances may, for the purpose of conducting mining operations, acquire the property mentioned in the first paragraph by expropriation. Cemeteries governed by the Funeral Operations Act ([chapter A-5.02](/fr/document/lc/A-5.02?langCont=en&cible=)) and Native cemeteries are exempt from expropriation. The holder of a mining right who intends to acquire a residential immovable, or an immovable used for agricultural purposes and situated on farm land within the meaning of the Act respecting the acquisition of farm land by non-residents ([chapter A-4.1](/fr/document/lc/A-4.1?langCont=en&cible=)), must pay the costs of the professional services required to negotiate the agreement, up to a maximum amount representing 10% of the value of the immovable as entered on the property assessment roll. In no case may a residential immovable be moved or demolished before a mining lease is issued. 1987, c. 64, s. 235; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 106; 2013, c. 32, s. 95; 2016, c. 12016, c. 1, s. 1331. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:236&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [236.](#se:236) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 236; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 107; 2013, c. 32, s. 96. DIVISION VI Repealed, 2013, c. 32, s. 96. 2013, c. 32, s. 96. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:237&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [237.](#se:237) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 237; 2013, c. 32, s. 96. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:238&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [238.](#se:238) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 238; 2013, c. 32, s. 96. DIVISION VII SITES FOR MINING INFRASTRUCTURES [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:239&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [239.](#se:239) The holder of mining rights or the owner of mineral substances may, in accordance with the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State ([chapter T-8.1](/fr/document/lc/T-8.1?langCont=en&cible=)), obtain that public lands be transferred or leased to him to establish a storage site for tailings, or a site for mills, shops or facilities necessary for mining activities. 1987, c. 64, s. 239; 1988, c. 9, s. 45; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:240&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [240.](#se:240) Any person who intends to operate a mill for the preparation of mineral substances, a concentration plant, a refinery or a smelter shall, before commencing operations, have the site approved by the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 240; 1998, c. 24, s. 108; 2017, c. 42017, c. 4, s. 2501; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1001. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:241&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [241.](#se:241) Every person responsible for the management of a concentration plant, refinery or smelter shall, before commencing activities, have the site intended as a storage yard for tailings approved by the Minister. The same applies to every holder of a mining right, owner of mineral substances or operator who intends to establish a mine tailings site. He shall, for that purpose, transmit the documents prescribed by regulation to the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 241; 1998, c. 24, s. 109. DIVISION VIII MINING ROADS [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:242&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [242.](#se:242) The Minister, with the authorization of the Government, may construct, improve or maintain any mining road to facilitate the carrying on of any mining activity. The Minister may cause the work to be done or have the owners of mineral substances or holders of mining rights at whose request the work is done pay all or part of the costs. On lands of the domain of the State, the work shall be done without compensation, in particular, to holders of mining rights. On lands of the private domain, the work shall be done only after the property necessary to carry out the proposed works has been acquired by agreement or expropriation. 1987, c. 64, s. 242; 1988, c. 9, s. 46; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 10111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:243&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [243.](#se:243) Roads, bridges or other structures are mining roads from the time they are laid out until they are closed. 1987, c. 64, s. 243; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:244&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [244.](#se:244) The Minister must inform the holder of a forestry right provided for in the Sustainable Forest Development Act ([chapter A-18.1](/fr/document/lc/A-18.1?langCont=en&cible=)) if all or part of the route of a mining road that the Minister plans to build is situated in the territory subject to the right. 1987, c. 64, s. 244; 1990, c. 64, s. 32; 1994, c. 13, s. 15, s. 16; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2010, c. 3, s. 303; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1021. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:245&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [245.](#se:245) The Minister may, without being required to pay compensation, in particular to the holder of mining rights, take from the right of way of mining roads and their vicinity the timber, earth, stone, gravel, sand and clay necessary for the construction, alteration or maintenance thereof and cut down all the trees within a distance of 10 metres on either side of the right of way. On lands of the private domain, the Minister shall not take the materials referred to in the first paragraph except after acquiring, by agreement or expropriation, the land containing them or a temporary right of way on any land between the mining road and a watercourse or between the mining road and the place from which the materials are taken. On lands of the domain of the State, the Minister of Transport shall not cut timber without first obtaining the authorizations required under the Sustainable Forest Development Act ([chapter A-18.1](/fr/document/lc/A-18.1?langCont=en&cible=)). 1987, c. 64, s. 245; 1990, c. 64, s. 24; 1994, c. 13, s. 16; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 10311. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:246&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [246.](#se:246) The Government may, by regulation, make the provisions of the Highway Safety Code ([chapter C-24.2](/fr/document/lc/C-24.2?langCont=en&cible=)) that relate to highway traffic and safety applicable to a mining road. 1987, c. 64, s. 246; 1986, c. 91, s. 655; 2013, c. 32, s. 97; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1041. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:247&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [247.](#se:247) The Minister may, with the authorization of the Government, close or change the location of all or part of a mining road. He may also, with the authorization of the Government, declare that a mining road is no longer a mining road. A road that is closed, whose location has been changed or that has been declassified may be transferred by the Minister in the manner he deems appropriate. 1987, c. 64, s. 247; 1992, c. 54, s. 69; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1051. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:247_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [247.1.](#se:247_1) (Repealed). 2004, c. 20, s. 192; 2010, c. 3, s. 304. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:248&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [248.](#se:248) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 248; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1061. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:249&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [249.](#se:249) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 249; 1986, c. 91, s. 655; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1061. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:250&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [250.](#se:250) No user of a mining road may bring an action for damages on the ground of faulty construction, improvement or maintenance of the road. 1987, c. 64, s. 250; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1071. CHAPTER V INSPECTION [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:251&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [251.](#se:251) The Minister may generally or specially authorize any person to act as an inspector to see to the enforcement of this Act and the regulations. An inspector may have access to and inspect any place where an activity governed by this Act or the regulations is carried on. The inspector may, in such cases and by any reasonable, appropriate means, (1) record the state of a place or of property situated there; (2) collect samples, conduct tests and perform analyses; (3) carry out any necessary excavation or drilling to assess the state of the premises; (4) install any measuring apparatus necessary for taking measurements on the premises and subsequently remove the apparatus; (5) take measurements, including continuous measurements, using an apparatus the inspector installs or that is already on the premises, for any reasonable period of time he determines; (6) access a facility, including a secure facility, that is on the premises; (7) set in action or use an apparatus or equipment to ensure that the inspection is properly conducted or require the apparatus or equipment to be set in action or used within the time and according to the conditions he specifies; (8) require any information relating to the application of this Act and the regulations and the communication of any related documents for examination, recording and reproduction; (9) use any computer, equipment or other thing that is on the premises to access data relating to the application of this Act and the regulations that is contained in an electronic device, computer system or other medium or to inspect, examine, process or reproduce such data; and (10) be accompanied by any person whose presence is considered necessary for the purposes of the inspection, who may then exercise the powers set out in subparagraphs 1 to 9. The inspector may also immediately seize any thing if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the thing constitutes proof of an offence under this Act. The rules established by the Code of Penal Procedure ([chapter C-25.1](/fr/document/lc/C-25.1?langCont=en&cible=)) apply, with the necessary modifications, to things seized by the inspector under the second paragraph, except in respect of section 129 for the custody of the thing seized. In such a case, the inspector has custody of the thing seized even when it is submitted in evidence and until a judge declares it forfeited or orders it returned to its owner, unless the judge decides otherwise. However, the Minister may authorize an inspector to entrust the offender with custody of the thing seized, and the offender must accept custody of it until a judge declares it forfeited or orders it returned to its owner. The holder of a mining right or the owner, lessee or custodian of a place being inspected and any person found there must lend assistance to the inspector in performing his duties. The obligation set out in the fifth paragraph also applies to persons accompanying the inspector. 1987, c. 64, s. 251; 2005, c. 45, s. 5; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1081. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:251_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [251.1.](#se:251_1) An inspector may require, by any means that allows proof of receipt at a specific time, that a person communicate to the inspector any document or information relating to the application of this Act and the regulations, within the time and according to the conditions the inspector specifies. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1081. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:251_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [251.2.](#se:251_2) An inspector may order the suspension of any mining operation work being performed on surface mineral substances if he has reasonable grounds to believe that this Act or the regulations are being contravened. In such a case, the inspector shall notify, as soon as possible, his decision in writing, with reasons, to the person who is the subject of the suspension, specifying the measures to be taken to remedy the situation. The inspector shall authorize resumption of the work when he considers that the situation has been remedied. A person who is the subject of a suspension may, within 10 days after notification of the inspector’s decision, apply for a review of the suspension by the Minister. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1081. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:252&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [252.](#se:252) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 252; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1091. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:253&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [253.](#se:253) The inspector shall, on request, identify himself and produce the certificate of his capacity signed by the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 253. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:254&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [254.](#se:254) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 254; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:255&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [255.](#se:255) In no case may legal proceedings be taken against the inspector or a person accompanying the inspector for acts performed in good faith in the course of his duties. 1987, c. 64, s. 255; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1101. CHAPTER VI INQUIRY [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:256&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [256.](#se:256) The Minister or any person he designates as investigator may inquire into any fact within the scope of this Act or the regulations. 1987, c. 64, s. 256. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:257&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [257.](#se:257) The Minister and the investigator, for the conduct of an inquiry, are vested with the powers and immunity of commissioners appointed under the Act respecting public inquiry commissions ([chapter C-37](/fr/document/lc/C-37?langCont=en&cible=)), except the right to order imprisonment. 1987, c. 64, s. 257. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:258&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [258.](#se:258) The investigator shall, on request, identify himself and produce a certificate of his capacity signed by the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 258. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:259&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [259.](#se:259) Where an investigation is conducted to verify a fact that will permit the Minister to make a decision affecting the rights of a person applying for the registration of an exclusive exploration right or a holder of a mining right, the investigator shall transmit to the interested person a copy of the report containing his findings at the same time as he forwards it to the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 259; 1988, c. 9, s. 47; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. CHAPTER VII REVOCATION OF RIGHTS BY THE GOVERNMENT [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:260&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [260.](#se:260) The Minister may generally or specially authorize any person to act as a penal investigator for the enforcement of this Act and the regulations. 1987, c. 64, s. 260; 1998, c. 24, s. 110; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:260_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [260.1.](#se:260_1) In no case may legal proceedings be taken against the penal investigator for acts performed in good faith in the course of his duties. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:261&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [261.](#se:261) The Government may, on the Minister’s recommendation, revoke, without compensation, the mining rights in the mining concessions referred to in section 4 or in the lands granted pursuant to the same section where there have been no exploration work or mining operations for 10 years unless the grantee or the owner proves to it that the deposit subject to the rights constitutes a reserve necessary for the continuation of a mining undertaking operated by him in Québec. 1987, c. 64, s. 261; 2013, c. 32, s. 98; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1121. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:262&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [262.](#se:262) The Minister shall notify to the grantee or owner the Minister’s intention to recommend to the Government the revocation of rights under section 261. 1987, c. 64, s. 262; 1998, c. 24, s. 111; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1131. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:263&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [263.](#se:263) Revocation cannot be declared until 90 days from the notification by the Minister in accordance with section 262. 1987, c. 64, s. 263; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1141. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:264&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [264.](#se:264) Notice of the revocation shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec; revocation takes effect on the date of the publication. 1987, c. 64, s. 264. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:265&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [265.](#se:265) The revocation does not apply to rights in substances described in section 5. 1987, c. 64, s. 265. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:266&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [266.](#se:266) The revocation of mining rights in a mining concession does not affect any other right of ownership transferred to a third person under a deed of alienation referred to in section 361. 1987, c. 64, s. 266; 1998, c. 24, s. 112. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:267&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [267.](#se:267) Any person except the grantee or owner whose rights have been revoked may, within 30 days from the date on which the revocation of mining rights under section 261 takes effect, apply for the registration of an exclusive exploration right by map designation in respect of all or part of the land that was subject to the revoked rights. Thereafter, a person whose rights have been revoked may also apply for the registration of a right referred to in the first paragraph in relation to all or part of the parcel of land subject to the revoked rights. 1987, c. 64, s. 267; 1998, c. 24, s. 113; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:268&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [268.](#se:268) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 268; 1998, c. 24, s. 114; 2011, c. 6, s. 290; 2013, c. 32, s. 99. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:269&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [269.](#se:269) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 269; 2013, c. 32, s. 99. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:270&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [270.](#se:270) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 270; 2013, c. 32, s. 99. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:271&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [271.](#se:271) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 271; 2013, c. 32, s. 99. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:272&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [272.](#se:272) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 272; 2013, c. 32, s. 99. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:273&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [273.](#se:273) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 273; 1988, c. 9, s. 48; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:274&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [274.](#se:274) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 274; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:275&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [275.](#se:275) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 275; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:276&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [276.](#se:276) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 276; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:277&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [277.](#se:277) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 277; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. CHAPTER VIII SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF MINING RIGHTS BY THE MINISTER [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:278&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [278.](#se:278) The Minister may suspend or revoke any mining right where a holder (1) does not comply with the conditions, obligations or restrictions applicable to the exercise of the mining right; (2) has not paid the annual duties, the royalties or the rental on the due date. 1987, c. 64, s. 278. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:279&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [279.](#se:279) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 279; 1998, c. 24, s. 115; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:280&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [280.](#se:280) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 280; 1997, c. 43, s. 355; 1998, c. 24, s. 116; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 631. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:281&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [281.](#se:281) The Minister may revoke (1) an exclusive exploration right within three months following its renewal where he refuses the work under section 74, except in a case contemplated in paragraph 4 of that section; (2) (paragraph repealed); (2.1) at any time, a mining right obtained or renewed by mistake; (3) at any time, a mining right obtained or renewed through fraud or misrepresentation unless the right has been registered for not less than one year in the register contemplated in section 13 in the name of a subsequent purchaser in good faith; (4) (paragraph repealed); (5) a mining lease or mining concession if the lessee or grantee does not comply with the requirements established by the Government under section 101.0.2 or 119 or does not comply with the Mining Tax Act ([chapter I-0.4](/fr/document/lc/I-0.4?langCont=en&cible=)); (6) a mining right if the holder of the right has, in the preceding five years, been found guilty of an offence referred to in any of sections 316 to 318. 1987, c. 64, s. 281; 1990, c. 36, s. 15; 1998, c. 24, s. 117; 2013, c. 32, s. 100; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 641; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:282&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [282.](#se:282) The holder of a mining right who is carrying on underground exploration work, the holder of any operating lease and the grantee of a mining concession whose rights have been revoked shall forward to the Minister, at his request, a copy of the plans, records and report mentioned in section 226. 1987, c. 64, s. 282. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:283&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [283.](#se:283) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 283; 1998, c. 24, s. 118. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:284&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [284.](#se:284) The Minister shall, before suspending or revoking a mining right, notify the holder in writing as prescribed by section 5 of the Act respecting administrative justice ([chapter J-3](/fr/document/lc/J-3?langCont=en&cible=)), send a copy of the notice to the registrar, and allow the holder at least 15 days to present observations. The mailing of the notice of revocation shall interrupt the time limits provided for in section 281. 1987, c. 64, s. 284; 1997, c. 43, s. 357; 1998, c. 24, s. 119; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 651. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:285&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [285.](#se:285) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 285; 1997, c. 43, s. 358; 1998, c. 24, s. 120; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 661. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:286&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [286.](#se:286) The suspension or revocation of a mining right takes effect on the date the decision becomes enforceable. 1987, c. 64, s. 286; 2013, c. 32, s. 101. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:287&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [287.](#se:287) The revocation of mining rights in a mining concession does not affect any other right of ownership transferred to a third person under a deed of alienation referred to in section 361. 1987, c. 64, s. 287; 1998, c. 24, s. 121. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:288&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [288.](#se:288) No person may designate on a map an exclusive exploration right or apply for a lease to mine surface mineral substances on all or part of a parcel of land that was subject to a mining lease, mining concession or lease to mine surface mineral substances that was revoked before 9:00 a.m. on the 31st day after the revocation of such a right became enforceable. However, the holder of the revoked mining right shall not designate on a map an exclusive exploration right or apply for a lease to mine surface mineral substances on all or part of the parcel of land that was subject to the revoked mining right before an additional 30-day period. If the interested person discontinues his contestation of the decision revoking his right, the prescribed time runs from the date of filing of a notice of discontinuance in the office of the Court of Québec. 1987, c. 64, s. 288; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1998, c. 24, s. 122; 2013, c. 32, s. 102; 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 14417; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1151. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:289&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [289.](#se:289) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 289; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1998, c. 24, s. 123; 2013, c. 16, s. 18. CHAPTER IX REFERRAL, CONTESTATION AND APPEAL 1987, c. 64, c. IX; 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 14614. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:290&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [290.](#se:290) The Minister shall refer any dispute concerning a mining right held by the State to the Court of Québec. Sections 299 to 303, adapted as required, apply to any case so referred. A copy of the decision of the Court of Québec shall be transmitted to the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 290; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:291&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [291.](#se:291) Every decision rendered under section 42.4, 53, 58, 58.1, 61, 63, 69.1, 74, 82, 101.0.1, 101.1, 104 or 121.1, the second paragraph of section 141, section 142.0.1, 142.0.2, 147, 148, 215.1 or 231, the third paragraph of section 232.5, subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 232.6, the first paragraph of section 232.7, 232.8, 232.10.3 or 232.11, section 234 or 234.1, the fourth paragraph of section 251.2, or section 278 or 281 must be in writing and give the reasons on which it is based. It shall be notified within 15 days to the person concerned and, in the case of a decision rendered under section 42.4, to every holder of a mining right that may be affected by the decision. 1987, c. 64, s. 291; 1988, c. 9, s. 49; 1991, c. 23, s. 7; 1998, c. 24, s. 124; 2003, c. 15, s. 29; 2013, c. 32, s. 103; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 671; 2022, c. 82022, c. 8, s. 451; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1161. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:292&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [292.](#se:292) Before rendering a decision under section 291, the Minister shall transmit a copy of the record pertaining to the case to every interested person who applies therefor. 1987, c. 64, s. 292. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:293&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [293.](#se:293) The Minister shall also forward a 30 days’ notice of his intention not to renew or to revoke a mining right to the creditors having registered an instrument contemplated in paragraph 3 of section 13. Where the mining right expires during the period of 30 days, the notice shall have the effect of postponing the expiry of the mining right by suspending its term for the time that remains to run by virtue of the notice. 1987, c. 64, s. 293; 2000, c. 42, s. 188; 2013, c. 32, s. 104. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:294&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [294.](#se:294) A decision to refuse the renewal, to suspend or to revoke a mining right suspends the term of the mining right until the decision becomes enforceable. 1987, c. 64, s. 294; 2013, c. 32, s. 105. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:295&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [295.](#se:295) Any party to a decision under section 291 may contest it before to the Court of Québec. Any holder of a mining right affected by a decision rendered pursuant to section 42.4 may also contest it before to the Court of Québec. 1987, c. 64, s. 295; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1998, c. 24, s. 126; 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 15013. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:296&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [296.](#se:296) The contestation suspends the execution of the decision unless the court decides otherwise. 1987, c. 64, s. 296; 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 14417. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:297&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [297.](#se:297) The contestation is made by an application served on the Minister. 1987, c. 64, s. 297; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 1331. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:298&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [298.](#se:298) The contesting party shall file the application in the office of the Court of Québec of the judicial district of his domicile or principal establishment or of the district where the facts which gave rise to the decision occurred, within 30 days after receipt of the decision by the contesting party. 1987, c. 64, s. 298; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 14712. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:299&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [299.](#se:299) Upon service of the application, the Minister shall transmit the record prepared for the purpose of rendering the decision being contested to the Court of Québec. 1987, c. 64, s. 299; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 15114; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1171. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:300&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [300.](#se:300) The contestation is heard and decided by preference. The court shall base its decision on the record transmitted to it and on any other evidence submitted by the parties. 1987, c. 64, s. 300; 2020, c. 122020, c. 12, s. 14417. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:301&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [301.](#se:301) The Court of Québec may, in the manner prescribed in articles 63 to 65 of the Code of Civil Procedure ([chapter C-25.01](/fr/document/lc/C-25.01?langCont=en&cible=)), adopt the regulations which, in its judgment, are necessary for the application of this chapter. 1987, c. 64, s. 301; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP). [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:302&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [302.](#se:302) Only the judges of the Court of Québec designated by the chief judge shall have jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter. 1987, c. 64, s. 302; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1995, c. 42, s. 57. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:303&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [303.](#se:303) A decision of the Court of Québec may be appealed from to the Court of Appeal with leave of a judge of the Court of Appeal. 1987, c. 64, s. 303; 1988, c. 21, s. 66. CHAPTER X POWERS OF THE MINISTER 2003, c. 15, s. 30; 2005, c. 45, s. 6. DIVISION I SPECIAL POWERS 2005, c. 45, s. 6. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.](#se:304) The Minister may, by order, (1) reserve to the State or withdraw from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State and necessary for any purpose that the Minister considers to be in the public interest, in particular, — mining inventory and geological exploration work; — mining, industrial, port, airport or communications facilities; — underground conduits; — development and utilization of waterpower, power transmission lines, storage tanks or underground reservoirs; — creation of parks or protection areas; — plant-life and wildlife conservation; — the protection of eskers that may be a source of drinking water; — respect for protection areas established under a regulation made under subparagraph k of paragraph 16 of section 46 of the Environment Quality Act ([chapter Q-2](/fr/document/lc/Q-2?langCont=en&cible=)); — the protection of the rehabilitation and restoration work carried out on the termination of a mining lease, a mining concession, extraction or mining carried out in accordance with section 140.0.1, or a lease to mine surface mineral substances; — classification as an exceptional forest ecosystem under the Sustainable Forest Development Act ([chapter A-18.1](/fr/document/lc/A-18.1?langCont=en&cible=)) or designation of biological refuges and wetlands of interest under that same Act; (1.1) (subparagraph repealed); (1.2) (subparagraph repealed); (2) reserve to the State or withdraw from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State in order to allow the implementation of the land use plan for the land area in the domain of the State prepared under the Act respecting lands in the domain of the State ([chapter T-8.1](/fr/document/lc/T-8.1?langCont=en&cible=)); (2.1) (subparagraph replaced); (3) (subparagraph repealed); (4) (subparagraph repealed). Where the land on which mining inventory and geological exploration work is to be performed is in a reserved area or an agricultural zone within the meaning of the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and agricultural activities ([chapter P-41.1](/fr/document/lc/P-41.1?langCont=en&cible=)), the Minister shall consult the Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec before withdrawing the land from prospecting, map designation, mining exploration or mining operations. The Minister must, by order, reserve to the State the mineral substances forming part of the domain of the State where, under section 142.0.2, the Minister has refused an application for a lease to mine surface mineral substances or has terminated such a lease. The Minister may allow, by order, on the conditions he determines, prospecting, mining exploration or mining operations in accordance with this Act for the mineral substances reserved to the State that are determined by the Minister. The Minister must, by order, reserve to the State the mineral substances forming part of the domain of the State that are situated in a parcel of land that is included in a mining-incompatible territory and in respect of which a withdrawal has been lifted, under section 304.1.2, in order to allow, under certain conditions, the mining of sand and gravel. The Minister shall not allow, by the order, prospecting, mining exploration or mining operations for other substances on the parcel of land concerned. The order comes into force on the day of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date specified therein. The order is published on the department’s website and comes into force on the date given on that website. 1987, c. 64, s. 304; 1988, c. 9, s. 50; 1991, c. 23, s. 8; 1996, c. 26, s. 85; 1998, c. 24, s. 127; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 1998, c. 24, s. 127; 2001, c. 6, s. 149; 2007, c. 39, s. 33; 2010, c. 3, s. 305; 2013, c. 16, s. 19; 2013, c. 32, s. 106; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 681; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 11811b. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_0_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.0.1.](#se:304_0_1) Any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State and situated in a parcel of land that is the subject of a decision of a minister or of the Government made under another Act and in the manner prescribed in that Act that reserves the mineral substance to the State or withdraws it from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations is so reserved or withdrawn. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1191. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.](#se:304_1) The Minister may, by the registration of a notice in the public register of real and immovable mining rights, temporarily suspend prospecting on and the granting of mining rights in respect of a parcel of land whose boundaries are indicated in the notice, until a decision takes effect with regard to (1) the reserving to the State or the withdrawal from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations of any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State that is situated in the parcel of land under the first paragraph of section 304 or under another Act pursuant to section 304.0.1; (2) the classification of an outstanding geological site on the parcel of land under section 305.1; or (3) the withdrawal provided for in section 304.1.1 in respect of the parcel of land. The suspension takes effect on the date indicated in the notice. The suspension under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph is for a period of six months and it may be renewed by the Minister for the same period. 2003, c. 15, s. 31; 2005, c. 45, s. 7; 2013, c. 32, s. 107; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 691; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1191. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.1.](#se:304_1_1) Any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State and found in a parcel of land on which an exclusive exploration right may be obtained and that is included in a mining-incompatible territory or within an urbanization perimeter delimited in a land use and development plan in accordance with the Act respecting land use planning and development ([chapter A-19.1](/fr/document/lc/A-19.1?langCont=en&cible=)) is withdrawn from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations from the time a notice is registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. A mining-incompatible territory is a territory in which the viability of activities would be compromised by the impacts of mining. 2013, c. 32, s. 108; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 12011. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.2.](#se:304_1_2) Despite section 304.1.1, the Minister may, on the application of a local municipality, partially lift a withdrawal covering the mineral substances forming part of the domain of the State that are situated in a parcel of land included in a mining-incompatible territory in order to allow the mining of sand or gravel on the conditions the Minister determines. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.3.](#se:304_1_3) Any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State that is situated in a parcel of land in the private domain that is not included within an urbanization perimeter, except mineral substances situated in a parcel of land that is subject to a mining right in force or to a notice of map designation received before 28 May 2024, is withdrawn from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations. Any mineral substance forming part of the domain of the State that is situated in a parcel of land in the private domain that is not included within an urbanization perimeter and on which, at the time of the expiry, abandonment or revocation of the exclusive exploration right to which the land is subject, exploration work has not been performed, reported, and approved by the Minister since 24 October 1988 is also withdrawn from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1_4&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.4.](#se:304_1_4) The Minister may, in the cases and on the conditions prescribed by regulation, withdraw from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations the mineral substances forming part of the domain of the State situated in a parcel of land in the private domain that are not withdrawn under section 304.1.3, at the request of the regional county municipality where the substances are situated. The withdrawal takes effect upon registration of a notice in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1_5&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.5.](#se:304_1_5) The regional county municipality where the mineral substances withdrawn under section 304.1.1, within an urbanization perimeter, or under section 304.1.3 or 304.1.4 are situated may, after consulting the local municipality where the withdrawn mineral substances are situated or at that municipality’s request, apply to the Minister, by resolution, for the partial or total lifting of the withdrawal. Where more than 10 years have elapsed since a partial or total lifting of a withdrawal under the first paragraph, the regional county municipality may, after consulting the local municipality where the mineral substances concerned are situated or at that municipality’s request, apply to the Minister, by resolution, for the partial or total reinstatement of the withdrawal. Reinstatement of the withdrawal under section 304.1.3 does not terminate the rights granted under this Act during the time the withdrawal was lifted, prevent the granting of a mining lease to the holder of an exclusive exploration right issued during that period or prevent the granting of another right applied for during that period. The second paragraph of section 304.1.3 does not apply to the expiry, abandonment or revocation of such a right. Where a regional county municipality does not decide on a request made to it by a local municipality for the lifting or reinstatement of a withdrawal within 120 days after the request, the local municipality may apply to the Minister, by resolution, for the lifting or reinstatement. A regional county municipality may require, from a local municipality that requests it to lift or reinstate a withdrawal, any document, information or study necessary for assessing the request. The 120-day time limit prescribed in the fourth paragraph is suspended until the documents have been received by the regional county municipality. The Minister shall register in the public register of real and immovable mining rights any lifting or reinstatement of a withdrawal for which a regional county municipality or local municipality applies to the Minister. The modification takes effect on the date specified in the register. For the purposes of this section, with the necessary modifications, the following shall be considered regional county municipalities: (1) the urban agglomeration councils of Ville de Montréal, Ville de Québec, Ville de Longueuil, Ville de La Tuque and Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine; and (2) the local municipalities whose territory is not included in that of a regional county municipality, excluding a local municipality whose territory is included in that of an urban agglomeration whose central municipality is referred to in subparagraph 1. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:304_1_6&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [304.1.6.](#se:304_1_6) The Minister may, by order, designate certain mineral substances as critical and strategic minerals. The order shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1211. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.](#se:305) The Minister may, by order, delegate generally or specially, to any person, the exercise of the powers vested in him by this Act. Such delegation comes into force on the date of publication of the order in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated therein. 1987, c. 64, s. 305. DIVISION II OUTSTANDING GEOLOGICAL SITE 2005, c. 45, s. 8. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.1.](#se:305_1) The Minister may classify an outstanding geological site and establish the boundaries of the site after consulting the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, associations in the Québec mining industry and, where applicable, the holders of mining rights, municipalities, urban communities or Native communities concerned. The notice of classification must be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. The boundaries of a classified outstanding geological site are registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. 2005, c. 45, s. 8; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1221. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.2.](#se:305_2) The Minister may extend the boundaries of an outstanding geological site classified under section 305.1 or, if the Minister considers that the grounds for classification no longer exist, declassify part or all of the site after consulting the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks. 2005, c. 45, s. 8. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.3.](#se:305_3) The Minister may take the measures needed to ensure the development or the preservation of an outstanding geological site classified under section 305.1. 2005, c. 45, s. 8. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_4&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.4.](#se:305_4) Before classifying an outstanding geological site located on private property, extending its boundaries or exercising the power described in section 305.3, the Minister must enter into an agreement with the owner. 2005, c. 45, s. 8. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_5&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.5.](#se:305_5) The Minister must request the registration in the land register of the agreement referred to in section 305.4 and forward to the owner a certified statement of registration. The agreement, once registered, is binding on all subsequent acquirers. The agreement must also be registered in the public register of real and immovable mining rights. 2005, c. 45, s. 8; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1231. DIVISION III EMERGENCY RESPONSE 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1241. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_6&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.6.](#se:305_6) Despite any contrary provision, the Minister may, by order, prohibit or restrict access to a mining road or to land in the domain of the State on which mining activities have been carried out if the Minister is of the opinion that the land or the substances found there present a serious risk to human safety. The Minister shall prohibit or restrict such access for up to one year on the conditions he determines. The prohibition or restriction may be renewed for other maximum periods of one year in the presence of the same risks. The order shall be disseminated by the most efficient means available to ensure that the population of the territory where the land or mining road is situated is rapidly informed, and shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. An order made under this section comes into force on the date specified in the order or, in the absence of such a date, on the date of the order’s dissemination. 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1241. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_7&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.7.](#se:305_7) Despite any contrary provision, where a state of emergency is declared by the Government or where a situation makes it impossible in fact to comply with the obligations relating to the exercise of mining rights by their holder, the Minister may prescribe any measure necessary in respect of the rights and obligations under this Act. A measure prescribed under the first paragraph shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec and takes effect on the date indicated. The measure is applicable for the period the Minister determines, which shall not exceed one year following the end of the state of emergency or of the situation. If necessary to prevent or limit serious or irreparable harm, the Minister may, during the following five years, extend the period each year before its expiry. Before adopting or extending such measures, the Minister must take into consideration the uses and preservation of the territory and the impacts on local and Indigenous communities. 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1241. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_8&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.8.](#se:305_8) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_9&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.9.](#se:305_9) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_10&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.10.](#se:305_10) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_11&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.11.](#se:305_11) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_12&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.12.](#se:305_12) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_13&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.13.](#se:305_13) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_14&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.14.](#se:305_14) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_15&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.15.](#se:305_15) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:305_16&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [305.16.](#se:305_16) (Repealed). 2008, c. 26, s. 1; 2011, c. 16, s. 53. CHAPTER XI REGULATIONS [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:306&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [306.](#se:306) The Government may, by regulation, (1) prescribe the amount of the fee for the registration of any transfer of mining rights or any other act referred to in section 13 and of the fee for the issuance of certificates of entry in the public register of real and immovable mining rights; (1.1) determine the conditions for applying for the granting of a mining right or for holding such a right under section 18.1; (2) prescribe the requirements for obtaining a mining right and any fee or rental payable; (2.1) (paragraph repealed); (3) determine the conditions for renewing or extending a mining right and, if applicable, the fee or rental payable; (4) (paragraph repealed); (5) prescribe the conditions of exercise of a mining right; (6) (paragraph repealed); (7) (paragraph repealed); (8) determine the documents and information that must accompany notices of map designation, applications for amalgamation and applications for replacement of exclusive exploration rights, and prescribe the applicable fees, and for the purpose of prescribing the fee that must accompany a map designation notice, define “person” for the purposes of the first paragraph of section 307; (8.1) prescribe the fee payable by an applicant for a mining right in the case of a referral to the Minister under section 53; (8.2) prescribe the conditions for issuing an authorization to erect or maintain a temporary construction or facility referred to in section 66; (8.3) determine, for the purposes of section 69, what constitutes impact-causing exploration work and exempt work, in certain cases and on certain conditions, from the obligation to obtain an authorization; (8.4) set, for the purposes of sections 69 and 69.2, the conditions for the issue and renewal of the authorization for impact-causing exploration work and the fees payable; (9) define the improvements and the strips of land adjacent to them referred to in sections 70 and 144; (10) specify the nature of any work required under this Act, its minimum cost and related expenses, the form and content of any report relating to it and the documents that must accompany the report; (10.0.1) prescribe the method for indexing the minimum cost of work; (10.1) prescribe, for the purposes of section 72, the amounts spent that are accepted in the minimum cost of work as well as the period for which they are accepted; (10.2) determine the cases in which and conditions on which the Minister may group together exclusive exploration rights under section 83.16 and the terms and conditions in respect of the period of validity and renewal of the grouped exclusive exploration rights; (11) fix the additional amount referred to in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of sections 104 and 148; (12) (paragraph repealed); (12.1) define the prospecting work that may be applied, in a report, to the first term of an exclusive exploration right or the first term following conversion of an exclusive exploration right, in accordance with section 81; (12.1.1) prescribe the fee payable by the holder of a mining right who submits an application to abandon the right in accordance with the first paragraph of section 83 or sections 122 and 156; (12.2) determine the information that must be contained in an application for the conversion of mining rights referred to in subdivision 5 of Division III of Chapter III and specify, in the case of an application for conversion, the documents that must be submitted with it; (12.3) prescribe, for the purposes of applications for conversion, or for amalgamation or replacement of exclusive exploration rights, the manner of calculating the average unexpired portion of the terms of all the exclusive exploration rights to be converted, amalgamated or replaced in order to determine the date of expiry of the converted, amalgamated or replaced exclusive exploration rights; (12.4) prescribe, for the purposes of applications for conversion, or for amalgamation or replacement of exclusive exploration rights, the manner in which and the conditions according to which the excess amounts disbursed for work performed on all the parcels of land subject to the exclusive exploration rights to be converted, amalgamated or replaced are to be distributed; (12.5) prescribe, for the purposes of applications for conversion, or for amalgamation or replacement of exclusive exploration rights, the manner of determining the number of terms of the converted, amalgamated or replaced exclusive exploration rights in order to establish the minimum cost of the work to be performed for further renewals of exclusive exploration rights after the first renewal following conversion, amalgamation or replacement; (12.6) determine the cases in which and the conditions according to which a mining right may be converted into map designated exclusive exploration rights and exclusive exploration rights may be amalgamated or replaced pursuant to subdivisions 5, 7 and 8 of Division III of Chapter III, and the effects of such conversion, amalgamation or replacement on rights granted to third persons and evidenced in an instrument relating to the converted, amalgamated or replaced mining right recorded in the public register of real and immovable mining rights; (12.7) determine, for the purposes of sections 98, 101, 104 and 118.1, the standards applicable to the preparation of a scoping and market study as well as the substances for which such a study must be prepared; (12.8) determine, for the purposes of section 101, the standards applicable to a project feasibility study; (12.9) (paragraph repealed); (12.10) determine the qualification requirements concerning the engineer or geologist certifying the report required pursuant to section 101; (12.11) determine the mandate and the operating rules of the monitoring committee established under section 101.0.3; (12.12) (paragraph replaced); (13) fix the amount of the fees to be paid by the lessee who applies for an increase in the area of the territory subject to the lease in accordance with section 104.1; (13.0.1) prescribe the amount of the annual duties payable by a grantee; (13.0.2) determine the information and fee that must accompany the mining concession conversion application provided for in section 118.2; (13.0.3) determine the manner in which information, including information concerning the processing in Québec of the mineral substances extracted and their shipping outside Québec, must be presented in the report provided for in the first paragraph of section 120 or the third paragraph of section 224, and determine the other information that must be indicated in the report; (13.1) fix the amount of the duties to be paid by a person authorized to extract a fixed quantity of surface mineral substances pursuant to the second paragraph of section 140, and the amount of the duties to be paid by the holder of an exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances who applies under section 146 for an increase in the area of the territory subject to the lease; (14) fix the amount of the royalty payable under the second paragraph of section 140 or the first paragraph of section 155; (14.1) determine the manner in which the public consultation required under section 140.1 is to be held; (14.1.1) prescribe the minimum quantity of mineral substances to be extracted for renewal of an exclusive lease in accordance with section 148; (14.1.2) determine the applicable elements, scales and methods for establishing the amount of the financial contribution to be paid under section 155.1; (14.2) prescribe the payment of an additional amount, that it fixes, to be added to royalties, payable by the holder of a lease to mine surface mineral substances or by an operator or a person referred to in section 223.1, in particular for a failure to forward to the Minister the report referred to in section 155 within the specified time, or for any other failure to fulfil the requirements of that section that it determines; (15) (paragraph repealed); (15.1) (paragraph repealed); (16) (paragraph repealed); (17) (paragraph repealed); (18) (paragraph repealed); (19) (paragraph repealed); (20) (paragraph repealed); (21) (paragraph repealed); (21.1) fix the amount of duties payable for taking part in a drawing of lots under section 207, and prescribe the conditions to be complied with by a person who intends to take part in the drawing of lots; (21.2) determine the terms and conditions applicable to the designation of a representative under section 207.1; (22) prescribe the surveying standards a surveyor must comply with under the second paragraph of section 210; (23) prescribe norms governing written notices under section 224; (23.1) determine, for the purposes of section 224, the cases or the mining exploration or mining operation work for which a notice must be transmitted to the Minister; (24) prescribe the plans and records to be kept up to date in accordance with section 225 and the plans to be transmitted to the Minister in accordance with section 223 as well as the time limits for transmitting those plans to the Minister whenever amendments to the plans are justified by changes in the mining activities; (25) prescribe the plans, records and report that the holder of a mining right who performs underground exploration work and an operator are required to transmit to the Minister in accordance with section 226 where the work is discontinued; (26) prescribe the security and protective measures to be taken by the holder of a mining right or an operator where mining operations are temporarily or permanently discontinued; (26.0.1) determine the applicable elements, scales and methods for establishing the amount of the financial compensation to be paid under sections 232.0.1 and 232.10.3 and the applicable terms of payment, interest and penalties; (26.1) determine the work or categories of processing plants contemplated in section 232 and, where expedient, list the mineral substances referred to therein; (26.1.1) prescribe the standards that the rehabilitation and restoration plan must comply with; (26.2) establish the standards relating to the financial guarantee to be provided under section 232.4 or 232.5; (26.3) prescribe the fee payable for the assessment of a rehabilitation and restoration plan with a view to its approval or revision; (26.4) prescribe the fee payable for the assessment and inspections conducted for the purpose of issuing a certificate of release under section 232.10; (26.4.1) determine the events for which and the amount up to which a person is required to make reparation for harm or injury caused through or in the course of his activities in the exercise of a mining right under section 233.2; (26.4.2) determine, for the purposes of section 233.3, the amount, term and coverage of the civil liability insurance required according to the different mining rights and the level of risk; (26.4.3) prescribe the cases in which the Minister may require the mining of mineral substances found in tailings or impose any measure to promote the mining of tailings under section 234.1; (26.5) prescribe the fee payable when applying for an approval under sections 240 and 241; (27) prescribe the documents to be transmitted to the Minister in accordance with section 241; (28) render the provisions respecting highway traffic and safety in the Highway Safety Code ([chapter C-24.2](/fr/document/lc/C-24.2?langCont=en&cible=)) applicable to mining roads; (28.1) prescribe the cases in which and conditions on which the Minister may withdraw from prospecting, mining exploration and mining operations the mineral substances forming part of the domain of the State situated in a parcel of land in the private domain under section 304.1.4; (29) fix the costs that must accompany an application for the suspension or revocation of a mining right; (29.1) prescribe the fee payable for searching the public register of real and immovable mining rights, the fee payable for copies of documents, or extracts from the register, and any other related fees; (29.2) prescribe the fee payable by a person to whom an inspector has given a written notice of non-compliance with this Act or the regulations; (29.3) (paragraph repealed); (30) fix the terms and conditions of payment of the fees, costs and rentals prescribed in this Act; (31) determine which provisions of a regulation it is an offence to contravene. 1987, c. 64, s. 306; 1986, c. 91, s. 655; 1988, c. 9, s. 9, s. 51; 1988, c. 9, s. 52; 1990, c. 36, s. 16; 1991, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 43, s. 359; 1998, c. 24, s. 128; 2001, c. 12, s. 17; 2003, c. 15, s. 32; 1998, c. 24, s. 128; 2013, c. 16, s. 20; 2013, c. 32, s. 109; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 7011; 2023, c. 242023, c. 24, s. 1411; 2022, c. 82022, c. 8, s. 461; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 12511. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:306_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [306.1.](#se:306_1) The maximum amount of the registration fee exigible pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 306 may be fixed for each instrument. 1990, c. 36, s. 17; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:306_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [306.2.](#se:306_2) The conditions for applying for the granting of a mining right or for holding such a right, referred to in paragraph 1.1 of section 306, may vary according to classes of persons. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1261. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:307&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [307.](#se:307) In the case of an exclusive exploration right, the fees referred to in paragraphs 3 and 8 of section 306 may vary according to the area of land covered by the exclusive exploration right or according to the region where the land is situated. Moreover, the fees referred to in paragraph 3 of section 306 may vary according to whether the renewal of the exclusive exploration right is applied for before or after the sixtieth day preceding its expiry, and the fees referred to in paragraph 8 of that section which must accompany the notice of map designation may vary according to the number of exclusive exploration rights that are map designated during the same day for the same person, whatever the number of notices of map designation presented by that person during that day. The minimum cost of the work referred to in paragraph 10 of the said section may vary according to the area of the land on which it is performed, the regions where the land is situated or the number of terms of the exclusive exploration right. The norms with which any report of work performed on an exclusive exploration right must comply, the information which must be contained in the report and the documents which must accompany the report may vary according to the average cost of the work performed on the exclusive exploration right, according to the total value of the work declared in each report, or according to the total value of the work reported in a given period. 1987, c. 64, s. 307; 1990, c. 36, s. 18; 1998, c. 24, s. 129; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1401. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:308&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [308.](#se:308) In the case of a mining lease or a mining concession, the rental, duty or fees referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 13.0.1 of section 306 may vary according to the area of the land subject to the mining lease or to whether the land is situated on lands in the domain of the State or on lands granted, alienated or leased by the State for purposes other than mining purposes, depending on whether or not the surface of the soil is utilized or according to the nature of its utilization. 1987, c. 64, s. 308; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1271. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:309&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [309.](#se:309) In the case of a lease to mine surface mineral substances, the requirements and conditions and the rental referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 306 may vary according to whether the lease is exclusive or not. In the case of an exclusive lease, the rental referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 306 may vary according to the term of the lease, the area of the parcel of land subject to the lease and the mineral substance mined, or according to whether or not the substance is mined on land forming part of the domain of the State. In the case of sand, gravel, collector minerals and crystals, common clay and inert tailings, the rental payable under paragraph 2 or 3 of section 306, the fees referred to in paragraph 13.1 of section 306 and the amount of the royalty fixed under paragraph 14 of the same section may vary according to the nature and quality of the substances, the distance between the site where the substances are found and the market served or the availability of the substances in a given region. 1987, c. 64, s. 309; 1990, c. 36, s. 19; 1998, c. 24, s. 130; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1281. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:310&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [310.](#se:310) The amount of the royalty referred to in paragraph 14 of section 306 may vary according to production volume. 1987, c. 64, s. 310; 1988, c. 9, s. 53; 1998, c. 24, s. 131; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:311&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [311.](#se:311) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 311; 2013, c. 32, s. 110. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:312&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [312.](#se:312) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 312; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1291. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:313&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [313.](#se:313) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 313; 1998, c. 24, s. 132; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:313_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [313.1.](#se:313_1) (Repealed). 1988, c. 9, s. 54; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:313_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [313.2.](#se:313_2) The security and protective measures prescribed under paragraph 26 of section 306 may vary according to the purpose of the mining operations. 1988, c. 9, s. 54; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1301. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:313_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [313.3.](#se:313_3) (Repealed). 1998, c. 24, s. 133; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1311. CHAPTER XII PENAL PROVISIONS [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:313_4&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [313.4.](#se:313_4) A person who refuses or neglects to provide or transmit within the time granted the documents, information or reports required under this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $500 to $5,000 in the case of a natural person and $1,500 to $30,000 in any other case, unless another fine is prescribed under this Act. 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1321. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:314&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [314.](#se:314) A person who (1) contravenes any of sections 65.1, 98, 220 to 226 and 282, (2) damages an outstanding geological site classified by the Minister under section 305.1 or destroys or alters property situated on such a site, (2.1) contravenes an order made under section 305.6 or 305.7, (3) contravenes a provision of a regulation whose contravention constitutes an offence under paragraph 31 of section 306, or (4) prohibits or hinders access to a parcel of land containing mineral substances that form part of the domain of the State by a person authorized by the Minister to perform geological research and inventory work and who, on request, provides identification and produces a certificate of authority signed by the Minister is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000 to $100,000 in the case of a natural person and $3,000 to $600,000 in any other case. 1987, c. 64, s. 314; 1990, c. 4, s. 575, s. 576; 1990, c. 36, s. 20; 1991, c. 33, s. 77; 2013, c. 32, s. 111; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2021, c. 352021, c. 35, s. 711; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 13311. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:315&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [315.](#se:315) A person who (1) contravenes any of the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of section 66, sections 81.1, 155, 155.1, 207.1, 233.1 or the fifth paragraph of section 251; (2) hinders or attempts to hinder, in any way, the exercise of the functions of an inspector, an administrative investigator, a penal investigator or any person responsible for accompanying them, in particular by deceiving them by concealment or misrepresentation; (3) refuses or neglects to provide information or to obey any order that an inspector, an administrative investigator or a penal investigator may require or give under this Act; or (4) conceals or destroys a document or property relevant to an inspection or an investigation is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $2,500 to $250,000 in the case of a natural person and $7,500 to $1,500,000 in any other case. 1987, c. 64, s. 315; 1990, c. 4, s. 575, s. 576; 1990, c. 36, s. 21; 1991, c. 33, s. 78; 2013, c. 32, s. 111; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1341. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:316&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [316.](#se:316) A person who contravenes any of sections 27, 69, 100, 140, 215.1, 216, 232.1, 232.2, 232.6, 232.7.1, 232.8, 233, 233.3, 240 and 241 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 to $500,000 in the case of a natural person and $15,000 to $3,000,000 in any other case. 1987, c. 64, s. 316; 1990, c. 4, s. 575, s. 576; 1991, c. 33, s. 79; 2013, c. 32, s. 111; 2016, c. 35, s. 23; 2022, c. 82022, c. 8, s. 471; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 13511. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:317&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [317.](#se:317) A person who contravenes section 30.1 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $10,000 to $1,000,000 in the case of a natural person and $30,000 to $6,000,000 in any other case. 1987, c. 64, s. 317; 1990, c. 4, s. 575, s. 576; 1991, c. 33, s. 80; 2013, c. 32, s. 111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:318&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [318.](#se:318) A person who contravenes any of sections 232.4, 232.5 or 232.7 or the standards prescribed by regulation for the guarantee required under this Act is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine corresponding to 10% of the amount of the temporary guarantee or of the guarantee. 1987, c. 64, s. 318; 1990, c. 4, s. 575, s. 576; 1991, c. 33, s. 81; 1991, c. 23, s. 10; 2013, c. 32, s. 111; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1361. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:319&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [319.](#se:319) The fines prescribed in this Act or the regulations are doubled for a second offence and tripled for a subsequent offence, without exceeding the maximum fine. 1987, c. 64, s. 319; 1990, c. 4, s. 575, s. 576; 1991, c. 33, s. 82; 2013, c. 32, s. 111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:320&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [320.](#se:320) (Replaced). 1987, c. 64, s. 320; 1990, c. 4, s. 575; 1991, c. 33, s. 83; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2013, c. 32, s. 111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:321&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [321.](#se:321) (Replaced). 1987, c. 64, s. 321; 1990, c. 4, s. 577; 1991, c. 33, s. 84; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2013, c. 32, s. 111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:321_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [321.1.](#se:321_1) (Replaced). 2005, c. 45, s. 9; 2013, c. 32, s. 111. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:322&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [322.](#se:322) Where an offence described in sections 313.4 to 318 continues for more than one day, it is considered a separate offence for each day or part of a day during which it continues. 1987, c. 64, s. 322; 1990, c. 4, s. 578; 2013, c. 32, s. 112; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1371. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:322_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [322.1.](#se:322_1) Penal proceedings for an offence under this Act shall be prescribed by two years from the date of the commission of the offence. 1992, c. 61, s. 400. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:323&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [323.](#se:323) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 323; 1990, c. 4, s. 579. CHAPTER XIII AMENDING PROVISIONS [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:324&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [324.](#se:324) (Omitted). 1987, c. 64, s. 324. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:325&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [325.](#se:325) (Omitted). 1987, c. 64, s. 325. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:326&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [326.](#se:326) (Omitted). 1987, c. 64, s. 326; 1988, c. 9, s. 55. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:327&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [327.](#se:327) (Omitted). 1987, c. 64, s. 327. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:328&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [328.](#se:328) (Amendment integrated into c. A-4.1, s. 1). 1987, c. 64, s. 328. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:329&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [329.](#se:329) (Amendment integrated into c. A-19.1, s. 1). 1987, c. 64, s. 329. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:330&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [330.](#se:330) (Amendment integrated into c. A-19.1, s. 6). 1987, c. 64, s. 330. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:331&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [331.](#se:331) (Amendment integrated into c. A-19.1, s. 246). 1987, c. 64, s. 331. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:332&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [332.](#se:332) (Amendment integrated into c. C-47, s. 3). 1987, c. 64, s. 332. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:333&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [333.](#se:333) (Amendment integrated into c. C-69, s. 40). 1987, c. 64, s. 333. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:334&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [334.](#se:334) (Amendment integrated into c. D-15, s. 1). 1987, c. 64, s. 334. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:335&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [335.](#se:335) (Amendment integrated into c. D-15, s. 5). 1987, c. 64, s. 335. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:336&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [336.](#se:336) (Amendment integrated into c. F-2.1, s. 65). 1987, c. 64, s. 336. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:337&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [337.](#se:337) (Amendment integrated into c. M-39, s. 17). 1987, c. 64, s. 337. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:338&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [338.](#se:338) (Amendment integrated into c. P-41.1, s. 1). 1987, c. 64, s. 338. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:339&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [339.](#se:339) (Amendment integrated into c. T-9.1, s. 56.1). 1987, c. 64, s. 339. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:340&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [340.](#se:340) (Omitted). 1987, c. 64, s. 340. CHAPTER XIV MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:341&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [341.](#se:341) This Act applies subject to the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories ([chapter R-13.1](/fr/document/lc/R-13.1?langCont=en&cible=)), the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec ([chapter C-67](/fr/document/lc/C-67?langCont=en&cible=)) and the Act approving the Northeastern Québec Agreement ([chapter C-67.1](/fr/document/lc/C-67.1?langCont=en&cible=)). 1987, c. 64, s. 341. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:342&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [342.](#se:342) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 342; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:343&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [343.](#se:343) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 343; 1988, c. 9, s. 56; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:344&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [344.](#se:344) In any Act or statutory instrument, any reference to a provision of the Mining Act ([chapter M-13](/fr/document/lc/M-13?langCont=en&cible=)) is a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 344. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:345&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [345.](#se:345) Regulations for the withdrawal from staking made under the Mining Act ([chapter M-13](/fr/document/lc/M-13?langCont=en&cible=)) are deemed to be ministerial orders made under section 304 of this Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 345. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:346&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [346.](#se:346) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 346; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:347&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [347.](#se:347) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 347; 1988, c. 9, s. 57, s. 58; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:348&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [348.](#se:348) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 348; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:349&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [349.](#se:349) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 349; 1988, c. 9, s. 59; 1998, c. 24, s. 134; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:350&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [350.](#se:350) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 350; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:351&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [351.](#se:351) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 351; 1988, c. 9, s. 60; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:352&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [352.](#se:352) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 352; 1988, c. 9, s. 61; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:353&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [353.](#se:353) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 353; 1988, c. 9, s. 62; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:354&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [354.](#se:354) Any work in excess of the prescribed requirements that is transferred to a licence to explore for surface mineral substances may stand in lieu of work required under section 137 of this Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 354. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:355&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [355.](#se:355) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 355; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:356&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [356.](#se:356) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 356; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:357&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [357.](#se:357) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 357; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:358&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [358.](#se:358) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 358; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:359&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [359.](#se:359) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 359; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:360&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [360.](#se:360) Mining concessions granted under any former Act relating to mines are governed by this Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 360; 2013, c. 32, s. 113. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:361&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [361.](#se:361) No transfer of a lot or surface right made before 17 June 1998 on a mining concession may be annulled on the sole ground of non-compliance by the holder with the requirements of the Mining Act respecting alienation in force from the date of the concession, or because of his failure to fulfil an obligation imposed on him by the Government or the ministers concerned. The first paragraph does not apply to a deed of alienation that had not, on that date, been published at the registry office of the registration division concerned. 1987, c. 64, s. 361; 1988, c. 9, s. 63; 1998, c. 24, s. 135; 2013, c. 32, s. 114. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:362&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [362.](#se:362) Every transfer of a surface right made before 1 January 1971 by emphyteutic lease on any mining concession shall be considered a sale pure and simple. Contractual clauses inconsistent with the preceding paragraph shall be considered null and not written except those involving for the transferee the obligation to pay a sum of money. However, the hypothec securing the payment of the sum of money is extinguished. The hypothec is cancelled upon the filling of an application therefor, in authentic form en minute, made by any interested person. 1987, c. 64, s. 362; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:363&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [363.](#se:363) Where a surface right in a mining concession was transferred by a deed of sale before 1 January 1971, every clause respecting a right of repossession or a restriction as to use, every clause waiving liability for damage sustained in consequence of the carrying out of mining work and every clause granting to the holder of a mining concession more rights with respect to the surface owner than those relating to mining and granted to him by the Mining Act ([chapter M-13](/fr/document/lc/M-13?langCont=en&cible=)) shall be deemed not written in such deed. 1987, c. 64, s. 363; 1998, c. 24, s. 137. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:364&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [364.](#se:364) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 364; 2013, c. 32, s. 115. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:364_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [364.1.](#se:364_1) Except in the cases referred to in section 114, the retrocession of mining rights by a concessionary in favour of the Minister, effected before 17 June 1998, shall include the surface rights even if they are not mentioned in the instrument of retrocession, and shall form part of the domain of the State from the date of the retrocession. The concessionary is not entitled to any indemnity or reimbursement for any claim arising from the application of this section. 1998, c. 24, s. 138; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:365&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [365.](#se:365) The white pine and red pine reserved to the State under the Mining Act on the granting of a concession are abandoned to the owner of the soil where they are found on a concession for which letters patent were issued before 1 July 1911. 1987, c. 64, s. 365; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:366&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [366.](#se:366) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 366; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:367&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [367.](#se:367) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 367; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:368&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [368.](#se:368) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 368; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:369&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [369.](#se:369) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 369; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:370&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [370.](#se:370) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 370; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:371&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [371.](#se:371) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 371; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:372&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [372.](#se:372) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 372; 2013, c. 32, s. 115. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:373&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [373.](#se:373) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 373; 1990, c. 36, s. 22. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:374&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [374.](#se:374) All lands in the domain of the State that were allocated for the establishment of a mining town or village are subject to the provisions of the Act respecting the lands in the domain of the State ([chapter T‐8.1](/fr/document/lc/T-8.1?langCont=en&cible=)) and the Act respecting the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune ([chapter M‐25.2](/fr/document/lc/M-25.2?langCont=en&cible=)). 1987, c. 64, s. 374; 1998, c. 24, s. 139; 1999, c. 40, s. 178; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:374_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [374.1.](#se:374_1) No deed of alienation granted by the Minister in respect of a lot situated in a mining town or village before 17 June 1998 may not be invalidated on the sole ground that the price and conditions of alienation were not fixed by the Government. 1998, c. 24, s. 140. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:374_2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [374.2.](#se:374_2) Every transfer of a lot in a mining town or village by way of a lease known as an emphyteutic lease granted before 17 June 1998 by the Government or by a third person having acquired land in the domain of the State for the establishment of a mining town or village, is deemed to constitute a sale pure and simple. The clauses of the contract that are incompatible with the first paragraph are deemed unwritten; all hypothecs guaranteeing the payment of a sum of money are extinguished and their registration may be cancelled by the filing of an application in notarial form and en minute by the interested person. 1998, c. 24, s. 140; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:374_3&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [374.3.](#se:374_3) The conditions stipulated in the letters patent issued on 10 November 1952 for block 9 of the original survey and of the cadastre for the township of Holland, registered at the office of the Québec registrar on 11 November 1952 under Libro 82 Folio 102 shall cease to have effect on 17 June 1998. Acts of alienation granted by the holder of the letters patent or by the holder’s successors may not be invalidated on the sole ground that the conditions have not been complied with. 1998, c. 24, s. 140. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:375&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [375.](#se:375) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 375; 1998, c. 24, s. 141. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:376&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [376.](#se:376) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 376; 2016, c. 35, s. 23. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:377&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [377.](#se:377) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 377; 2013, c. 32, s. 115. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:378&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [378.](#se:378) Rights in natural and artificial underground reservoirs created by the extraction of petroleum, natural gas, brine or water that are situated on lands granted or alienated by the State before 5 July 1968 are revoked and revert to the State from 24 October 1988, whatever the mode of their granting or alienation. 1987, c. 64, s. 378; 1999, c. 40, s. 178. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:379&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [379.](#se:379) If, after rights in an underground reservoir have been revoked, the underground reservoir concerned is operated, the person whose rights were revoked is entitled, as compensation, to the royalty referred to in section 274. Sections 275 to 277 apply to the payment of the compensation. 1987, c. 64, s. 379. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:379_1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [379.1.](#se:379_1) When the Minister of Revenue, in accordance with section 31 of the Tax Administration Act ([chapter A-6.002](/fr/document/lc/A-6.002?langCont=en&cible=)), applies a refund due to a person under a fiscal law to the payment of an amount owed by that person under this Act, such application interrupts the prescription provided for in the Civil Code with regard to the recovery of the amount. 2015, c. 8, s. 73. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:380&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [380.](#se:380) Secondary mining roads referred to in section 248, as it read on 28 November 2024, are mining roads under the Minister’s responsibility from 29 November 2024. Mining roads built, modified or maintained, with the authorization of the Government, before 28 November 2024, remain under the responsibility of the Minister of Transport. The Minister of Transport may decide that certain mining roads referred to in the second paragraph, whose management has been entrusted to the Minister of Transport under the first paragraph of section 2 of the Act respecting roads ([chapter V-9](/fr/document/lc/V-9?langCont=en&cible=)), are no longer mining roads, from the date the Minister determines. Notice of a decision made under the third paragraph shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec. Sections 242 to 247, as they read on 28 November 2024, apply to the mining roads referred to in the second paragraph. The immunity provided for in section 250 applies to the Minister of Transport in respect of mining roads that remain under the Minister of Transport’s responsibility. 1987, c. 64, s. 380; 2013, c. 32, s. 115; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1381. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:381&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [381.](#se:381) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, s. 381; 2013, c. 32, s. 115. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:382&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [382.](#se:382) The Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife is responsible for the administration of this Act. 1987, c. 64, s. 382; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 2003, c. 8, s. 6; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; 2024, c. 362024, c. 36, s. 1391. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=se:383&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) [383.](#se:383) (Omitted). 1987, c. 64, s. 383. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=sc-nb:1&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928)
SCHEDULE I
[SCHEDULE I](#sc-nb:1) (Repealed). 1987, c. 64, Schedule I; 1988, c. 9, s. 64; 1996, c. 2, s. 739; 1998, c. 24, s. 142. [![](/img/history.png)](/fr/version/lc/M-13.1?code=sc-nb:2&historique=20260928&langCont=en#20260928) REPEAL SCHEDULE In accordance with section 9 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes and regulations (chapter R-3), chapter 64 of the statutes of 1987, in force on 1 March 1989, is repealed, except sections 325 to 327 and 383, effective from the coming into force of chapter M-13.1 of the Revised Statutes. - Copier - - Sélectionner cet élément - Sélectionner l'élément parent - Désélectionner tous les éléments - - Copier vers Rédaction - Copier vers LAW #### Copier vers le presse-papier × Pour copier : Ctrl+C OK [](#) 0 - [Nous joindre](/fr/contenu/joindre/) - [Plan du site](/fr/contenu/plan/) - [Québec.ca](https://www.quebec.ca/) - [Accessibilité](/fr/contenu/access/) - [Politique de confidentialité](/fr/contenu/confid/) - [Accès à l'information](https://www.quebec.ca/gouvernement/ministeres-organismes/emploi-solidarite-sociale/cadre-legal-transparence/acces-information) [![](/img/pub-quebec.webp)](https://boutique.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/) [© Gouvernement du Québec](http://www.droitauteur.gouv.qc.ca/copyright.php) #### Sélections × #### [Afficher](#) [Les sélections du document courant](#) [Toutes les sélections de la collection](#) [Fragments sélectionnés](#) [Supprimer toutes les sélections](#) [Afficher les sélections](#) Fermer #### Cyberlex × Version 2.2.13.0