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Nova Scotia Natural Resources Mineral Resources Branch

Nova Scotia Natural Resources Mineral Resources Branch. Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles. The Registry Modernization Project. John MacNeil October 29, 2012. The Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles. About the Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles - ‘What we do’ –

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Nova Scotia Natural Resources Mineral Resources Branch

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  1. Nova Scotia Natural ResourcesMineral Resources Branch Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles The Registry Modernization Project John MacNeil October 29, 2012

  2. The Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles • About the Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles - ‘What we do’ – • Current status of Rights • The Registry Modernization Project

  3. 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

  4. The Mineral and Petroleum Registry Current Status: • Over 700,000 Acres of land under Licence for mineral exploration • Almost 3 million acres under licence for onshore petroleum exploration

  5. The Mineral and Petroleum Registry Current Status: • More than $11 million in exploration expenditures recorded this year (September 2012) • 60 new prospectors registered (September 2011)

  6. The Mineral and Petroleum Registry • Exploration work must be done each year to maintain licence • In 2009 this was $3,743,728 • In 2008 this was $15,035,159 This work must be approved before licence is renewed

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

  8. Existing system • Client Records • Applications • Licences • Leases

  9. Existing system • Manual map updates daily • 500 mapsheets

  10. Existing system • Paper-based with DOS-based database(1980’s) • No Longer supported

  11. Existing system • Forms completed by hand or typewriter

  12. Problems • Slow processing • Client and staff frustration • Potential for errors • Inability to quickly obtain current statistics

  13. Benefits of new system • 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

  14. New System

  15. Steps to implement new system • Business Process and Requirements • Buy versus Build • Develop/Adapt application • Testing and Data Loading • Delivery and Training • Implementation of online rights management

  16. Project Timetable • Back office system Go-Live Q1 2013 • Client (internet) system Go-live Q2 2013

  17. NovaROC User Interface

  18. NovaROC: Map Viewer Display of Mineral Rights

  19. NovaROC: Search Page NovaROC

  20. NovaROC: Login screen

  21. NovaROC: Main page

  22. NovaROC: Acquire an Exploration Licence

  23. NovaROC: (a. Right type Exploration Licence)

  24. NovaROC: Acquire a right sequence: v. open map; select claims

  25. By EL:06740 in Brookfield

  26. Acquire a right sequence: vi. Review Brookfield

  27. Acquire a right sequence: vii.b Checkout for Online Payment

  28. E-mail Confirmation of Transaction

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

  30. The Mineral and Petroleum Registry Modernization Project • Questions? Please Drop by the Registry booth

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