The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that the court-appointed receiver of a Yukon gold mine that suffered a catastrophic heap-leach facility failure last year said it plans to sell the mine and will be seeking approval within the week to start the process. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says that in its fifth receiver's report issued earlier this month, PwC said it will seek court approval for a sale process for the Eagle gold mine near Mayo, Yukon, in a motion scheduled to be heard Wednesday in an Ontario court. Eagle gold mine was the site last June where a containment failure at the heap-leach facility released about two million tonnes of cyanide-laced ore and water into the environment. "The Yukon Government in its capacity as receivership lender … the lending syndicate and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun were consulted in the development of the Eagle Mine sale process, and each provided feedback to the Receiver," PwC said in its latest report summary, adding each submission was "carefully considered" in finalizing the proposed sale process. "The Receivership Lender [the Yukon government] has confirmed that it is satisfied with the form and substance of the proposed Eagle Mine sale process."
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