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Right to minerals

Under Canadian Energy Regulator Act section 337, companies acquiring land through compulsory powers do not automatically own minerals (coal, oil, gas, metals, ores, slate) unless expressly purchased. All minerals are presumed reserved from transfers except where explicitly included in transfer documents, though companies may extract minerals necessary for constructing authorized works.

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Right to minerals

337 A company is not, unless they have been expressly purchased, entitled to mines, ores, metals, coal, slate, oil, gas or other minerals in or under lands purchased by it, or taken by it under compulsory powers given to it by this Act, except only the parts of them that are necessary to be dug, carried away or used in the construction of the works, and, except as provided in this section, all those mines and minerals are deemed to be excepted from the transfer of the lands, unless they have been expressly included in the transfer documents.

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https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.1/section-337.html

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