An appeal pursuant to section 40(8) of the Mineral Tenure Act was allowed as the court found that the Chief Gold Commissioner erred in finding that there had not been a good faith attempt by the Appellant to comply with the staking requirements of the Act with respect to his mining claim and the Appellant’s non-compliance did not have a tendency to mislead
Administrative law – Natural resources – Mining leases – Gold Commissioner – Staking requirements – Judicial review – Administrative decisions – Appeals – Compliance with legislation Tyerman v. Kreft, [2004] B.C.J. No. 1016, British Columbia Supreme Court, May 19, 2004, E.R.A. Edwards J. The Appellant brought an appeal pursuant to section 40(8) of the Mineral Tenure ...