Yukon gold mine halts operations after system failure – Clearwater Times
Jun 26, 2024
Work has been temporarily stopped at a mine in central Yukon after what the company says was a failure of its system that uses chemicals to help extract gold.
Victoria Gold said in a statement Monday that its heap leach pad at the Eagle Gold Mine near Mayo experienced a failure, causing some damage to infrastructure and that “a portion of the failure has left containment.”
Heap leaching uses chemicals to percolate through crushed ore, allowing it to extract gold.
A technical report on the company’s website says gold at the Eagle Gold Mine is being leached with a cyanide solution.
