Government officials said the company is running out of space in storage ponds and currently isn’t able to treat all of the effluent
A satellite image shows Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Mine in the Yukon Territory after a landslide. Four million tonnes of cyanide-laced rocks collapsed June 24 at an outdoor heap-leach processing facility.Eagle mine site, as doubts grow about the company’s ability to prevent further environmental damage following a catastrophic heap-leach failure last month.June 24 at an outdoor heap-leach processing facility at the gold mine in central Yukon .
Lauren Haney, Yukon’s Deputy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, at a news conference on Thursday, said that while the territorial government is still working closely with Victoria Gold and issuing directives on how best to manage contaminated water and prevent another landslide, it may be forced to take matters into its own hands.
After cyanide-laced rock collapse at Eagle gold mine, Yukon government signals it will tighten safety rulesVictoria Gold on July 12 raised doubts about its ability to fund the remediation of the site. Earlier, the company said it received notices of default from creditors. As of the end of March, the company had $27.7-million in cash versus $230-million in debt.
Heap leaching involves stacking mined ore into outdoor piles and then sprinkling it with water laced with cyanide. The solution causes gold to leach from the ore into a lined pond. The mixture is then pumped to an enclosed facility, where the precious metal is collected
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