The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun fears the spill could devastate fisheries, hunting grounds and groundwater. Dozens of dead fish were recently found in a creek near the mine
Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine site north of Mayo, Y.T., is shown in this handout aerial photo taken July 3.The Yukon government is hopeful that the site of a catastrophic cyanide spill in the territory can be sufficiently remediated to allow the restart of gold mining.in late June. About two million tonnes broke through the company’s containment zone and spilled into the local environment.
“We still hold out hope that mining can occur at this site, that there can be mitigation to return the site to a viable mine,” said Tracy-Anne McPhee, Yukon’s Minister of Justice, at a news conference on Friday. The cause of the rock collapse at Eagle has yet to be determined, but Victoria Gold chief executive John McConnell told The Globe and Mail earlier in the week that he suspects it was caused by uncontrolled buildup of fluid on the heap leach rock pile.
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