The Coffee Gold project is a proposed open pit gold mine. It’s 130 kilometres south of Dawson City.
This mine plans to use cyanide heap leaching to extract gold. It is on the Traditional Territories of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in and Selkirk First Nation and on the claimed traditional territory of White River First Nation.
For information on the status of the site or to access licensing documents, email the Major Mines and Technical Services Branch at [email protected].
For water license information and reports, visit the Yukon Water Board’s online registry, Waterline.
The following documents are only available in English. We’ll update this page with any new or revised licensing information.
Documents we're reviewing
- Heap Leach and Process Facilities Plan (March 2026; 190,241 KB)
- Cyanide Management Plan (March 2026; 15,661 KB)
- Review of the 2024 Coffee Project HLF Design Report (March 2026; 2,196 KB)
- Response to Implementation of the Independent Review Board Recommendations (March 2026; 994 KB)
- Reclamation and Closure Plan – Revision 2 (March 2026; 400,164 KB)
- Spill Contingency Plan (September 2025; 20,504 KB)
- Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (September 2025; 19,399 KB)
- Waste and Hazardous Materials Management Plan (November 2025; 12,139 KB)
- Heritage Resources Protection Plan (November 2025; 3,820 KB)
- Socio-economic Management Plan (September 2025; 9,418 KB)
- Air Quality Management Plan (October 2024; 3,299 KB)
- Environmental Monitoring Plan (July 2025; 3,685 KB)
- Appendix A Hydrology Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 1,623 KB)
- Appendix B Surface Water Quality Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 1,665 KB)
- Appendix C Groundwater Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 1,487 KB)
- Appendix D Meteorological Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 5,059 KB)
- Appendix E Geochemical Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 253 KB)
- Appendix F Fish Aquatic Life Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 2,179 KB)
- Appendix G Wildlife Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 10,266 KB)
- Appendix H Vegetation Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 6,368 KB)
- Appendix I Air Quality GHG Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 2,123 KB)
- Appendix J Noise Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 1,859 KB)
- Appendix K Physical Monitoring Plan (September 2025; 1,222 KB)
- Appendix L Adaptive Management Plan (September 2025; 3,750 KB)
- Appendix M EMAMP Table of Concordance (September 2025; 1,418 KB)
- Noise Management Plan (July 2025; 3,232 KB)
- Site Characterization Plan (July 2025; 594,963 KB)
- Vegetation Protection Plan (July 2025; 3,443 KB)
- Water Management Plan (July, 2025; 15,622 KB)
- Wildlife Protection Plan (October 2024; 9,169 KB)
- Emergency Response Plan (November 2024; 50,521 KB)
- Explosives Management Plan (March 2025; 54,480 KB)
- General Mine Development Plan (March 2025; 565,763 KB)
- Mine Operations Plan (October 2024; 187,416 KB)
- Waste Rock and Overburden Management Plan (March 2025; 368,345 KB)
Quartz mining licence
There are no documents at this time.
Correspondence
Implementation of Independent Review Board Recommendations (December 2025; 250 KB)
Information Request #1 (March 2024; 354 KB)
Information Request #2 (December 2025; 278 KB)
Information Request #3 (February 2026; 174 KB)
Information Request #4 (February 2026; 328 KB)
Information Request #5 (February 2026; 151 KB)
Information Request #5b (March 2026; 133 KB)
Information Request #6 (April 2026; 189 KB)
Information Request #7 (May 2026; 270 KB)
Development and operational plans
Surface mining plans
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Underground mining plans
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Processing facilities plans
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Mine waste management plans
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Health and safety plans
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Environmental and socio-economic plans
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Reclamation and closure plans
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Financial security
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Correspondence
- IRB implementation (December 2025, 250 KB)
Reporting and inspections
Annual reporting
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Physical inspections and reporting
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Mine development reporting
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Environmental reporting
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Socio-economic reporting
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