Law360 Canada ( June 22, 2026, 9:39 AM EDT) -- Appeal by QMC Quantum Minerals Corp. (QMC) from orders dismissing its application for certiorari to quash an equipment removal order and dismissing its application for mandamus compelling Manitoba to determine its 2024 exploration permit application. QMC held a recorded mining claim and had for years received one year provincial park exploration permits for its lithium exploration project at the Irgon mine site. The 2023 permit required QMC to remove equipment from the site before expiry. QMC did not comply. After the permit expired, a conservation officer issued a removal order requiring the equipment to be removed. The Parks Branch later advised that it would not issue a further exploration permit while the removal order remained outstanding. QMC argued that once its mining claim was recorded under the Mines and Minerals Act (Mines Act), the Parks Branch no longer had authority under the Provincial Parks Act (Parks Act) to regulate its occupation and use of the land, including by permit conditions or a removal order. It further argued that applications respecting mineral rights or surface rights in a provincial park were to be determined by the Director of Mines, and that the abandoned objects provision in the park activities regulation did not apply to industrial mining equipment. Manitoba argued that a purposive interpretation of the Parks Act and its relationship with the Mines Act supported the conclusion that the mining claim was subject to regulation by the Parks Branch. The issues were whether the Parks Branch reasonably interpreted its statutory authority to regulate the use and occupation of land within a provincial park that was subject to a mining claim, whether the removal order was authorized, and whether the refusal to issue a new permit was reasonable....