mining

The week in Yukon mining

Goldcorp re-submits Coffee plans, Mount Nansen sale looms, Kudz Ze Kayah comments open

Casino aims to start YESAB panel review by end of 2018

‘Elephant in the room’ a 286-metre tailing pond wall

Victoria Gold plugs into power purchase agreement with Yukon Energy

Power company estimates mine near Mayo will spend $100 million on power over 10 years

NDP MLA calls Yukon coal project ‘application of insanity’

Project is strictly exploratory, proponent says

Miner has right to access claims under Whitehorse subdivision, judge finds

H. Coyne & Sons Limited owns subsurface rights for two lots under Raven’s Ridge subdivision

Gold Rush star Tony Beets to appeal pond fire fines

The Yukon miner will appeal the $31k in fines he and his company are facing for Water Act violations

Yukon mining leaders calls for deferral on C-17, but MP not on board

Larry Bagnell will not be supporting a call to put off legislation that would undo S-6

Public money for Yukon mining roads is a bad idea

Yukon Conservation Society says Yukon Resource Gateway Project a danger to the environment

  • Oct 10, 2017

So long cadmium: Yukon bacteria research published in international journal

Molasses and methanol work best to help bacteria clean up derelict mines

A placer miner responds: we don’t waste gold

‘We do not throw away 85 per cent of what we work so hard to get’

  • Sep 26, 2017

Road funding jumps the gun

$360M for mining roads ‘a subversion of due process’

  • Sep 21, 2017

Don’t let Dawson City’s UNESCO debate pit miner against miner

If miners shut this project down, how will others feel about us?

  • Sep 14, 2017

Yukon sluice box researcher doubts new mining method

The new method is being proposed for a placer project in Burwash Creek

The Yukon needs a clearer understanding of what comes after Bill C-17

The reassessment process needs to be formalized before C-17 becomes law

  • Sep 7, 2017

UPDATED: Trudeau announces $360 million for Yukon road upgrades

Resource Gateway Project will repair 650 km of roads in Klondike and Kaska regions

Preparing for more robots in Yukon mining

Increased automation means the territory has to be prepared for changes in the mining industry

Yukon government bans future staking at Venus mine tailing site

The now-defunct tailing site is 22 kilometres south of Carcross

Company proposes new method for mining at Yukon’s Burwash Creek

If it’s approved, the technique for finding gold could be used in the Yukon for the first time

Victoria Gold breaks ground at Eagle gold mine

New mine will be largest gold mine in Yukon

  • Aug 23, 2017