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Yukon government ready to step in after mine disaster, firm’s silence ‘unhelpful’
WHITEHORSE, YUKON, CANADA — Yukon’s deputy mining minister says it’s “unfortunate and frankly unhelpful” that the owners of the Eagle Gold mine have been “silent in general” about action to remedy a disastrous ore slide that spilt hundreds of millions of litres of cyanide solution.
Lauren Haney says Victoria Gold has been “doing a lot of work” to treat and divert contaminated water, but it may not be enough, and the Yukon government is contemplating stepping in to “complement and supplement” the company’s work.
Haney says an independent review panel will be appointed to investigate what happened at the mine on June 24, with the government already in contact with “world-class experts.”
Yukon mineral resources director Kelly Constable says the situation at the mine site is in flux, and the company is running out of storage space for contaminated water in the mine’s ponds.