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Perhaps there is some confusion. Claim holders would not have to pay the NOW fee if they are not going to be submitting a Notice of Work (NOW) which is needed if you are going to use machinery such as excavators or drilling rigs etc etc. Hand shoveling into a highbanker is NOT needed for a NOW.

#22: Okanagan Gold Prospector - Re:

There is no confusion:

If the government is going to place a $2,000 fee for a NOW to do exploratory work with an mechanical equipment including a dredge, how long will it be before owning your claim and you're working it with a pan and shovel will be taxed at $1,000.00 a year?  No with a highbanker at the moment You Don't fit into this category, and this has been explained, however who is next in line to pay a higher fee?  The small operators will be gone; high bankers and hand tools will follow up with getting more cells, and it will be impossible to do all the hours to keep your claims up, and you will be paying through the nose to keep your cell.  So the moral of this story is those claims will be abandoned, and eventually there will be no Placer Mining.  The recreation we all love will be long gone.   There is only one way and that is United for the Future of Placer Mining.

#22: Okanagan Gold Prospector - Re:

Actually, as I already posted, MTO told me that even for hand work, using a pump, requires a NOW to be submitted.

It is the PERMIT that they decide to either give you or tell you "officially" that no permit is required.