News: Mining

Rob Yeomans of Parsons Corporation has been appointed chair of Yukon University’s Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining (CNIM) Governing Council. Yeomans replaces longstanding Chair, Paul West-Sells, of Western Copper and Gold’s Casino Mining Corporation, who served the Council from 2012 until his retirement in 2024.

“We congratulate Rob for assuming this important position, and look forward to leveraging his wealth of knowledge of the mining sector, including the challenges and opportunities,” said YukonU Provost Shelagh Rowles. “I also want to thank Paul for his dedication to education over these past 12 years. His contributions helped build up our training programs to meet the needs of Yukon’s mining sector and workforce at large.”

Yukon University welcomes Minto Explorations to the Northern Mine Remediation program’s Yukon Mining Research Consortium. Minto Explorations will be the seventh industrial partner to join the Consortium and the first member operating an active mine in the Territory.  

WHITEHORSE, YT— Yukon University has launched a four-year research program to explore the revegetation of northern mine sites with native plants. In partnership with the University of Alberta, researchers will work with Yukoners to understand their vision of mine restoration and develop revegetation techniques to support this vision.