“We chose this course of action so that Victoria Gold and mining could resume at this site,” Yukon’s Attorney General Tracy-Anne McPhee said in a press briefing. “We had no intention of ending the work of that corporation, but the environmental concerns were simply not being addressed to our satisfaction.”
The Canadian company suspended operations at Eagle Mine in June following a failure at its heap leach facility, where mined ore is stacked into piles and sprinkled with cyanide-laced water. Since then, Yukon’s government has said it has identified elevated levels of cyanide in nearby waterways that has killed wildlife. Victoria Gold has disputed those claims.
The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as receiver of Victoria Gold and its assets on Wednesday followed weeks of mitigation efforts at the site. The receiver will undertake further mitigation work at the mine site with funding from the Yukon, according to…
