Utoo Radio with other News Sources - June 6 2025 - Yellowknife residents have been informed about a three-year research project focusing on how climate change could affect the management and remediation of legacy mine projects, such as Giant Mine.

The Climate Ready Mine project, led by RFS Energy and the University of Guelph, is funded by the federal government and in-kind support from the Giant Mine Oversight Board.

The research group hopes its work will be applicable in a wider northern context and for other mines. The project aims to develop an assessment tool to determine how different elements of a mine closure plan can be adapted in response to climate change impacts.

The project also aims to determine the long-term management of 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust at the site, which could be useful for Indigenous governments, NGOs, and the mining industry as it develops final closure plans.