Hecla Mining Co HL

Hecla - please fix Keno Hill pollution.

[HuskySW]

Hopefully Hecla gets this under control rather sooner than later.  To be fair Hecla inherited some pollution issues (abandoned hydrcarbons in flooded shafts, etc, etc), but this appears to be new.

"The report describes concerns with the dry stack tailings facility (DSTF) at the mine, where piles of toxic tailings were slumping, and erosion channels were visible in the material." 

"Yukon mine inspectors found a series of problems at the Hecla Mining Company’s Keno Hill property, according to a recent report. Inspectors raised a number of concerns, including sediment runoff from tailings facilities, poor storage of hazardous materials, hydrocarbon stains on the ground, and discharged water that was toxic to fish."

“When you say are there lots of infractions found, well, I can tell you there’s 11 different pieces of legislation, all kinds of rules that have to be followed, and we do everything we can to help our companies comply with those requirements,” said Will Tewnion who’s with Yukon’s department Energy, Mines and Resources."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hecla-keno-hill-water-licence-inspection-violations-1.6921553

https://republicofmining.com/2023/07/31/yukon-govt-inspectors-find-violations-at-hecla-minings-keno-hill-project-cbc-news-north-july-28-2023/

Hecla's tailings promise

https://www.hecla.com/wp-content/uploads/2022_Hecla-TailingMgmt-7.12.22.pdf

[roberto146]

There's 10 million oz in them thar tailings.

[HuskySW]

Copy that.  :) Not sure why AXU never went after it, not sexy enough I guess...  LoL  After all the UKHM Elsa tailings aren't some historic tourist thing like the winrow dredge spoils in Dawson.  LoL :)