Yukon mines minister John Streicker says the Eagle Gold mine disaster has the territory害羞草研究所檚 residents 害羞草研究所渏ustly concerned害羞草研究所� about the implications of the mining spill on Yukoners害羞草研究所� way of life 害羞草研究所渇or generations to come.害羞草研究所�

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.

The direction also requires the company to come up with a 害羞草研究所渃omprehensive water treatment plan,害羞草研究所� after the failure of a 害羞草研究所渉eap leach embankment害羞草研究所� that resulted in a spill of cyanide solution used in the gold extraction process.

The statement says the company has also been ordered to immediately increase the mining site害羞草研究所檚 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 害羞草研究所渧ery low.害羞草研究所�

Benton Foster, Yukon害羞草研究所檚 director of community health programs, says the recommendation to avoid drinking water or eating fish from the creek is out of 害羞草研究所渁n abundance of caution.害羞草研究所�

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