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GoldenPolarBearon Jul 31, 2024 8:03am
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« Victoria Gold CEO speaks publicly for 1st time since heap
« Victoria Gold CEO speaks publicly for 1st time since heap "...
Victoria Gold CEO speaks publicly for 1st time since heap leach failure..."
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Company has no intention of leaving the site, says John McConnell..."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/john-mcconnell-victoria-gold-ceo-speaks-publicly-1.7280401
"... McConnell said Victoria Gold's focus is on treating water at the site, and it has hired experts to investigate the cause of the failure.
McConnell's comments come after experts with the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyk Dun andgovernment inspection reports raised the alarm about the company's efforts to contain the solution.
Last week, the Yukon government announced it was hiring its own contractors to build a berm in the area where the heap leach pad failed. The government also said it was detecting increased cyanide in the water.
In a news release Tuesday, Victoria Gold said its own water sampling has detected "trace amounts" of cyanide in Haggart Creek.
McConnell spoke to CBC's Jackie Hong about what the company is doing and what its plan for the future of the mine site is...."
"... We're at a place where we're starting to treat water now and things are in much better control than they were two weeks ago...."