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BQE Water Reaches Milestone in Clean-up Efforts at Eagle Gold Mine
BQE Water Reaches Milestone in Clean-up Efforts at Eagle Gold Mine Canada NewsWire ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n BQE Water Reaches Milestone in Clean-up Efforts at Eagle Gold Mine\n \n\n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n\n\n\n\n\n Canada NewsWire\n \n\n\n\n\n\n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n\n ,\n \n\n July 30, 2025\n \n\n /CNW/ -\n \n BQE Water Inc.\n \n (TSXV: BQE), a leader in the treatment and management of mine impacted waters is pleased to announce that, under the contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.  in its capacity as court appointed Receiver of Victoria Gold Corp. (the \"Receiver\") for emergency treatment at Eagle Gold Mine, it has discharged over\n \n 600,000m\n \n\n 3\n \n of treated water into the environment.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n The BQE team developed and implemented an emergency response treatment that has treated multiple water sources over the course of the project including cyanide heap leach solution contained on site following the heap failure, contact water reporting to leach solution storage ponds during the spring snow melt, and contaminated groundwater pumped from interception wells. Effluent water quality has been continuously monitored using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) developed by BQE's team using analytical tools available on site. Effluent quality is further verified by third party accredited laboratories performing daily testing for toxicity and comprehensive chemical analysis on 24-hour composite samples from the end of pipe.\n \n\n With the contract extended until\n \n October 31, 2025\n \n , BQE Water will continue to be responsible for water treatment operations on site. As the drain-down of solution from the heap leach facility is expected to be substantially complete and the remaining inventory of contaminated water stored at Eagle continues to decrease, the operation of the emergency response system is anticipated to come to an end by the end of Q3 2025. Further, as part of the scope of work, BQE Water will prepare a decommissioning plan to wind down the emergency response treatment and a winterization plan for all water treatment infrastructure that will remain on site over the winter. Subject to the Receiver's approval, BQE Wa...