VGCX spill video, crashed meeting.Why is this here? HL has nothing to do with anything with the VGCX loss of containment? True. But. I am very certain that any workings (exploration or producer) in the Mt Haldane First Nations radius of the VGCX incident will be under the microscope.
The Silver trail will likely be full of people and equipment probably not seen since the first prospector when through with a mule.
I can imagine hords of eco tourists, disaster tourinsts, civil engineers, government officials, First Nations and so forth travelling up the silver trail or flying overhead to see the site.
CBC video report of the crashed YTG meeting below (includes live shocking footage of the slide). The cat skinner was one lucky operator. The current HL Keno Mill and mine portal workings themselves are enclosed sites.
Not in the news so far are the old Elsa tailings. These old tailings were just pumped into the valley below (but upstream of Mayo) behind first one contaiment dam and later a second one. That some of the tailings solution escaped is evident, just walk around downstream.
The reason I am mentioning this is that I bet any company doing any sort of mining/drilling/milling in the vicinity of Mt Haldane will be subject to increased oversight from public and government officials.
Some may shut down operations.
In the case of HL there should be no possiblity of any backlash or any possible perception of a lack of due diligence. The Keno Hill mine is of major importance to shareholders and remediation moving forward.
I am not HL PR but if I was mine manager (and no I am not interested lol) I would be sending my team out to document and record every site upstream, downstream and ground water for natural contamination and historic workings incl the Elsa tailings. I would not want to give any one the opportunity to hint, if there is contamination, that it came from current HL or historic workings.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eagle-mine-tech-briefing-slide-details-not-clear-1.7250229 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/news/yukon-officials-grilled-over-possible-cyanide-contamination-after-mining-landslide/vi-BB1p5MFA?t=69 Is there a happy ending to this one can only hope. Best.