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Lauren Haney said Victoria Gold had been 香蕉视频直播渄oing a lot of work香蕉视频直播� to treat and divert contaminated water, but it may not be enough, and the Yukon government was contemplating stepping in to 香蕉视频直播渃omplement and supplement香蕉视频直播� the company香蕉视频直播檚 work.

She told a briefing on Thursday that officials were 香蕉视频直播渞elying heavily香蕉视频直播� on the advice from technical experts to keep them apprised of the situation at the disaster site, and the territorial government hasn香蕉视频直播檛 ruled out taking on a greater role.

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Haney said an independent review panel would be appointed to investigate what happened at the mine on June 24, with the government already in contact with 香蕉视频直播渨orld-class experts.香蕉视频直播�

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The government has estimated the ore slide allowed 300 million litres of cyanide solution to escape containment at the mine香蕉视频直播檚 heap leach pad, which uses the chemical to extract gold from ore. Eagle Gold mine is about 500 km north of Whitehorse by road.

Yukon mineral resources director Kelly Constable said the situation at the mine site is in flux, and the company is running out of storage space for contaminated water in the mine香蕉视频直播檚 ponds.

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Constable said the firm香蕉视频直播檚 water treatment facility is also unable to currently handle the volume of contaminated water, but it香蕉视频直播檚 working on upgrading it while increasing monitoring of the stability of the heap leaching facility.

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The company said then it was uncertain if it would ever resume production or if it had the financial resources to repair damage and fix the environmental impact of the disaster.

The company did not immediately respond to phone and emailed requests for comment Thursday.

Yukon Mines Minister John Streicker told Thursday香蕉视频直播檚 briefing that the Yukon government had sought more information from the Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nation, whose territory the mine is on, about their call for a mining moratorium on their lands.

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