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Dene Tsí Gūdzedehi Newsletter October 2023

  • January 13, 2023

    APN_RFQ_017C22 - Faro Mine Remediation – Permanent Water Treatment Plant Project Parsons Inc., will be conducting a two phased procurement approach for the Permanent Water Treatment Plant Project (PWTP) at the Faro Mine Complex in Faro, Yukon. Phase 1 will be a Request for Qualification (RFQ) which we anticipate will be released by the end of January 2023. The RFQ will be approximately a two-week window for Respondents to provide a Response to the RFQ. A short list of Respondents will be determined as a result of the RFQ and those Respondents will be invited to participate in Phase 2, a Request for Proposal (RFP).The PWTP may support maximum hydraulic flows of 75,000 cubic meters of water per day. The PWTP Project will utilize a lime High Density Sludge (HDS) process consisting of a water treatment building, slurry tank, Lime Silo, reactors, polymer addition, thickener, filter building, O&M building, influent & effluent conveyance and pit pumping unit.

  • January 5, 2023

    014C22 - Faro Mine Remediation - MCM Office Complex Civil Works Project Parsons Inc., is requesting tenders for the MCM Office Complex Civil Works Project at the Faro Mine Complex in Faro, Yukon. The MCM Office Complex Civil Works Project consists of improving the site access road, grading the site by cut and fill and constructing the granular pad and associated drainage for the future MCM Office Complex Project.

  • December 22, 2022

    013C22 - Faro Mine Remediation, PWTP, Aggregate Production for Early Works. Parsons Inc. is requesting tenders for the Aggregate Production for the Permanent Water Treatment Plant (PWTP) Early Works Project. The Aggregate Production work package consists of production of fine and coarse aggregate from the on-site borrows in preparation for the construction of the PWTP.

  • November 18, 2022

    Parsons Inc opens the Faro Mine Remediation Project Office in Whitehorse, Yukon. The office will support the project and assist in employment and training opportunities.

  • May 20, 2022

    Regulatory Support Services  contract awarded to Golder Associates Ltd.

  • March 4, 2022

    Remediation Plan Design and Support Services  contract awarded to AECOM Canada Ltd.

  • March 1, 2022

    Environmental Monitoring Services  contract awarded to Ensero Solutions Canada Inc.

  • In February 2022

    The Main Construction Management and Care and Maintenance contract awarded to Parsons Inc.

The Faro Mine was once the largest open pit lead-zinc mine in the world. Today it is one of the most complex abandoned mine clean-up projects in Canada. The Faro Mine Complex is 25 square kilometres.

It is located near the Town of Faro in Yukon, on the asserted traditional territory of the Kaska Nation and upstream from the Selkirk Nation.

The Faro Mine operated for almost 30 years between 1969 and 1998. In 1998 the Faro Mine was abandoned.

Mining left behind 70 million tonnes of tailings and 320 million tonnes of waste rock. These wastes can release metals and acid onto the land and into water.
The process of cleaning up the Faro Mine Site is called remediation. Remediation will begin in 2022 and will take about 15 years. After that, there will be a long period of monitoring and maintenance that will continue into the very far future.
The process of cleaning up the Faro Mine Site is called remediation. Remediation will begin in 2022 and will take about 15 years. After that, there will be a long period of monitoring and maintenance that will continue into the very far future.

– Protecting human health and safety
– Protecting and, to the extent practicable, restoring the environment including land, air, water, fish, and wildlife
– Returning the mine site to an acceptable state of use that reflects pre-mining land use where practicable -Maximizing local and Yukon socio-economic benefits
– Managing long-term site risk in a cost-effective manner
There will be two phases in the remediation plan: a construction phase, when the Faro Mine Site is being remediated and a long-term operations and monitoring phase when the water treatment plant is being operated and the site is being monitored.
The Ross River Dena Council, Liard First Nation and the Selkirk First Nation have been recognized as affected by the Faro Mine Site. They are consulted on an ongoing basis so the Project incorporates their input. The Government of Canada funds the Project and leads the Remediation Plan design and regulatory process. The Yukon Government participates to represent the interests of Yukoners.

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