{"id":7,"date":"2021-10-28T16:16:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T16:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/accessiblebcactstandards\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:34:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T17:34:18","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/mtareform\/background\/","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"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        Background\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bcgov-engagement-header \">Background<\/h1>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mineral Tenure Act and related regulations set out BC\u2019s laws on mineral tenure (i.e. the system for registering and maintaining mineral claims and leases)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Mineral Tenure Act governs who can register claims; 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