Mineral Land Reserve (Conditional Mineral Claim Registrations) Regulation

153/2011 Chief Gold Commissioner September 1, 2011 Mineral Tenure Act Mineral Land Reserve (Conditional Mineral Claim Registrations) Regulation [includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 222/2025, December 2, 2025] *NOTE: IN THE TABLE, THE COLUMN HEADED "B.C. Reg. Historical Notes" DOES NOT FORM PART OF THE ACTUAL REGULATION BUT IS THERE FOR REFERENCE ONLY. This consolidated regulation has been included for the convenience of interested persons. There are many other reserve regulations that are not included in this consolidation service. 153_2011_pit Definitions 1 In this regulation: land includes foreshore and land covered by water; land district has the same meaning as in the Land Act ; mining division means a mining division established under section 3 of the Mineral Tenure Act ; site number means the site number given in the registry to a particular mineral reserve shown on an electronic map in the registry. [am. B.C. Reg. 22/2012, s. 1 (a).] Reserve established or continued 2 A mineral reserve for all minerals is established or continued over each parcel or tract of land identified by a site number and name set out in Column 1 of the Table, within the mining division and land district set out in Column 2 of the Table opposite the site number and name. [am. B.C. Regs. 22/2012, s. 1 (b); 82/2012, s. (a).] Conditional registration 3 A free miner may register a mineral claim in a reserve established or continued by section 2 subject to the conditions listed in section 4. [am. B.C. Reg. 82/2012, s. (a).] Conditions 4 A free miner must not obstruct, endanger or interfere with, or allow any other person to obstruct, endanger or interfere with, the construction, operation or maintenance of a transmission line, pipeline or other work, structure or activity that is in a reserve established or continued by section 2 and set out in Column 3 of the Table opposite the site number and name of the reserve. [am. B.C. Regs. 22/2012, s. 1 (c); 82/2012, s. (a).] Table (in order by site number) COLUMN 1 Site Number and Site Name COLUMN 2 Mining Division and Land District COLUMN 3 Work, Structure or Activity B.C. Reg. Historical Notes 1005462 Hartley Bay Hydroelectric Project Skeena Mining Division Range 4 Coast Land District hydroelectric project established by 153/2011 amended by 154/2011 1005542 Wellington Substation Nanaimo Mining Division Cranberry Land District hydroelectric project established by 47/2012 1005762 John Hart Generating Facility [continued] Nanaimo Mining Division Sayward Land District hydroelectric project established by 47/2012 continued as Site 1005902 by 82/2012 1005822 Honolulu Road Relocation [cancelled] Cariboo Mining Division Cariboo Land District highway improvement project established by 22/2012 cancelled by 266/2012 1005902 John Hart Generating Facility [cancelled] Nanaimo Mining Division Sayward Land District hydroelectric project established as Site 1005762 by 47/2012 continued by 82/2012 cancelled by 42/2025 1006102 Jumbo Glacier Resort Recreation Area [cancelled] Golden Mining Division Kootenay Land District ski development established by 296/2012 cancelled by 141/2021 1006133 Cape Scott Wind Farm Transmission Line Nanaimo Mining Division Rupert Land District transmission line established by 5/2013 1006449 Lower Wahleach Hydroelectric Project Vancouver Mining Division New Westminster Land District hydroelectric project established by 36/2015 1006471 English Creek Hydro Project [cancelled] Revelstoke Mining Division Kamloops Division of Yale Land District hydroelectric project established by 36/2015 cancelled by 222/2025 1006528 Woodfibre Creek LNG Vancouver Mining Division New Westminster Land District LNG facility established by 128/2015 1006545 Tamihi Creek New Westminster Mining Division New Westminster and Yale Division of Yale Land Districts hydroelectric project established by 123/2016 1006546 Hunter Creek New Westminster Mining Division Yale Division of Yale Land District hydroelectric project established by 123/2016 1006558 Wedgemount Creek Vancouver Mining Division New Westminster Land District hydroelectric project established by 121/2016 1006592 Long Lake Hydro Project Skeena Mining Division Cassiar Land District hydroelectric project established by 123/2016 1006612 Bouleau Mountain Nicola and Vernon Mining Divisions Kamloops Division of Yale and Osoyoos Division of Yale Land Districts wind power project established by 157/2016 1006613 Wart and Pothole Nicola and Similkameen Mining Divisions Kamloops Division of Yale Land District wind power project established by 157/2016 1006614 Mount Hays Skeena Mining Division Range 5 Coast Land District wind power project established by 157/2016 1006617 Fosthall Creek Hydro Project Slocan Mining Division Kootenay Land District hydroelectric project established by 170/2016 1006658 Serpentine Creek transmission line [cancelled] Kamloops Mining Division Kamloops Division of Yale Land District transmission line established by 4/2017 cancelled by 222/2025 1006660 Long Lake Hydro Transmission Line Skeena Mining Division Cassiar Land District transmission line established by 30/2017 1006754 Trans-Canada 4-Laning (Kicking Horse Canyon) Golden Mining Division Kootenay Land District highway improvement project established by 187/2019 1006878 Zincton Ski Resort Development Slocan Mining Division Kootenay Land District ski development established by 159/2020 [Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Mineral Tenure Act , R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 292, section 22]