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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.
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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: Search Page NovaROC
NovaROC: Acquire a right sequence: v. open map; select claims
Acquire a right sequence: Review Brookfield
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