Section¹

Subject

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Annual rent for mining lease per hectare³:

• on granted or alienated lands

$21/ha

• on lands in the public domain

$44/ha

41

Additional amount for a mining lease renewal form submitted in the 60 days preceding the lease expiry date

$110

42

Minimum cost of work that must be carried out each year by grantee on a mining concession, in accordance with section 119 of the Mining Act

$35/ha

45

Renewal of an exploration licence

$68

49

Non-exclusive lease to mine surface mineral substances (SMS)

$244

50

Renewal of a non-exclusive lease to mine SMS

$244

53

Exclusive lease to mine SMS other than peat-moss

Term of Lease

Amount of the rental

• 5 years or less

$2,688

• from 5 to 6 years

$3,225

• from 6 to 7 years

$3,763

• from 7 to 8 years

$4,302

• from 8 to 9 years

$4,838

• from 9 to 10 years

$5,375

Exclusive lease to produce peat-moss (15 years)

$8,063

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Exclusive lease to mine SMS, fee to increase surface area

$123

56

Exclusive lease to mine SMS, additional amount for renewal within 60 days preceding the expiry date

$110

57

Fee to extract a fixed quantity of SMS

$537

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Surface Mineral Substances

Amount of royalty

• Peat-moss

$0.05 per standard bale of extracted peat-moss

• Sand, gravel, clay and other unconsolidated deposits

$0.68/m³ of extracted substances ($0.36/m.t.)

• Building stone

$4.40/m³ of alienated substances

• Crushed stone and any stone used for construction purposes

$0.26/m.t. of extracted substances

• Stone and sand used as silica ore and any stone used for the preparation of cement, such as limestone, calcite and dolomite

$0.40/m.t. of extracted substances

• Inert mine tailings from the ore treatment or from pyrometallurgy operations and surface mineral substances other than those described in this table

$0.21/m.t. of extracted substances

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Additional amount:

Paragraph 1

Report of extraction or alienation of SMS submitted past the prescribed date

Report of extraction or alienation of SMS submitted more than 15 days past prescribed date

$50

$100

Paragraph 2, subparagraph 1

Interests accrued on the amount of royalties payable, capitalized monthly, calculated from the date on which the report should have been sent to the Minister, at the rate fixed under section 28 of the Act respecting the Ministère du Revenu (R.S.Q., c. M-31).