Coffee Gold Project
The Newmont Mining Corporation wants to develop a hard rock gold mine at Coffee Creek, about one hundred kilometres south of Dawson, on the far side of the Yukon River. Details about the project can be viewed on the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board (YESAB) website.
Here are some selected media articles and press releases of recent events in regards to this project:
- Yukon’s environmental assessment board needs more information about the Coffee mine (Mar 26, 2019, Yukon News)
- Deal’s impact on Coffee Gold Project is unclear (Jan 14, 2019, Whitehorse Star)
- Coffee Gold project prepares for 2021, with support of Tr'ondek Hwech'in (Sept 13, 2018, CBC North)
- Over the life of Coffee gold mine, Goldcorp wants to mine 2M ounces (Sept 12, 2018, Yukon News)
There is a possibility this project could make use of the Yukon Resource Gateway Project initiative. Here is some media coverage of this:
- Trudeau announces $360 million for Yukon road upgrades, Sep 2nd, 2017, Yukon News
- Plan may spur ‘environmental fragmentation’: conservationist, Sep 11th, 2017, Whitehorse Star
- Public money for Yukon mining roads is a bad idea, Oct 10th, 2017, Yukon News
- That Time Trudeau Announced $360 Million for Roads to Yukon Mines That Haven’t Been Approved Yet, Oct 12th, 2017, The Narwhal
