Transcript Nunavut Map Selection

Nunavut Map Selection
Supporting Nunavut competitiveness for mineral exploration and
development
April 17, 2012
Anna North, Mineral Resources Directorate, AANDC
Background
2009 - 2010
• Nunavut Regional Office and Mineral Resources Directorate in Ottawa began
a joint initiative to make Map Selection an official IT project.
• Secure foundations for project: plan, money and people.
2011 - 2012
• Long term contracts in place to manage and provide IT component
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Why implement Nunavut Map Selection?
• Nunavut is a unique area of Canada and
particularly suited to innovation:
– Very large land mass;
– Limited infrastructure to facilitate movement around the
territory; and
– Small population base doing many things, everyone’s
busy!
• Map selection allows:
– Time and cost savings to industry;
– Secure, immediate title to mineral rights – no more
amending posts, reduce disputes; and
– Open information sharing – what can affect the project?
Who needs to be involved?
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Building Foundations
Lupin Gold Mine
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How you do it now…
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… your application to record mineral claim F76234
has been entered as “PENDING” in our database,
we cannot further process your application to
record these claims as you have not…
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Nunavut Map Selection
Opportunity for innovation
• Dedicated project manager to co-ordinate two streams: IT solution and
Regulatory changes
• Ongoing involvement with Nunavut Mining Recorder to meet business needs
and ensure seamless transition
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Nunavut Map Selection – The Grid
Spatial Extent
Band 4
Band 3
Band 2
Band 1
border and
between 84 and
80 degrees north
latitude
border and
between 80 and
68 degrees north
latitude
border and
between 68 and
60 degrees north
latitude
border and
between 60 and
50 degrees north
latitude
Cell
Dimension
Area (ha)
South
Latitude
Area (ha)
North
Latitude
Number of
Polygons
1’ X 30”
30.02975
18.120
675,832
30” X 30”
32.36775
15.0395
6,613,988
15” X 30”’
21.57825
16.1955
9,782,260
15” X 30”’
27.69425
21.589
63,440
TOTAL # of Cells
17,135,520
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What we have heard to date
Comment
Lowers competitive edge
Areas staked up quickly
No work done
Speculative staking
GIS representations of data layers
Where are existing claims?
Solution
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→Re-staking rules
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→Ask for voluntary submission of claim
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→ Prepare now
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Up-front work deposits
Up-front work deposits
Scaled work requirements
Complete data conversion
corner coordinates
Slow internet in Nunavut
Credit card payments
No credit card?
Transition
How do I convert? What if I don’t
want to convert?
Solution will be light
Purchase pre-paid VISA cards from
Post Offices
Period of time (90 days) where no
staking will be allowed
Prefer mandatory conversion
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The Plan
2012
• Award long term contract to solution provider
• Data conversion and audit/clean up
• Regulatory drafting process
2013
• Replace MINERS
• Provide online services that do not require
regulatory change
• Gazette part I
2014
• Canada Gazette II
• Transition
• Implement online map selection
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Expectations
• Mining Recorder’s Office will transition into new internal database
– Opportunity to offer online payment for certain applications such as Prospector’s
Licence
• Work on transition measures for locating existing claims
– Requires some industry input
• Work on regulatory changes
– Expect to engage in dialogue through Canada Gazette process
– Potential to have a small working group
• Update at NMS 2013
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Thank You
Contact Information:
Anna North
[email protected]
819-956-0291
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