More Toxic Water Leaks Into Nearby Creek From Yukon's Eagle Mine Site

There's been another leak of cyanide-contaminated water from the troubled Eagle Gold mine site in central Yukon, reports CBC News.

In a report this week to the Yukon Water Board, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the receiver responsible for the site, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), said a leak was detected on Feb. 17 in a pipeline connecting a control pond to the on-site water treatment plant.

The report states that over a couple of days, an estimated 150,000 liters of toxic water made its way to nearby Haggart Creek.

The leak follows a much larger one reported by the territory earlier this winter, in which about 19 million liters of toxic water leaked over several weeks.