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Streicker says the government Department of Energy, Mines and Resources has directed Victoria Gold, the company that owns the mine, to stabilize the area where the slide happened and more closely monitor surface and groundwater near the slide site.

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The statement says the company has also been ordered to immediately increase the mining site香蕉视频直播檚 water storage capacity, as officials monitor water sample tests around the site of the spill that occurred on June 24.

At a technical briefing Thursday, Streicker told reporters that testing of samples from Haggart Creek last week 2 kilometres downstream from the site detected no cyanide, but officials say people should not consume water or fish from the creek even though risk to human health is 香蕉视频直播渧ery low.香蕉视频直播�

Benton Foster, Yukon香蕉视频直播檚 director of community health programs, says the recommendation to avoid drinking water or eating fish from the creek is out of 香蕉视频直播渁n abundance of caution.香蕉视频直播�

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