State-run news channel TVP Info reported that the miner was conscious when rescuers reached him.

The department said the charges for violations of the Fisheries Act stem from an investigation that began in March 2023, CBC reported.  

The Yukon government said the risk to human health from potential cyanide exposure in Haggart Creek and the McQuesten River is low.

An equipment operator who was caught in the heap leach pad accident at the Eagle mine says the company is trying cover up the scale of the disaster.

CanAlaska is currently working with Cameco on the West McArthur joint venture, in Canada's in Saskatchewan.

The "Kaituo 2" successfully completed an experiment in the Pacific Ocean that demonstrated technological advances China has made in the field of deep-sea mining.