Nova Scotia Natural Resources Registry of Mineral and

Nova Scotia Natural Resources Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles John Mac. Neil November 13, 2013

The Registry: Responsible for administration of Crown Mineral and Onshore Petroleum Rights • Receives applications for mineral and petroleum rights and issues and registers licences or leases • Maintains maps of current rights disposition • Monitors exploration activities in Nova Scotia • Provides information on past exploration and mining activities

The Mineral and Petroleum Registry Current Status: • Over 880, 000 Acres of land under Licence for mineral exploration • Over 2 million acres under licence for onshore petroleum exploration

The Mineral and Petroleum Registry • Exploration work must be done each year to maintain licence and must be submitted and approved before the licence is renewed • In the last 8 years this work ranged between $3, 743, 728 and $15, 035, 159 per year

The Registry Modernization Project • Background • Problems with existing manual system • Benefits of new system • Steps to implement new system • Current Status

Old system • Client Records • Applications • Licences • Leases

Old system • Manual map updates daily • 500 mapsheets

Benefits of Nova. ROC • Faster processing of applications • Better service delivery • Ability to analyze data in timely fashion • Capability to deliver service over Internet • Capability to accept Assessment Reports digitally • Other Provinces already using similar tools

Steps to implement Nova. ROC üBusiness Process and Requirements üBuy versus Build üDevelop/Adapt application ü Testing and Data Loading ü Delivery and Training ü Implementation of online rights management August 26, 2013!

Learning to use Nova. ROC Online Help • Video tutorials • Help manuals Live Help • Call the Registry • Registry Kiosks

Nova. ROC User Interface

Nova. ROC Main Page

Nova. ROC: Map Viewer Display of Mineral Rights

Nova. ROC: Search Page Nova. ROC

Nova. ROC: Login screen

Nova. ROC: Main page

Nova. ROC: Acquire an Exploration Licence

Nova. ROC: (a. Right type Exploration Licence)

Nova. ROC: Acquire a right sequence: v. open map; select claims

By EL: 06740 in Brookfield

Acquire a right sequence: Review Brookfield

Acquire a right sequence: Checkout for Online Payment

E-mail Confirmation of Transaction

Nova. ROC: Display map with claims that application has just been made. Pending EL # is 1467

The Mineral and Petroleum Registry Modernization Project • Questions? Please Drop by the Registry booth for a live demo of