The ministry's mandate is to manage Crown coal, mineral and placer rights in a manner that:
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provides continuing economic benefit from resource development;
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supports an active industry; and
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is responsive to public concerns.
To fulfill the mandate, the ministry administers the laws and manages the recording system pertaining to the acquisition and maintenance of mineral, placer and coal rights in the province. The ministry maintains records and maps which indicate areas available for location and acquisition of title as well as the location and status of mineral and coal titles acquired under the Mineral Tenure Act and Coal Act. |
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Phone
North America:
1-866-616-4999
Lower Mainland /
Outside North America:
604-660-2672
Email
Mineral.Titles@gov.bc.ca
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VANCOUVER OFFICE - TEMPORARY RELOCATION (posted: December 1, 2009)
Effective, December 2, 2009, the Vancouver Mineral Titles Branch will be located on the 7th Floor, 865 Hornby Street until March 2010.
February 2010 - Vancouver (posted: February 3, 2010)
With the Vancouver 2010 Olympics just around the corner, the branch would like to remind clients that getting to Vancouver might be difficult. Although the office will be operating as usual, if possible, we recommend filing work on your claims or registering other transactions ahead of time.
- The Service BC office in Maple Ridge and the FrontCounterBC office in Surrey also administer MTO and take cash/cheque payments as well as perform BCeID identity proofing.
- Work reports can be uploaded to MTO, submitted by email or sent via Canada Post/Courier to the Vancouver Mineral Titles Branch office.
Ministry of Finance - Increases to NSF cheque charges (posted: December 17, 2009)
Please be advised that the Ministry of Finance has increased the charge for NSF cheques to $30.00, effective November 2, 2009, issued under Section 47(1) of the Financial Administration Act.
MTO - Tenure Overlap Report (posted: August 12, 2009)
A help guide for the Tenure Overlap Report that Mineral Titles Online generates is now available. The Tenure Overlap Report includes the AME BC's Aboriginal Engagement Toolkit that will assist clients with Aboriginal consultations.
Release of MTO version 1.7.1 (updated: September 24, 2009)
On May 20, 2009, several mapping improvements and administrative changes were made to MTO for version 1.7.1. For more information on the changes, which includes Information Update 30, please visit: http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Titles/MineralTitles/mto/Pages/versions.aspx
Cell Availability upon Automatic Forfeiture of Tenure (updated: May 13, 2009)
Information Update 30: Cells previously held by a forfeited claim will now become available at 10:00:01 am (PST) on the day the forfeiture event was registered. Date of implementation May 20, 2009 - This change will occur with the application delivery of Mineral Titles Online version 1.7.1. More information...
Coordinate readout on status bar on MTO Map Viewer (posted: February 19, 2009)
Click here for a solution for those clients who upgraded from Internet Explorer 6 to Internet Explorer 7 or higher and lost the coordinate readout. More information...
Legacy Claim Map Confirmation (posted: August 12, 2008)
Information & Resources to help locate/navigate to legacy claim boundaries as defined on Mineral Titles Online (MTO) maps
Frequently Asked Questions (posted: August 12, 2008)
A series of web pages that address Frequently Asked Questions from clients
Uranium and Thorium Reserve (posted: May 6, 2008)
• News Release (
21kb) - Government Confirms Position on Uranium Development
• BC Regulation 82-2008 ( 41kb) - Uranium and Thorium Reserve Regulation
Landowner Notification (posted: April 24, 2008)
Amendments to the Mineral Tenure Act bring into force landowner notification effective June 2, 2008.
