The Wolverine mine is owned by Yukon Zinc Corporation. The underground mine is located in southeast Yukon, approximately halfway between Watson Lake and Ross River. The mine produces:
- lead;
- zinc; and
- copper.
The mine is currently in a state of temporary closure due to unfavourable market conditions.
The following documents are only available in English.
Documents we're reviewing
- Wolverine Mine wildlife protection plan: version 2018–02 (February 2018; 109,860 KB)
- Wolverine Mine tailings storage facility operation, maintenance and surveillance manual: version 2017–02 (October 2017; 12,098.58 KB)
Approved licences
- Quartz mining licence QML–0006 (December 2006; 1,337.15 KB)
- Schedule A: claims covering the mine and mine facilities (December 2006; 26.41 KB)
- Schedule B: claims covering the access road (December 2006; 43.45 KB)
- Schedule C: plan approved by the chief (June 2016; 135.93 KB)
- Schedule D: terrestrial performance standards (December 2006; 387.80 KB)
- Schedule C update (December 2017; 45.38 KB)
- Amendment to Section 15.4 of QML–0006: milling rate (January 2011; 1322.73 KB)
- Temporary closure requirement (January 2015; 30.38 KB)
- Environmental risk assessment (February 2015; 271.34 KB)
- Temporary closure plan (February 2015; 613.02 KB)
- Reclamation and closure plan update (May 2015; 78.96 KB)
- Disposal of specified reagents (May 2015; 675.61 KB)
- Update to reclamation and closure plan 2015–06 (June 2016; 72.82 KB)
- Extension of temporary closure period, update reclamation and closure plan and security determination (December 2017; 139.20 KB)
- Temporary closure extension request (June 2017; 786.20 KB)
- Updated water balance and 2017 dam safety review (September 2017; 55.26 KB)
- Bulkhead installation (October 2017; 26.83 KB)
Development and operational plans
- Mine development and operation plan (July 2010; 3,044.42 KB)
- General site plan: version 2011–05 (August 2011; 8,970.63 KB)
- Addendum to general site: version 2011–05 – operations phase waste rock (October 2011; 681.32 KB)
- Addendum to general site plan: version 2011–05 (May 2016; 749.48 KB)
- Approval of mine development and operation plan – version 2010–02 (August 2010; 1,189.89 KB)
- Approval of general site plan – version 2011–05 (September 2011; 1,208.93 KB)
- Approval of addendum to general site plan: version 2011–05 – operations phase waste rock (October 2011; 37.47 KB)
- Approval of addendum to general site plan: version 2011–05 (June 2016; 91.09 KB)
- Mill operating plan: version 2010–02 (May 2010; 2,8126.10 KB)
- Approval of mill operating plan: version 2010–02 (June 2010; 3,686.78 KB)
- Tailings and infrastructure design and construction plan: version 2009–02 (March 2009; 22,559.86 KB)
- Tailings facility operation, maintenance and surveillance manual: version 2010–01 (July 2010; 5,690.51 KB)
- Ground control management (March 2011; 17,852.99 KB)
- Addendum of tailings and infrastructure design: version 2009–02 – stage 2 dam construction (March 2012; 7,082.05 KB)
- Tailings and infrastructure design plan: version 2009–02 (March 2009; 1,325.08 KB)
- Tailings facility operation maintenance and surveillance manual: version 2010–01 (August 2010; 1,050.92 KB)
- Addendum of tailings and infrastructure design plan: version 2009–02 dam (April 2012; 57.32 KB)
- Addendum of tailings and infrastructure design plan: version 2009–02 (August 2012; 672.36 KB)
Environmental protection plans and reports
- Monitoring and surveillance plan – version 2011–03 (October 2011; 14,622.22 KB)
- Revision to monitoring and surveillance plan – version 2011–03 section 8.3 (April 2012; 144.93 KB)
- Approval of monitoring and surveillance plan – version 2011–03 (November 2011; 48.14 KB)
- Approval of revision to monitoring and surveillance plan – version 2011–03 (May 2012; 63.33 KB)
- Heritage resources protection plan – version 2007–01 (November 2007; 899.56 KB)
- Waste management plan – version 2010–03 (February 2011; 4,839.14 KB)
- Spill contingency plan – version 2010–03 (March 2011; 1,556.16 KB)
- Wildlife protection plan – version 2009–01 (April 2009; 6,470.75 KB)
- Approval of heritage resource protection plan – version 2007–01 (December 2007; 622.32 KB)
- Approval of wildlife protection plan – version 2009–01 (May 2009; 485.22 KB)
- Approval of waste management and spill contingency plan – version 2010–03 (March 2011; 981.23 KB)
- 2009 annual wildlife protection monitoring report (April 2010; 6,260.62 KB)
- 2010 annual monitoring and surveillance report (March 2011; 9,302.08 KB)
- 2010 annual wildlife protection monitoring report (March 2011; 3,625.31 KB)
- 2011 annual monitoring and surveillance report (March 2012; 8,931.83 KB)
- 2011 annual wildlife protection monitoring report (March 2012; 9,722.76 KB)
- 2012 annual wildlife protection monitoring report (March 2013; 5,109.41 KB)
- 2012 annual monitoring and surveillance report (March 2013; 41,531.588 KB)
- 2013 annual wildlife protection monitoring report (March 2014; 4,670.51 KB)
- 2013 annual monitoring and surveillance report (March 2014; 38,013 KB)
- 2014 annual wildlife protection monitoring report (April 2015; 8,443.45 KB)
- 2014 annual monitoring and surveillance report (March 2015; 30,299.0 KB)
- 2017 annual report (February 2018; 72,251 KB)
Reclamation and closure plans
- Reclamation and closure plan: version 2016–07 revised version 3 (December 2017; 37,055 KB)
Financial security
- Correspondence May 3, 2018: security determination (May 2018; 78.29 KB)
- Correspondence June 29, 2018: security extension denied (June 2018; 41.21 KB)
Annual reporting
- 2007 annual report (March 2008; 30,264.97 KB)
- 2008 annual report (April 2009; 34,529.72 KB)
- 2009 annual report (March 2010; 46,449.26 KB)
- 2010 annual report (March 2011; 30,617.600 KB)
- 2011 annual report (March 2012; 29,154.872 KB)
- 2012 annual report (March 2013; 6,046.96 KB)
- 2013 annual report (March 2014; 6,337.15 KB)
- 2014 annual report (March 2015; 16,623.41 KB)
- 2015 annual report (February 2016; 105,355 KB)
- 2016 annual report (February 2017; 30,673.305 KB)
- 2017 annual report (March 2018; 72,251 KB)
- 2009 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (July 2009; 3,109.79 KB)
- 2010 annual physical inspection: tailings facility (August 2010; 1,565.65 KB)
- 2010 annual physical inspection: underground (January 2011; 223.30 KB)
- 2010 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (August 2010; 3,285.79 KB)
- 2011 annual physical inspection: tailing facility (September 2011; 4,493.46 KB)
- 2011 annual physical inspection: underground (July 2011; 555.74 KB)
- 2011 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (September 2011; 3,671.56 KB)
- 2012 annual physical inspection: underground (July 2012; 323.13 KB)
- 2012 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (August 2012; 2,001.89 KB)
- 2013 annual physical inspection: tailings (August 2013; 3,858.83 KB)
- 2013 annual physical inspection: underground (August 2013; 12,026.20 KB)
- 2013 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (August 2013; 3,371.90 KB)
- 2014 annual physical inspection: tailings (August 2014; 4,625.10 KB)
- 2014 annual physical inspection: underground (August 2014; 5,820.61 KB)
- 2014 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (August 2014; 5,151.00 KB)
- 2015 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (August 2015; 46,619.807 KB)
- 2016 annual physical inspection: tailings facility and on-site earth structures (December 2016; 16,237.61 KB)
- 2017 dam safety review (August 2017; 20,679.07 KB)
- 2017 annual physical inspection: on-site earth structures (August 2017; 5,972.02 KB)