The collapsed heap leach pad at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine in Yukon. Credit: Submitted photo
One year after the Eagle mine in Canada’s Yukon Territory suffered a catastrophic landslide, the company overseeing Victoria Gold’s former site is looking to sell the mine as the cleanup effort proceeds.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, which became the receiver for the company and mine last August, announced in mid-June it was preparing to sell the mine and its related assets.
“I don’t want to say we’re out of the woods yet but it’s moving in the right direction,” Yukon Mines Minister John Streicker told The Northern Miner in mid-June. “We’re seeing cyanide, mercury, other contaminants on a downward trajectory. We were deeply concerned about…spring melt and luckily it did not overwhelm the system. We have groundwater being pumped, intercepted and treated.”
On June 24 last year, the collapsed…
