M-13.1 - Mining Act

Section 232 Disposition versions

2024-11-29

232. The following persons must rehabilitate and restore, in accordance with this Act, the land on which they carry out their mining activities in order to make reparation for any harm caused to the environment:

(1)  every holder of a mining right who performs exploration work determined by regulation or agrees to such work being performed on the land subject to his mining right;

(2)  every operator who performs mining operation work determined by regulation in respect of mineral substances listed in the regulation;

(3)  every person who operates a mineral substance processing plant of a category determined by regulation or a mineral substance concentration plant; and

(4)  every person who performs mining operation work determined by regulation in respect of tailings.

The rehabilitation and restoration obligation includes work to restore the affected land to a satisfactory condition as well as the monitoring and maintenance required to ensure follow-up to the work carried out.

1987, c. 64, s. 232; 1991, c. 23, s. 5; 2001, c. 6, s. 148; 2013, c. 32, s. 85; 2024, c. 36, s. 84.

2013-12-10

232. (Repealed).

1987, c. 64, s. 232; 1991, c. 23, s. 5; 2001, c. 6, s. 148; 2013, c. 32, s. 85.

2001-06-27

232. Every holder of mining rights and every operator who temporarily or permanently discontinues mining activities shall take the protective measures prescribed by regulation and, when the land subject to mining rights or mining operations is situated in a territory delimited, by ministerial order, for non-exclusive purposes of recreation, tourism, plant-life or wildlife conservation or the preservation of an exceptional forest ecosystem classified by the Minister, he shall take such additional protective measures as the Minister may determine.

If the holder or operator fails to take the measures, the Minister may cause them to be taken at the expense of the holder or operator.

The first paragraph does not apply in the case of a strike, lock-out, cessation of underground exploration or operation of a mine for a period of less than six months or for a longer period where the mine is under the supervision of a watchman who carries out a weekly inspection of underground works.

1987, c. 64, s. 232; 1991, c. 23, s. 5; 2001, c. 6, s. 148.

1991-11-14

232. Every holder of mining rights and every operator who temporarily or permanently discontinues mining activities shall take the protective measures prescribed by regulation and, when the land subject to mining rights or mining operations is situated in a territory delimited, by ministerial order, for non-exclusive purposes of recreation, tourism or plant-life or wildlife conservation, he shall take such additional protective measures as the Minister may determine.

If the holder or operator fails to take the measures, the Minister may cause them to be taken at the expense of the holder or operator.

The first paragraph does not apply in the case of a strike, lock-out, cessation of underground exploration or operation of a mine for a period of less than six months or for a longer period where the mine is under the supervision of a watchman who carries out a weekly inspection of underground works.

1987, c. 64, s. 232; 1991, c. 23, s. 5.

1988-10-24

232. Every holder of mining rights and every operator who temporarily or permanently discontinues mining activities shall take the protective measures prescribed by regulation.

If the holder or operator fails to take the measures, the Minister may cause them to be taken at the expense of the holder or operator.

The first paragraph does not apply in the case of a strike, lock-out, cessation of underground exploration or operation of a mine for a period of less than six months or for a longer period where the mine is under the supervision of a watchman who carries out a weekly inspection of underground works.

1987, c. 64, s. 232.