Mining News: Peel land use plan gets 1-year timeout

Government of Yukon vows to work with all stakeholders, including First Nations and the public, to achieve an equitable agreement

Rose Ragsdale

For Mining News

The Government of Yukon has issued an immediate one-year interim withdrawal from mineral staking for all Crown Land, Category B settlement lands and fee simple lands in the Peel Watershed Region of Yukon Territory in hopes of providing certainty during an ongoing regional land use planning process.....

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Compromise satisfied no one

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Public input will be sought