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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 …

The Yukon government continued to put more pressure on Victoria Gold Corp. to step up its containment effort at the Eagle Gold Mine last weekend. Through the Yukon Water Board, …

The Yukon government says it’s ready to step in to “complement or supplement” Victoria Gold’s work to contain the massive slide that took place last month at the Eagle mine heap leach facility.

Officials with the Yukon government plan to give a briefing Thursday morning on how it is responding to the failure of the heap leach facility at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine near Mayo.

Experts weigh in on what cyanide in the groundwater could mean for the surrounding environment.

Yukon Mines Minister John Streicker said Thursday an investigation would be done into what caused a heap leach failure at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine, but he offered few details on how it would be conducted.

Yukon mines minister John Streicker says the territorial government has directed Victoria Gold to stabilize the area where the Eagle Gold mine disaster happened and more closely monitor surface and groundwater near the slide site.

A failure at the Eagle mine last month saw a landslide tear off part of the mine’s heap leach pad, used to process ore and extract gold. The damage, which has hobbled operations since, caused cyanide, metals and other contaminants to spill into the environment.

In a statement released Wednesday, Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation said they also want an independent investigation and review into what they call “the region’s most recent and potentially catastrophic mining failure.”