See how much royalty has been paid for quartz mining in Yukon

A royalty is a share of profits from a Yukon mine paid by the mine operator to the Government of Yukon as owner of the mineral rights.

Bellekeno Mine operated by Alexco Resources

Year	Royalty paid
2010	$0 First year of commercial production.
2011	$351,525
2012	$372,588
2013	$0 In temporary closure.
2014	$0 In temporary closure.
2015	$0 In temporary closure.
2016	$0 In temporary closure.
2017	$0 In temporary closure.
2018	$0 In temporary closure.
2019	$0 In temporary closure.
2020	$0 Restarted operations, pre-production royalty return filed and under review.
Total	$724,113

Year	Royalties paid
2019	$0 Began operations.
2020	$0 No royalty return required. The company did not meet commencement of production threshold under the regulation to require a return to be filed.
Total	$0

Year	Royalties paid**
2007	$0 First year of commercial production under the Royalty Regulations.
2008	$1,503,491
2009	$5,917,904
2010*	$3,965,522
2011*	$1,390,535 Transition year under new regulations.
2012*	$225,940
2013*	$113,018.14
2014*	$1,437,266
2015*	$135,773.55
2016	$14,367,764
2017	$4,367,057.98
2018	$0 No royalty owed and company went into temporary closure October 2018.
2019	$0 In temporary closure until October 2019, then resumed operations.
2020	Royalty return filed and under review.
Total	$33,424,271.67

*Updated values based on 2010 to 2014 re-assessment and 2015 assessment.

**All Minto Mine royalties are paid to Selkirk First Nation.

Year	Royalty paid
2010	$0 Bulk sampling and commercial sale with a value over $10,000 triggered a pre-production royalty filing.
2011	$0 Bulk sampling and commercial sale with a value over $10,000 triggered a pre-production royalty filing.
2012 to 2021	No return required
Total	$0

Year	Royalty paid
2012	$0 First year of commercial production under the Royalty Regulations.
2013	$0 Reduced production period.
2014	$0 Temporary closure in January 2014.
2015 to 2021	$0 Closure continued.
Total	$0

Year	Royalties paid
2016	$0 Bulk sampling and commercial sale of gold over $10,000 in value triggered a pre-production royalty filing requirement.
2017	$0
2018	$0
2019	$0
2020	Return filed and under review.
Total	$0

Contact:

If you have any questions about the royalty regime, phone the Mineral Resources Branch, 867-667-3422.