What is a claim Grouping?
Grouping claims allows work done on one claim to be applied to another adjacent claim. Example: You do $800 worth of work on claim A, and none on claim B. You need to apply $400 worth of work to claim B or it will lapse. You apply to have claims A and B grouped. When you submit your assessment report, you state on your Form 9 that you want only $400 of the new work applied to claim A and the other $400 applied to claim B. In order to group claims, the claims must be touching each other (side-by side, one on top of the other, or corner-to-corner). The grouped area must not exceed 5,165 acres (two full size claims). Grouping claims does not mean that the claims join together to become one claim – they are still separate claims. If you want to group claims, an application Form 7 (Notice to Group) must be filled out and submitted to the Nunavut Mining Recorder’s Office. The cost of grouping is $10.00 per grouping. For more information on grouping claims, you can refer to section 37 of the
