The Kudz Ze Kayah project is a proposed mine for copper, lead, zinc, gold and silver. It’s 115 kilometres southeast of Ross River, Yukon. The site lies within the claimed traditional territories of the Kaska First Nations, including Liard First Nation, Ross River Dena Council, Dease River First Nation, and Kwadacha 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’s 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
- BMC response to IR 1 (April 2024; 450 KB)
- BMC response to IR 5 (April 2024; 522 KB)
- BMC response to IR 6 (September 2024; 25,487 KB)
- QML phase 4 (56 KB)
Quartz mining licence
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Correspondence
- Letter: MRB to BMC phase 1 (April 11, 2023; 305 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC phase 2 (May 5, 2023; 155 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC phase 4 (June 9, 2023; 44 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC phase 5a (July 19, 2023; 375 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC phase 5b (June 16, 2023; 389 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC phase 6 (May 31, 2024; 241 KB)
- Letter: BMC to MRB classification memo (July 5, 2023; 6,429 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC MWMF classification (August 28, 2023; 398 KB)
- Letter: BMC response phase 5 (February 26, 2024; 290 KB)
- Letter: MRB to BMC IRB implementation (May 11, 2026; 170 KB)
- Letter: BMC to MRB IRB implementation response (May 14, 2026; 421 KB)
- Letter: MMTS to BMC IR 7 (May 29, 2026; 198 KB)
- Letter: BMC to MMTS IR 7 response (June 29, 2026; 549 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
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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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