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North Mountain Wilderness Area Designation

made under subsection 11(3) of the

Wilderness Area Protection Act

S.N.S. 1998, c. 27

O.I.C. 2015-399 (December 29, 2015), N.S. Reg. 399/2015

Order approved by O.I.C. 2015-399

I, Randy Delorey, Minister of Environment for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to clause

11(3)(

a) of

Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1998, the Wilderness Areas Protection Act , hereby

designate an area of Crown land near Marble Mountain in Inverness County, with approximate

boundaries as shown on the map attached as Appendix A, as a wilderness area to be known as

North Mountain Wilderness Area.

The actual boundaries of North Mountain Wilderness Area shall be as described and shown on

a description and plan signed by the Director of Surveys and deposited in the Provincial Crown

Land Information Management Centre, formerly known as the Provincial Crown Land Records

Centre, as required by subsection 11(3) of the Act, the signed description and plan forming part

of this designation.

This designation is effective on and after the later of the date it is approved by the Governor in

Council and the date the description and plan are deposited in the Provincial Crown Land

Information Management Centre, except for any portion of the land that is subject to any of the

following mineral rights (referred to in this Order as “excepted portion of land”):

(

a) the following mineral rights (individually referred to in this Order as “existing

mineral right”):

(

i) exploration licence number 09624, or any valid continuation of the mineral

right granted by that exploration licence, issued to ScoZinc Limited or its

successor or approved transferee under the Mineral Resources Act ,

(ii) exploration licence number 50522, or any valid continuation of the mineral

right granted by that exploration licence, issued to Perry R. MacKinnon or his

successor or approved transferee under the Mineral Resources Act ,

(

b) any subsequent exploration licence issued under the Mineral Resources Act within 1

year following the surrender, abandonment, forfeiture, expiration, cancellation or

termination of an existing mineral right for any portion of the land formerly subject

to that existing mineral right, or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted

by the subsequent exploration licence.

This designation is effective for an excepted portion of land on and after the date the Minister of

Environment publishes a notice in the Royal Gazette

Part I to that effect, which shall be done

following the later of:

(

a) the end of 1 year after the date an existing mineral right no longer applies to the

excepted portion of land as a result of the surrender, abandonment, forfeiture,

expiration, cancellation, or termination of that existing mineral right; and

(

b) the date any subsequent exploration licence issued under the Mineral Resources Act

for the excepted portion of land within the 1-year period referred to in clause (a), or

any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that subsequent exploration

licence, no longer applies to the excepted portion of land as a result of the surrender,

abandonment, forfeiture, expiration, cancellation or termination of that subsequent

exploration licence or continued mineral right.

Dated and made at Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia, December 1, 2015.

sgd: Randy Delorey

Honourable Randy Delorey

Minister of Environment

Appendix A

Map Showing Approximate Boundaries of

North Mountain Wilderness Area