Victoria Gold Corp VITFF

Yukon government points to cyanide in fish deaths, mine CEO

[SWHusky]

suggests other possibilities


https://www.yukon-news.com/news/yukon-government-points-to-cyanide-in-fish-deaths-mine-ceo-suggests-other-possibilities-7483867

"The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyk Dun has scheduled a press conference for the morning of Aug. 14 in which it plans to lay out its own findings about the environmental impact and Victoria Gold's efforts at the site."

[Singoa58]

What a shame.... surely they will compensate us with the poisoning of our fish/food source... any thoughts of reopening will be met with widespread protests 

[Sooner]

Widespread protests...kind of like the 2 dozen protestors closing down an entire interstate in LA.  some people call a couple dozen people widespread protests.... Do you really care about the Yukon environment...or mostly just how much you profit on your short position? 

[HoneyBadger77]

Is it possible that the 68 fish were already dead and in Haggart Creek before the treated water was released and releasing the huge amount of treated water merely flushed them downstream from pockets or pools they may have been hung up in until flushed downstream to where they were later located dead? Something doesn't add up here.   According to JM the treated water was tested

[SWHusky]

badger, The fish are just part of the story, next up are the gophers and whistling marmots. Where will this end, bug hotels? I feel sorry for the wildlife, but had the camp been washed down the gulch, no sane person  would even be talking fish.   YTG should take the money being spent on dead fish post mortems and give something back to  the local people now unemployed in

[SWHusky]

Another point of view. Imo The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyk Dun has scheduled a press conference for the morning of Aug. 14 in which it plans to lay out its own findings about the environmental impact and Victoria Gold's efforts at the site." Comment on this Post

[Routan]

This makes alot of sense. We know that only small variations in Temperature, ph and hardness can cause a fish kill. This is a creek not a larger river.  The water run through most likely a 2 stage RO would drop all contaminates and beneficial minerals. The high pressure process forcing water through a fiberglass membrane from what  I remember to around 50-90 ppm in the first stage down

[HoneyBadger77]

Great info and analysis Routan!  Now can you pass this info along to FNs Chief Hope before her press release tomorrow morning and before she makes a mountain out of a mole hill?  Feel free to include the YouTube video link I posted earlier today of the Copler Mine slide in Turkey where 9 miners died (buried alive) to show her what a real mining catastrophe looks like. I'm expecting