Victoria Gold’s board resigned last week
The government of Yukon has hopes to restart mining at the Eagle gold mine despite the company throwing the towel in the ring."We're not yet talking about reclamation," Yukon Attorney General Tracy-Anne McPhee said at a press conference on Friday. "We still hold out hope that mining can occur at the site, that there can be mitigation to return the site to a viable mine, and certainly we'll continue along that path.
Once those have been exhausted, funds advanced by the government will be a debt owed to the government and it will have a priority charge to recover them if and when the assets of Victoria Gold are sold by the receiver, the attorney general said. "We remain committed to using every legal mechanism available to hold Victoria Gold accountable for the cost of this work and to ensure the protection of the environment and the health and safety of Yukoners is the top priority.
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