{"id":1742,"date":"2024-04-23T12:37:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/?page_id=1742"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:44:22","slug":"the-mineral-tenure-act-and-mining-in-bc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/the-mineral-tenure-act-and-mining-in-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mineral Tenure Act and Mining in BC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-container\"><div class=\"engagement-page\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-content\"><bcgov-breadcrumb>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\">Home<\/a>\n                          <span>\n        The Mineral Tenure Act and Mining in BC\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bcgov-engagement-header \">The Mineral Tenure Act and Mining in BC<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-bcgov-card-container lg-break-2\" id=\"card-container-f9c454d5-c71c-467c-b12e-895fa4c97b53\" style=\"background-color:transparent\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-bcgov-card align-left\" style=\"background-color:transparent;color:inherit\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mineral Tenure Act overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mineral Tenure Act (MTA) and associated regulation, the Mineral Tenure Act Regulation (MTAR) set out BC\u2019s laws on mineral titles (also referred to as claims and leases).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-bcgov-primary-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bcgov.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/r\/teams\/084642-MineralTenureActReform\/Shared%20Documents\/Mineral%20Tenure%20Act%20Reform\/Content%20to%20be%20posted\/2025-04-29%20MTA%20Overview%20.pdf?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=ktF4Lz\">Mineral Tenure Act Overview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-bcgov-card align-none\" style=\"background-color:transparent;color:inherit\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mineral Tenure Act key stages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the key stages and authorizations in the Mineral Tenure Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-bcgov-primary-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bcgov.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/r\/teams\/084642-MineralTenureActReform\/Shared%20Documents\/Mineral%20Tenure%20Act%20Reform\/Content%20to%20be%20posted\/Mineral%20Tenure%20Act%20Key%20Stages.pdf?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=LZjP1X\">Mineral Tenure Act Key Stages<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-bcgov-card-container lg-break-2\" id=\"card-container-7279aaa5-7ce3-4e7b-aabf-bb08bcbc2cf6\" style=\"background-color:transparent\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-bcgov-card align-none\" style=\"background-color:transparent;color:inherit\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mineral Tenure Act functions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about decision-making in the Mineral Tenure Act and how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-bcgov-primary-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bcgov.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/t\/07424\/EQEj5Dl3opZBudvLZ6Y2fhYBgcE6x5RpcvXKkDuJzirv4g?e=AYaVjd\">Mineral Tenure Act Functions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-bcgov-card align-none\" style=\"background-color:transparent;color:inherit\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B.C. mining legislation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Several provincial Acts and Regulations govern mining in B.C. Learn more about how these acts and regulations work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-bcgov-primary-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bcgov.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/r\/teams\/084642-MineralTenureActReform\/Shared%20Documents\/Mineral%20Tenure%20Act%20Reform\/Content%20to%20be%20posted\/BC%20Mining%20Legislation%2020240405.pdf?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=zCiQSC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BC Mining Legislation 20240405<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/industry\/mineral-exploration-mining\/mineral-titles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mineral Titles &#8211; Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/industry\/mineral-exploration-mining\/mineral-titles\/mineral-placer-titles\/mineraltitlesonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mineral Titles Online &#8211; Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/industry\/mineral-exploration-mining\/criticalminerals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Critical minerals &#8211; Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-sidebar\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related Links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5671,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1742","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2937,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1742\/revisions\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}