Publications: How To Guides

• Downloading GIS Data via DataBC (PDF)

Much of Mineral Titles related shapefiles and data is publicly available to download from the BC Geographic Warehouse via DataBC. Visit our Data & GIS pages for more information about the available datasets.

• Tenure/Title Overlap Report (PDF)

Understanding the Tenure/Title Overlap Report (TOR) that is automatically generated and emailed to the recorded holder upon successful registration of a new title.

• Physical Work Report Map (PDF)

Step-by-step instructions on how to create a map for your physical work report using the MTO IMF2 web map viewer.

• Using iMapBC (Silverlight) to symboloize titles (PDF)

Step-by-step instructions on how to use iMapBC (Silverlight) to symbolize titles differently from surrounding titles.

• Landowner Notification

Information, guidelines and procedures for Free Miners, mineral titles holders, and landowners about notice requirements for mining activities on private land and Land Act Leases.

• Mineral Land Statusing using the ILRR (PDF)

Instructions on statusing mineral lands using the Integrated Land Resource Registry (ILRR).

• Creating KML files using the ILRR (PDF)

Instructions on how to use the Integrated Land Resource Registry (ILRR) to create Keyhole Markup Language (KML) files for use in applications such as Google Earth.

• Tenure/Title Overlap Report: Federal Transfer of Administration and Control Interests (PDF)

Using your Tenure Overlap Report to understand Federal Transfer of Administration and Control Interests using the Integrated Land Resource Registry.