Ontario’s resident geologists program should remain intact, but recording of claims should be centralized in Sudbury, according to a report released by the province’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.
The Model Office report, which is based on consultations with prospecting groups in four Ontario cities, maintains that the core business of the ministry’s field operation is to provide information services for exploration and operating companies.
The consensus among prospectors is that the existing resident geologist and mining recorder functions should remain unchanged.
Information technology is not sufficiently mature to warrant reshaping of the resident geologists program, the reports says.
Significantly, the report concludes that the computer-based Earth Resources Land Information System (ERLIS) assessment data can not replace paper files.
It recommends that the ministry “lay to rest any fears that ERLIS will replace paper” and that resident geologists offices maintain a paper-filing system.
In addition, the report recommends that resident offices in Cobalt, Tweed and London be converted to seasonal satellite offices.
The report also advises that claim-recording be performed only in Sudbury, with “front-counter operations” to receive applications and issue claim tags.
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