Nova Scotia Natural Resources Registry of Mineral and Petroleum Titles John MacNeil 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 NovaROC 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 NovaROC Business Process and Requirements Buy versus Build Develop/Adapt application Testing and Data Loading Delivery and Training Implementation of online rights management August 26, 2013!
Learning to use NovaROC Online Help Video tutorials Help manuals Live Help Call the Registry Registry Kiosks
NovaROC User Interface
NovaROC Main Page
NovaROC: Map Viewer Display of Mineral Rights
NovaROC: Search Page NovaROC
NovaROC: Login screen
NovaROC: Main page
NovaROC: Acquire an Exploration Licence
NovaROC: (a. Right type Exploration Licence)
NovaROC: 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
Confirmation of Transaction
NovaROC: 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