Much of the on-site contamination is being stored in two legacy storage ponds, which were not designed to treat heavy levels of cyanide concentration
Two giant storage ponds containing toxic cyanide from the June rock slide at the Eagle mine in the Yukon are nearing capacity owing to the inability to treat water tainted by the catastrophe, raising the risk of yet another spill. Victoria Gold Corp.’s outdoor gold-processing facility in late June, causing massive damage to mine infrastructure and contamination.
, Nicolas Harvey, former manager of engineering and projects at Victoria Gold, told The Globe and Mail Eagle is located about 375 kilometres north of Whitehorse and 85 kilometres north of the village of Mayo, on the traditional territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun. The cost to clean up the contamination and remediate the site has been pegged at up to $150-million by the Yukon government and projected to last into next year.
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