Page 11 - Faro Mine Remediation Project

North Fork of Rose Creek realignment has been

a major civil construction project with a goal of

preventing the creek from coming into contact with
contaminated water on the site, thereby mitigating

the impact on fish and wildlife. Additional
construction will begin on the down valley surface

and groundwater interception system late this

winter.

Over the next three to five years, the remediation
plan assessment will be completed, a water

license application will be submitted, all regulatory

authorizations will be issued, and a construction
manager will be hired for the site. The formal

remediation period is expected to begin in 2025/26 Photo Credit – CIRNAC

and last about 15 years, which would see the project
conclude in 2040. A further 20 to 25 years of testing

and monitoring will follow, though the mine complex Yukon University’s Centre for Northern Innovation

will always remain under active management and and Mining and the University of Alaska to design
monitoring. a three-week heavy equipment operator training

program for local First Nations members.
Since the mine is situated on Kaska traditional

territory, the goal is to make the environment as

safe and available as possible to First Nations Per Rousseau, “We want meaningful engagement
for hunting and other traditional uses. For every with the affected Indigenous communities on all

construction project in the remediation process, aspects of our project. We are on traditional land;
an Indigenous Opportunity Considerations plan we have to be very mindful of that. They have a

makes it incumbent on contractors to hire and/or say in the site remediation plan, and we're trying to

train local Indigenous workers. That stable work and maximize socioeconomic opportunities for them
the resulting economic benefit contributes directly and provide benefits to local First Nations. We very

to the health of the First Nations communities much want them to benefit from the work that we're

involved. doing on site.”

As an example, one contractor partnered with the www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca

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