Coffee Gold project: Licensing documents

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 Mineral Resources 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

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)