The rockslide wasn’t an external, naturally occurring event, according to a source familiar with the matter, but one that started when a giant stack of rocks within the heap leach facility containing gold ore collapsed
An internal rock collapse at a gold mine in the Yukon was a major factor in the collapse of a gold processing plant operated by Victoria Gold Corp, the Globe and Mail has learned.
The Globe and Mail is not identifying the source because the person was not authorized to speak publicly.The Eagle mine is located roughly 375 kilometres north of Whitehorse, and 85 kilometres north of the village of Mayo in central Yukon. The site employs around 500 people. Heap leach plants must be monitored continuously to make sure that the solution is percolating through the rock. In the event of a buildup of solution, the weight of the rock can rise exponentially and collapse, causing a rock slide.
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