COVID-19 FORMS AND DOCUMENTS

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GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS 

• Alaska Miners Association
• Council of Yukon First Nations
• Energy, Mines & Resources – Government of Yukon
• Mining Yukon – Mining and Exploration Portal
• Placer Permitting Process (PDF)
• Tourism & Culture – Government of Yukon
• Tourism Industry Association of Yukon
• Yukon Chamber of Mines
• Yukon Geological Survey – geology and mineral deposits
• Yukon Mining Recorders – claim staking, claim maps, mineral titles
• Yukon Placer Mining Regime
• Yukon Placer Secretariat
• Yukon Water Board
• Yukon Women in Mining

Legislation

• Act to Amend Miners Lien Act (PDF)
• Land Use Regulation (PDF)
• Miners Lien Act (PDF)
• Placer Mining Act (PDF)
• Placer Mining Land Use Regulation (PDF)
• Territorial Lands (Yukon) Act (PDF)
• Waters Act (PDF)
• Waters Regulation (PDF)

EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL

• Maggie’s Gold Mine – An Introduction to Yukon Placer Mining, a Book For Children (PDF)

Environmental Assessment and Permitting

• Application Forms
• Projects Under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board

Guidelines, studies and Best Practices

• Yukon Mining Tourism MOU (PDF)
• Guidebook of Mitigation Measures for Placer Mining in the Yukon (PDF) Yukon Placer Secretariat, 2009
• Placer Prospecting Lease Guidelines (PDF)
• Placer Staking Guide (PDF)
• Yukon Placer Mining Best Management Practices for Heritage Resources (PDF) Government of Yukon, 2010
• Best Management Practices for Placer Mining in Yukon Wetlands (PDF) Anne Chevreux MSc. and Randy Clarkson P.Eng.
• Wetland Reclamation for Placer Mining (PDF) Anne Chevreux MSc. and Randy Clarkson P.Eng.
• Informing Placer Reclamation Activities With Respect To Enhancing Waterfowl Use Ducks Unlimited Canada
• Avian communities on passively reclaimed placer mines in the Klondike Gold Fields (PDF) EDI Environmental Dynamics Inc.
• Yukon Placer Mining Economic Profile (PDF) Paul Kishchuk, MA
• Analyses of regional wetland distribution using predictive ecosystem mapping data sets for west-central Yukon and east-central Alaska (PDF) Jeffrey D. Bond, Yukon Geological Survey