The situation highlights an emerging tug of war between Quebec’s desire to stoke new, private-sector mining development and citizens fearful of the effects of industrial expansion
Quebeckers living outside big cities are taking the unusual step of buying mining claims on their own properties to shield them from commercial exploration, amid a new wave of interest in the province’s mineral potential.
Under Quebec regulations, anyone can buy a mining claim on an electronic registry online for as little as $75, regardless of whether they own the property they are claiming, and with no requirement that they notify whoever does own it. A claim gives the holder an exclusive right to mine the land it covers, and is good for an initial three-year period, with possible renewals.
Buying a claim on one’s own land, advocates of the practice say, is a way to head off these nuisances and assert control over what they characterize as a free-for-all. He added that it would be impossible to make large tracts of land off limits to mining claims “and at the same time require and demand the metals and commodities of modern life.”government’s mining title management system, there are now some 330,000 active mining claims across the province. That’s nearly twice the amount in place in October, 2020. Areas that previously attracted less interest, such as southwestern Quebec, have seen particularly sharp growth.
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