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The mandate of the Mines and Energy Branches includes supervision, control and direction of all matters relating to promotion, exploration and development of mineral and energy resources and related industry developments including:

• mines, minerals, quarries, and quarry materials;
• onshore petroleum resources, and in conjunction with the federal government, offshore petroleum resources;
• electrical generation and transmission;
• overall responsibility for provincial energy supply and demand;
• development, monitoring, supervision, assistance or other government intervention into any of the industries as described above;
• petroleum royalties and associated matters, within or outside the province; and
• identifying, assessing and monitoring industrial benefits commitments from major resource development projects.