Continuing with the…

Continuing with the commentary that the CCFMS concerns are included in this ERO 019-6692 submission.

Please note that Central Canadian Federation of Mineralogical Societies (CCFMS) is identified below.
The CCFMS is a public entity in Ontario; therefore, does NOT expect "personal" privacy.
The CCFMS is not ashamed to publicly acknowledge our commentary as well as our involvement.

This is comment NINE of 11 comments that the CCFMS feels are critical to the Ontario Hobby Mineral Collecting Guide:

Page 6 – Respecting landowners’ rights when hobby mineral collecting
• The last clause states “Any arrangements reached between the hobby mineral collector and the third-party interest holder regarding access, timing, extraction methods, and otherwise are considered private as between them, and the ministry has no regulatory control or involvement.”

• This clause would seemingly allow hobby mineral collectors to use collecting methods (e.g., power saws and micro-blasters) where the surface rights are privately held and the third party holding the surface rights agrees, even where the mining rights are held by the Crown. In other words, it would seemingly allow mineral collectors to use collecting methods held that would not be allowed under the provisions listed on page 2 under “About hobby mineral collecting.”

• The CCFMS recommends that this inconsistency be reconciled to avoid confusion on the part of hobby mineral collectors.