Groundwater at Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon Shows High Cyanide Levels

Groundwater at Eagle Gold Mine in Yukon Shows High Cyanide Levels
Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine site north of Mayo, Y.T., is shown in this handout aerial photo taken on July 3, 2024. The Canadian Press/HO - Yukon Government
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The Yukon government says groundwater samples at the site where a mine’s ore containment facility failed in June “continue to reveal high levels of cyanide.”

In a written update, the Yukon government says tests from Dublin Gulch below the slide at the Eagle Gold mine also show metals such as cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, silver and selenium in the groundwater.