In force1984 Revised EditionCurrent version · 1984 Revised EditionSee versions on Attorney General's Chambers(opens the publisher’s site)
Mining Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Applications for such licences shall be in writing, shall state the name, residence and profession of the appli-cant, shall contain a description, sufficiently accurate for
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Mining purposes of identification, of the situation, boundaries and area of the land over which the licence is required and shall specify the mineral or minerals for which the applicant de-sires to prospect.
An index shall be kept in which all such applica-tions shall be recorded serially in the order in which they are received and there shall be charged a fee of $500 in respect of every application so recorded:·
Provided that the lodging or filing of an application shall give no claim or priority of claim as a matter of right to the issue of a prospecting licence and that it shall be lawful for
His Majesty in Council, without assigning any cause, to refuse to issue any prospecting licence .. In the event of such refusal all entries in the index relating to such application shall be cancelled.