The International NatGold Council’s primary mission is to develop legislative policies and set integrity standards for the NatGold industry, focusing on the comprehensive tokenization and monetization ecosystem. This mission is vital for cultivating a robust NatGold industry characterized by the utmost monetary integrity for NatGold coins.

In addition to its policy-making activities, the Council is committed to globally promoting the NatGold marketplace. Through strategic marketing and targeted media campaigns, it seeks to inform the worldwide community about the exceptional advantages of NatGold, establishing it as the leading asset-backed digital currency.

The roles of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM) in the context of National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) are distinct yet complementary:

1. Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA):

Regulatory Role: The CSA is responsible for regulating securities laws in Canada, including the enforcement of NI 43-101. Its primary function is to ensure compliance with the rules and standards set for the public disclosure of scientific and technical information on mineral projects.

Investor Protection: The CSA aims to protect investors by ensuring that the disclosures about mineral projects are truthful, complete, and comply with the regulations, thus helping investors make informed decisions.

2. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM):

Standards Development: The CIM is instrumental in developing the definitions and standards that are incorporated into NI 43-101. They provide the framework and guidelines used to report on mineral resources and reserves.

Expertise and Guidance: CIM offers guidance based on the expertise of professionals in the mining industry. This includes best practices in documentation and reporting that companies must follow to align with NI 43-101 standards.Essentially, while the CIM provides the technical definitions and standards, the CSA enforces these standards within the legal framework of the Canadian securities market, ensuring that all public disclosures meet these established criteria. This system ensures that both the technical accuracy and regulatory compliance are maintained in the reporting of mineral projects.

To ensure the NatGold industry’s integrity and sustainability, it’s critical to eliminate ongoing state fees and royalties tied to traditional mining titles. Such ongoing annual costs, if applied, necessitate the issuance of new NatGold coins to cover them, risking the one-to-one correspondence between NatGold coins and certified gold resources. This could potentially dilute NatGold coins’ monetary integrity by introducing the possibility of devaluation within the ecosystem. Therefore, abolishing these fees and royalties is paramount to preserving NatGold coins as a reliable and devaluation-resistant store of value, safeguarding against the depreciation that could arise from ongoing state-imposed costs.

While U.S. Patented Land Claims offer a clear pathway for tokenization within the NatGold industry, given the presence of certified gold resources, the opportunity to obtain new Patented Land Claims was effectively closed in 1994. That year, the United States Congress enacted a moratorium that significantly restricted the issuance of new mineral patents, although it grandfathered existing claims that had fulfilled all requirements before its enactment.

To develop a truly global NatGold market, there is an urgent need for NatGold legislation that accommodates the digital mining of all certified gold resources. This legislation is critical not only at the federal and state levels in the United States but also internationally, aiming to establish a cohesive, globally recognized standard for the NatGold industry.

U.S. Patented Land Claims typically include both surface and subsurface rights, granting the owner full control over the entire property. However, it is possible for these rights to be severed, meaning that the surface rights and subsurface mineral rights can be owned separately. This process involves legally separating the ownership of the surface land from the mineral rights beneath it.

Once severed, the subsurface mineral rights can be sold, leased, or retained independently of the surface rights. This allows different parties to own and manage these distinct interests separately. Severing rights is a legal process that must comply with state and federal laws, and it often involves formal agreements and registrations to clearly define the split in ownership.

Severing the subsurface rights from the surface rights can be particularly advantageous for several reasons. For one, it allows the owner to retain the valuable subsurface mineral rights while potentially selling or leasing the surface land. More importantly, from a financial perspective, separating these rights can significantly impact the financial obligations associated with the property. In the context of U.S. Patented Land Claims, the only financial obligation typically tied to unified ownership is property taxes, which, though often minimal, still represent a recurring cost.

For tokenization purposes in the NatGold ecosystem, where no ongoing fees are acceptable to avoid devaluation of the NatGold coins from their 100% certified gold resource backing, it is imperative for owners to sever the subsurface rights containing the certified gold resources. By doing so, they effectively separate these rights from the surface rights, thus severing the title from any ongoing property taxes. This separation ensures that the subsurface rights, now free from the burden of property taxes, remain a pure asset backed solely by the certified resources they contain, ideal for use within the NatGold framework.