Yukon accepts recommendation to reject mining exploration project

Yukon accepts recommendation to reject mining exploration project

The Yukon government has accepted a recommendation from the territory’s environmental assessment board that a mining exploration project in the Peel watershed not go ahead. In a May 15 decision, the government, which has the power to accept, reject or modify the board’s recommendation, said the project in its current form fails to address baseline data requirements included in the Peel’s regional land use plan. The decision follows a court battl…