Victoria Gold review board slams mining industry’s lack of surveillance

By Dana Hatherly – Yukon News

After investigating the causes of the catastrophic heap leach facility failure at Victoria Gold Corp.’s Eagle Gold Mine on June 24, 2024, an independent review board hopes its report will help lead heap leach facilities around the world to better practices.

A mining engineer with 45 years of experience in gold heap leaching slammed not only Victoria Gold Corp. but the entire mining industry for a lack of geotechnical monitoring of heap leach facilities worldwide following a “textbook liquefaction failure” in the Yukon.