The Keno Hill silver district is a silver-lead-zinc property located 50 kilometres northeast of Mayo and 3 kilometres east of Keno. It's located on the Traditional Territory of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun. The project has been in operation since 2009.
The district has a long history of mining and was once home to United Keno Hill Mines, one of Canada’s largest silver producers. The current Keno Hill mining project is separate from historic mining operations. It is not linked to ongoing care and maintenance, and closure activities in the district.
For information on the status of the site or to access licensing documents, email the Mineral Resources Branch at emr-qml@yukon.ca.
The following documents are only available in English. We’ll update this page as we create and modify licensing documents.
Documents we're reviewing
- Waste management plan (February 2023; 3,090 KB)
- Environmental monitoring, surveillance and reporting plan (January 2023; 10,309 KB)
- Mill development and operations plan (January 2023; 6,711 KB)
- Mine emergency response plan (January 2023; 711 KB)
- Dust abatement and monitoring plan (January 2023; 1,673 KB)
- Road management plan (February 2023; 17,040 KB)
Quartz mining licences
- Quartz mining licence QML–0009 (November 2019; 516 KB)
- Schedule C: approved plans and authorized activities (May 2023; 327 KB)
- Schedule D: annual reporting requirements (January 2023; 195 KB)
Correspondence
- Amendment to Keno Hill silver district mining operations project QML–0009, Flame and Moth Deposit (February 2016; 557.77 KB)
- Amendment to Keno Hill silver district mining operations project QML–0009, Bermingham Deposit (November 2019; 184 KB)
Development and operational plans
Surface mining plans
There are no documents at this time.
Underground mining plans
- Amendment to construction site plan: revision 1 Bellekeno (February 2010; 726.06 KB)
- Construction site plan: revision 1 Bellekeno project (November 2009; 21,242.23 KB)
- Lightning creek bypass road construction and operation plan (April 2010; 4,245.54 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: Bellekeno project (December 2009; 3,350.55 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: Lucky Queen and Onek mines – revision 1 (January 2013; 10,029.90 KB)
- Mine development and operations plan: revision 0 (November 2021; 25,313 KB)
- Road construction plan: Keno City bypass road (September 2012; 2,667.87 KB)
- Road construction plan: revision 4 (September 2018; 2,539 KB)
- Supplemental information to mine construction and operation plan (May 2010; 4,845.57 KB)
- Approval of lightning creek bypass road construction and operation plan (May 2010; 827.29 KB)
- Approval of amendment to general site plan: borrow sources (February 2010; 731.22 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operations plan: Bellekeno (August 2010; 928.10 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operations plan: waste rock storage facility – Bellekeno (September 2010; 947.09 KB)
Processing facilities plans
Mill development and operations plan: revision 4 (November 2018; 7,399 KB)
Mine waste management plans
- Dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan: revision 4 (November 2018; 7,399 KB)
- Dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan: dust modelling (September 2010; 703.14 KB)
- Operation, maintenance and surveillance manual: dry stack tailings facility – revision 2010–1 (September 2010; 3,290.48 KB)
- Tailings characterization plan: revision 7 (November 2021; 3,989 KB)
- Typical waste containment facility design (July 2009; 4,293 KB)
- Waste rock management plan: revision 6.5 (October 2021; 24,348 KB)
- Approval of dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan (September 2010; 1,368.09 KB)
- Approval of addendums to dry stack tailings facility construction and operation plan (October 2010; 1,275.07 KB)
Health and safety plans
Management health and safety program (January 2018; 3,003.75 KB)
Environmental and socio-economic plans
- Adaptive management plan (May 2023; 9,219 KB)
- Dust abatement and monitoring plan (October 2021; 2,864 KB)
- Explosives management plan (February 2019; 3,265 KB)
- Hazardous materials management plan (July 2018; 4,979 KB)
- Heritage resource protection plan (July 2019; 562 KB)
- Monitoring, surveillance and reporting plan (October 2021; 18,014 KB)
- Noise monitoring and management plan (October 2021; 3,950 KB)
- Spill contingency plan (October 2020; 745 KB)
- Traffic management plan (October 2021; 3,858 KB)
- Waste management plan (July 2018; 3,283 KB)
- Wildlife protection plan (July 2018; 614 KB)
Reclamation and closure plans
Reclamation and closure plan: revision 7 (October 2022; 98,202 KB)
Financial security
- Amendment to Keno Hill silver district mining operations project QML–0009, Bermingham deposit (November 2019; 184 KB)
- Determination of financial security (December 2022; 154 KB)
- Determination of financial security: reasons for decision (December 2022; 682 KB)
Correspondence
There are no documents at this time.
Reporting and inspections
Annual reporting
- 2010 annual report (June 2011; 21,072.094 KB)
- 2011 annual report (March 2012; 29,154.872 KB)
- 2011 annual report addendum (May 2012; 2,273.70 KB)
- 2012 annual report (March 2013; 75,936.407 KB)
- 2013 annual report (March 2014; 57,652.0 KB)
- 2014 annual report (March 2015; 36,095.0 KB)
- 2015 annual report (March 2016; 57,753.0 KB)
- 2016 annual report (March 2017; 35,362.340 KB)
- 2017 annual report (March 2018; 41,178 KB)
- 2018 annual report (March 2019; 32,701.84 KB)
- 2019 annual report (March 2020; 21,216.33 KB)
- 2020 annual report (March 2021; 18,752.55 KB)
- 2021 annual report (March 2022; 20,608 KB)
- 2022 annual report (April 2023; 15,828 KB)
Physical reporting
- 2011 annual physical inspection report (September 2011; 6,829.97 KB)
- 2012 annual physical inspection report (September 2012; 5,904.00 KB)
- 2013 annual physical inspection report (December 2013; 4,851.86 KB)
- 2014 annual physical inspection report (December 2014; 7,820.72 KB)
- 2015 annual physical inspection report (September 2015; 7,656.92 KB)
- 2016 annual physical inspection report (October 2016; 4,032 KB)
- 2017 annual physical inspection report (November 2017; 4,395.56 KB)
- 2018 annual physical inspection report (November 2018; 1,867.16 KB)
- 2019 annual physical inspection report (November 2019; 4,051.50 KB)
- 2020 annual physical inspection report (November 2020; 4,652.24 KB)
- 2021 annual physical inspection report (November 2021; 4,641 KB)
- 2022 annual physical inspection report (January 2023; 13,152 KB)
Mine development reporting
There are no documents at this time.
Environmental reporting
- 2021 environmental audit report (October 2021; 1,554.11 KB)
- Site characterization report (February 2023; 46,197 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: summer 2013 (August 2013; 725.41 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: winter 2013 (March 2014; 3,750.70 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: summer 2014 (August 2014; 773.63 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: winter 2014 (March 2015; 796.89 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: spring 2022 (June 2022; 1,436.44 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: summer 2022 (July 2022; 1,106 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: fall 2022 (November 2022; 1,104 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: winter 2022 (July 2023; 164 KB)
- Quarterly noise monitoring report: spring 2023 (July 2023; 165 KB)
- Quarterly dust monitoring report: spring 2022 (June 2022; 661.48 KB)
- Quarterly dust monitoring report:summer 2022 (July 2022; 1,554 KB)
- Quarterly dust monitoring report: fall 2022 (November 2022; 1,496 KB)
- Quarterly dust monitoring report: winter 2022 (July 2023; 163 KB)
- Quarterly dust monitoring report: spring 2023 (July 2023; 163 KB)
Socio-economic reporting
There are no documents at this time.