Western Copper and Gold Corp T.WRN

Victoria Gold Landslide

[jclarke042]

If Mount Pollley's dam failure cost us 6 years of permitting, imagine what a "heap leach failure" at Victoria might cost:

https://www.yukon-news.com/news/breaking-photos-show-landslide-at-victoria-gold-mine-in-the-yukon-7407932

Year 2029. We've just come up with a Best Alternative Landslide Study among 793 scenarios, in conjunction with our dear FN stakeholders.

Remember, we're having fun here.

[EvenSteven27]

JC, I have two takes on this. One bad and one good. First off, this does not as appear catastrophic as Mount Polley. Also, we do not have clear criminal negligence as in the Mount Polley case. But Victoria Gold was charged a few years back on the same issue: leaking of cyanide in the pipes into the leaching system. Victoria Gold admitted guilt and paid a fine. But it does not look good that we are

[Sooner]

if i'm a resident of Yukon and more importantly if i'm on the permitting board...heck if i'm anyone in politics....i am NOT going to permit Casino until i know someone with very deep pockets is going to build the mine the right way!!!! I'm not anti- mining by any stretch...at the same time this small mining companies are giving Yukon mining a black eye...that's for sure

[jclarke042]

I'm with you, Sooner. In successive years, Yukon has had: - Alexco Resources unable to manage Keno Hill, and taken under by Hecla, - Pembridge unable to manage Minto, and abandonded site, - Now Victoria, with Eagle.  I'm willing to cede this is more likely to be a natural disaster, but similar instances of companies with either no resources to manage an operation, or single asset