Work Requirements Regulations

c t MINERAL RESOURCES ACT WORK REQUIREMENTS REGULATIONS PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this regulation, current to February 1, 2004. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of these regulations. The regulations and the amendments printed in the Royal Gazette should be consulted on the Prince Edward Island Government web site to determine the authoritative text of these regulations. For more information concerning the history of these regulations, please see the Table of Regulations on the Prince Edward Island Government web site (www.princeedwardisland.ca). If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4292 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca Mineral Resources Act Work Requirements Regulations Section 1 c MINERAL RESOURCES ACT Chapter M-7 WORK REQUIREMENTS REGULATIONS Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under section 9 of the Mineral Resources Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. M-7 1. Work (1) Subject to sections 2, 3 and 4, the following activities shall be accepted by the Minister as constituting work for the purposes of these regulations, namely, prospecting, drilling, surveying, geological, geophysical or geochemical surveys and special work such as the use of bulldozers and other mechanical equipment. Idem (2) The Minister may accept as work an activity not described in subsection (1). (EC1064/78) 2. Costs Costs will be accepted only in respect of costs, fees, salaries and wages for work performed on the ground or in proving the value of a mineral deposit and payment thereof must be at a rate satisfactory to the Minister. (EC1064/78) 3. Expenditures accepted Expenditures relating to office overhead, transportation, freight, express, construction of roads and erection of buildings will be accepted up to a maximum of ten percent of the required work. (EC1064/78) 4. Expenditures that may be credited Expenditures on airborne geophysical surveys, feasibility studies and mineral dressing tests may be credited as work to the extent determined by the Minister. (EC1064/78) 5. Exploration, work requirement (1) The holder of an exploration license shall expend or cause to be expended not less than five dollars per acre for work as defined in section 1 in respect of each period of twelve months during which he holds the license. c t Updated February 1, 2004 Page 3 Section 6 Mineral Resources Act Work Requirements Regulations Excess work (2) Excess work done in any year by the holder of an exploration license may be credited ahead and the exploration proposal submitted for the next year may be reduced accordingly. (EC1064/78) 6. Credit for excess work Credit for excess work in respect of a mineral right shall be given if proof of the performance of the work is submitted at the renewal date of a mineral right first following completion of the work. (EC1064/78) 7. Confidentiality Proof of work submitted to substantiate expenditures made in meeting the work requirements of a mineral claim shall be held confidential for a period of two years from the date of submission. (EC1064/78) 8. Idem Work submitted but not claimed for credit against the work requirements shall be held confidential during the term of the mineral claim. (EC1064/78) 9. Extension On good cause shown, the Minister may extend the confidential period for one year. (EC1064/78) 10. Conduct of surveys All geological, geophysical and geochemical surveys performed for the purpose of obtaining credit as work shall be conducted under the supervision of a geologist, geophysicist or engineer having qualifications acceptable to the Department. (EC1064/78) 11. Reports of work done All reports and maps submitted as evidence of work shall be submitted in duplicate and shall conform to the following standards: (a) reports and maps shall contain all relevant information obtained as a result of work carried out in the field; (b) reports shall be bound in suitable folders of such size that they may be placed in a standard steel filing cabinet and the binding margin shall be wide enough so that the text on each page may be seen readily; (c) reports shall be typewritten on a good grade of bond paper of letter or legal size except diamond drill logs which may be submitted on standard diamond drill log forms; (d) maps shall be bound securely in the binder or inserted in an envelope fastened securely in the binder, and if fastened in the binder, the binding margin shall be wide enough so that when unfolded the entire map may be seen; (e) the size of an individual map shall not exceed forty inches by forty-eight inches; (f) each block of contiguous mineral claims shall have a separate report filed; (g) reports of several differently located properties must not be bound in the same binder; Page 4 Updated February 1, 2004 t c Mineral Resources Act Work Requirements Regulations Section 12 (h) the following data shall appear on the front cover of the binder: (i) the nature of the report, i.e.: geological, geophysical, geochemical, etc. (ii) the name, if any, and the map reference and claim description and location of the property, (iii) the name of the author, and (iv) the date of the report; and (i) reports shall contain a table of contents on which is set out the principal subdivisions of the text, the number of pages in the text, and the title of each map or figure which forms part of the report. 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Evidence of work performed The following submissions shall be included in the evidence of work performed: 1. prospecting: (a) sketch of claims, (b) location of traverse lines; and (c) description of observations; 2. stripping, trenching or rock excavation: (a) location of trench with respect to local topography and boundary of mineral right, (b) dimensions of trenches, (c) description of observations, and (d) identified assay returns from samples taken from trenches; 3. shaft sinking and underground work: (a) map showing location of the test shaft or work relative to the local topography or boundary of mineral right, and (b) brief description of the nature of the work; 4. diamond drilling: (a) map showing location of drill holes with reference to local topography and boundaries of the mineral right, (b) bearing and dip of holes, (c) core diameter, (d) location of core storage, (e) complete diamond drill logs and assays of cores if no assays are provided the reason for their absence, and (f) logs signed by the person who logged the core; 5. line cutting: (a) map showing location of picket lines relative to local topography and boundaries of the mineral right, and (b) the chainage and number of the lines; 6. geological surveys: (a) copies of geological plans showing clearly and exactly all geological observations and a report in which such observations are clearly described must be submitted in duplicate, c t Updated February 1, 2004 Page 5 Section 12 Mineral Resources Act Work Requirements Regulations (b) if any of the geological data contained in the report or shown on the plan have been obtained from any source other than the present survey, such must be fully disclosed, (c) a key map showing the location of the property with respect to established reference lines or points or easily identified topographical features should be submitted. This map should be inset in one corner of the geological map or inserted in the report, and (d) geological plans should be drawn in ink and submitted or reproduced on durable paper and when possible they should show the following: (i) the scale and north direction (astronomic or magnetic), (ii) lakes, streams and other noteworthy topographical features; also railways, roads, trails, power lines and buildings, (iii) picket lines and traverse lines, (iv) outcrops designated by color and by letter or number corresponding to the rock type as listed in the legend or table of formations, (v) schistosity, drag-folding, actual and indicated faults, attitude of flows and stratified rocks, actual and assumed contacts, (vi) zones of shearing, alteration or mineralized veins, (vii) location and horizontal projection of drill holes used in compiling the geology of overburdened areas, and (viii) table of formations, list of symbols, name of owner or company, covering date of survey, signature of geologist responsible for work; 7. geophysical surveys: (a) ground surveys (i) a report shall be submitted in duplicate which clearly sets forth the procedure followed, the results obtained and other relevant data including the following: the name of the firm, the dates upon which the field work was done and the type of instrument used, and (ii) the map shall include (A) scale, north arrow, astronomic or magnetic boundaries of the mineral right, (B) topographic features, (C) key map indicating the location of the mineral right, (D) instrument readings, wherever observed whether anomalous or not, and (E) list of symbols, (b) airborne surveys (i) a report shall be submitted in duplicate to give all relevant data as regards type of instrument, accuracy of survey, method of control, dates upon which field work was done, total number of miles flown, whether mapped area isolated or a part of a larger survey, and (ii) the map shall be on a scale of one inch equals 1320 feet or less to show the following: (A) flight lines and profiles or contours with values at convenient regular intervals along the lines, Page 6 Updated February 1, 2004 t c Mineral Resources Act Work Requirements Regulations Section 12 (B) value and location of the assumed “normal”, and the total earth’s field where known, (C) all topographic features such as roads, lakes, rivers, etc., (D) a key map to the location of the survey area; and 8. geochemical surveys: (a) a report shall be submitted which clearly sets forth a description of the survey technique employed and methods of analyzing the samples, the results obtained and other relevant data including the following: the name of the firm, the dates upon which the field work was done, (b) the map shall include (i) scale, north arrow, astronomic or magnetic and boundaries of the mineral right, (ii) topographic features, (iii) key map indicating the location of the mineral rights, (iv) appropriate analyses plotted in all locations where samples are taken, and (v) list of symbols. 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