In the media

CBC News has not yet seen the individual liens, but, according to the Mayo Mining Recorder’s Office, the total claimed value adds up to $43,357,383.18.

The First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun’s statement followed a Yukon government briefing Thursday morning on how the territorial government is responding to the failure of the heap leach facility at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine near Mayo.

Speaking at the Council of Yukon First Nations on Tuesday, Premier Ranj Pillai show down Victoria Gold’s response to the cyanide spill at its Eagle mine and gave a harsh warning to future developers.

The president and CEO of Victoria Gold says there’s still a lot of work to do before the heap leach failure at the company’s Eagle mine site near Mayo, Yukon, is contained — but the company has no intention of leaving the site.

About 20 people gathered in front of the Yukon’s Legislative Assembly on Monday to protest the government and Victoria Gold’s response to a heap leach failure at Eagle gold mine that has caused cyanide to leak into nearby waterways.

The Yukon government has hired contractors for work to address the Eagle mine disaster but stressed that Victoria Gold remains responsible for the site.

Following a landslide that spilled four million tonnes of ore at the Eagle mine in central Yukon last month — half of which escaped containment — several questions have been raised about the heap leach extraction method used by the mining company.

Enough contaminated solution to fill eight Olympic swimming pools is leaking from the mine site every 24 hours, according to Yukon government inspection reports.

As criticism of how the Yukon government has handled the Eagle Gold Mine disaster mounts, more effects are becoming evident across the territory. They stem from the major June 24 …