MAYO, YUKON — Yukon's mining minister says elevated levels of cyanide have been detected in a waterway after an equipment failure and slide of ore at Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine last week.
MAYO, YUKON — Yukon's mining minister says elevated levels of cyanide have been detected in a waterway after an equipment failure and slide of ore at Victoria Gold's Eagle Mine last week.
Streicker has told a briefing that elevated cyanide levels of about 40 parts per billion were collected in a creek, a level higher than the allowable five parts per billion, and which"could potentially affect fish." Streicker says whether the cyanide actually affects fish will depend on other chemicals in the water.
The failure occurred at a heap-leach facility, which uses a cyanide solution to percolate through crushed ore and extract gold.
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