WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says mercury has been detected in water samples three kilometres downstream from a gold mine disaster that spilled several million tonnes of contaminated rock in ...

The Yukon government has for weeks been reporting spikes in mercury levels in a free flowing creek near the Eagle Gold mine — and at least one environmental toxicologist says water needs to be ...

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says mercury has been detected in water samples three kilometres downstream from a gold mine disaster that spilled several million tonnes of contaminated rock in June ...

Victoria Gold's Eagle gold mine site north of Mayo, Y.T., is shown in this handout aerial photo taken Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The Yukon government says mercury has been detected in water samples ...

WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says testing around the gold mine where a containment facility gave way, spilling millions of tonnes of cyanide-laced rock, has found increased levels of mercury ...

The RC project, about 100 km east of Dawson City, is among several in the Yukon’s Tombstone Gold Belt seeking to be the territory’s next gold mine after Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine closed ...

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 ...

The update says the receiver appointed to manage the mine's owner, Victoria Gold Corp., is in the process of returning personal items to employees that remained on site after the mine closure. It ...