Victoria Gold Corp VITFF

And creaping iittle by little out come the real issues

[KenoHillYT]

that VG had in getting the "loss of containment" under control are now being realized.

It is becoming clear that the directive by YTG to "fix" this "now" to "VG" in the first month was just a total lack of understanding of how complex the remediation of the "loss of containment" was.

To date there has been vast expenditure by YTG to "fix" this and now  there's a request to discharge cyanide beyong the water license allowance.

Yukon gold mine at risk of cyanide discharge says company managing clean up

"In an application filed to the Yukon Water Board earlier this month, PwC is asking for the Effluent Quality Standards (EQS) of the mine’s water licence to be temporarily loosened in order to allow partially treated cyanide-contaminated water to be released into nearby Haggart Creek."

"The constant recirculation of water onto the (heap leach facility) has potential implications for the overall stability of the (facility) and cessation of this practice as soon as practicable has been recommended by various technical experts. Also, a substantial amount of cyanide impacted water has been released into groundwater, and this solution will have to be collected, stored and treated,” it said.

The application states while several new ponds have been built, construction of additional ponds is limited due to the site’s topography and the location of existing facilities."

No Surprise there.  If they create a "slurry" of the heap the rest (imo) is coming down.  But wasn't a safety bearm built at taxpayers expense to cover just such an event?

"The application asks that the mine’s water licence be relaxed until March 31, 2025."

"“Put simply, the present emergency has been caused by (Victoria Gold’s) failure to maintain the integrity of the (heap leach facility) and (Yukon government’s) failure to adequately enforce licence provisions,” she said.

Is it possible that had things been enforced the "loss of containment" would not have happened.  When these issues started to happen there was like 1/3 of the present material on "Heap".


At a cost of say $10m the "toe" could have been reinforced  and the "technology?" could have  been incorporated as recommended repeatedly"

Judging by current events it is quite possible that had YTG or FN been running the mine the same out come would have occured.  This heap (imo) had design issues from design to implementation and to now blame a "select" few is a case of the famous blame game.


https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/yukon-gold-mine-at-risk-of-cyanide-discharge-says-company-managing-clean-up/

[Whateverrr]

The overwhelmingly dramtatic cause  and %%%  of the disaster is on John McConnell and Eagle site management  !!!!! YUP......“Put simply, the present emergency has been caused by (Victoria Gold’s) failure to maintain the integrity of the (heap leach facility)