Please be advised that the Mining Act Awareness Program (MAAP) is presented here for viewing purposes only.
If you are completing MAAP to conduct business with ENDM and/or to satisfy a mandatory requirement under the Mining Act, please first register in The Mining Lands Administration System (MLAS) and complete MAAP through the application.
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The Mining Act Awareness Program (MAAP) is an online training course that provides information on the basics of the Mining Act and its provisions and regulations. The program ensures that prospectors and exploration proponents are informed before they engage in prospecting and exploration activity.
Who Must Take the MAAP?
You must complete the MAAP if:
- You are applying for or renewing an existing prospector's licence.
- You hold a lifetime prospector's licence.
- You are listed as a "qualified supervisor" on an exploration plan or permit.
You may also want to take the MAAP if:
- You are a private land owner or a member or representative of an Aboriginal Community that may engage or work with prospectors and the mineral exploration industry.
- You are interested in the mining sequence or the Mining Act.
Topics Covered by the MAAP
The MAAP covers a wide range of important topics such as:
- The purpose of the Mining Act and its regulations, including the operational policies that outline how early exploration activities are to be carried out in Ontario.
- Aboriginal and treaty rights.
- The rights of private land owners, and other users of the land when planning for early exploration activities
- The requirements for carrying out early exploration activities.
- Resources available to assist in preparing for online mining claim registration and early exploration activities.
Resources
- Contact the Provincial Recording Office for more information about prospector’s licences, online registration of a mining claim, assessment work requirements and leasing of mining claims.
- Ontario’s Mining Act and regulations - The complete Mining Act of Ontario and its regulations
- Minister’s required fees provides information on fees as required under the Mining Act.
- Guidelines for Mineral collecting - please consult the Data Management Unit.
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry provides information regarding various other uses and users of public land.
- Ontario Ministry of the Environment (Environmental Registry) - provides "public notices" about environmental matters being proposed by all government ministries covered by the Environmental Bill of Rights, including exploration permits.
- Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s e3Plus: A Framework for Responsible Exploration
- Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada provides information about the Acts, Bills and Regulations that affect Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), as well as land claims and historic treaties.
- Ontario Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation provides information about aboriginal communities, Land Claims and Reconciliation in Ontario.
- Aboriginal Canada Portal provides information on aboriginal communities Land Claims and Treaties.
- The Atlas of Canada provides maps and data regarding treaties and the history of treaties, including maps showing treaty boundaries.