Faro Mine July 24th 2018 Overflight

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Faro Mine July 24th 2018 Overflight Aerial Pictures Gerry Whitley/Copyright Yukon Conservation Society Faro Mine Complex Landmarks Map – Faro Mine Remediation Project

Vangorda Pit 1,150 m long, 350 m wide and 150 m deep

Vangorda Pit and Waste Rock Pile over 16 million tonnes of waste rock

Vangorda Waste Rock and Pit Grum Sulphide Cell and Pit in background - Water Treatment Plant and Pond

Grum Pit pit covers an area of 77 hectares

Grum Sulphide Cell Cover Project 0 Grum Sulphide Cell Cover Project 0.275 square km is covered with a liner and soil to control acid rock drainage

Vangorda Pit with Grum Pit tailings behind 1 Vangorda Pit with Grum Pit tailings behind 1.2 km Vangorda Creek Diversion runs between them

Old Breached Fresh Water Supply Dam & Reservoir Between Grum/Vangorda and Faro Pits

Haul Road by Faro Pit (10 km long, connects Grum/Vangorda pits to Faro mill area)

Faro Pit West and North faces

Faro Pit Waste Rock over 260 million tonnes, covers 335 hectares

Faro Mill Area/Water Treatment Plant

Faro Pit with Rose Creek Tailings in Background Pit is 1,675 m long, 975 m wide and 335 m deep

Faro Pit North Wall and Diversion 3 Faro Pit North Wall and Diversion 3.35 km Faro Creek Diversion above pit wall

Rose Creek Tailings Area 4 km long, 1 km wide, over 55 million tonnes of tailings

Rose Creek Tailings and Polishing Pond

Rose Creek Tailings Area, Intermediate Pond, and Cross Valley Pond and Dam

Intermediate Pond (r), and Cross Valley Pond (l) and Dam

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