By: Canadian Press
2009-04-30
06:27:05
About 100 years after it was first enacted, Ontario's Mining Act will receive an update today.
There have been complaints over provisions in the Act that allow prospectors to stake and explore on private lands.
The Canadian Press has learned the changes will modernize the way companies stake claims to be more respectful of private land.
Sources also say the legislation will clarify the rules on how mining companies deal with First Nations' communities.
