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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. Old system Client Records Applications Licences Leases

7. Old system Manual map updates daily 500 mapsheets

8. 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

9. 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!

10. Learning to use NovaROC Online Help Video tutorials Help manuals Live Help Call the Registry Registry Kiosks

11. NovaROC User Interface

12. NovaROC Main Page

13. NovaROC: Map Viewer Display of Mineral Rights

14. NovaROC: Search Page NovaROC

15. NovaROC: Login screen

16. NovaROC: Main page

17. NovaROC: Acquire an Exploration Licence

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

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

21. By EL:06740 in Brookfield

22. Acquire a right sequence: Review Brookfield

23. Acquire a right sequence: Checkout for Online Payment

25. E-mail Confirmation of Transaction

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

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