Yukon Passive Water Treatment Workshop

Media Advisory – Yukon Passive Water Treatment Workshop

A workshop on passive water treatment may prompt more Yukon mines to adopt this sustainable approach to remediation. Yukon College researchers, industry, regulators, First Nations, mine reclamation practitioners and land/water managers will learn about this new technology, which focuses on biological treatment (using vegetation and bacteria to uptake heavy metals) to remove impurities from water. The Yukon Research Centre (YRC) will present case studies from around Yukon and facilitate discussions on how to advance the development of passive water treatment in the Territory.
 
   Where:   Yukon College, 500 College Dr., Whitehorse – Room T1023
   When:    Wednesday, June 4, 2014

11:45AM – 12:00PM Presentation:
Yukon College’s research initiatives to support the local mining industry by Dr. Amelie Janin

12:00PM – 1:00PM (FIRM*)
2 opportunities:
1). Two 20 minute tours of the YRC laboratory with Dr. Janin (12:00 and 12:20 – leaving from T1023)
2). Interview opportunity with Bob Truelson, Water Quality Section, Government of Yukon, and selected workshop speakers

Organizers:     Dr. Amelie Janin, NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mine Life Cycle, Yukon College
                          Bob Truelson, Manager, Water Quality Section, Government of Yukon
                          Martin Haefele, Permitting Manager, Capstone Mining Corp.  

*This workshop is full to capacity and in order to facilitate open dialogue and discussions, the workshop is available only to registered participants and closed to the public/media except during the above mentioned times.