Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Engquist as Chief Operating Officer effective January 15, 2022. Mr. Engquist will oversee operations for Western Copper and Gold and its wholly owned Casino Copper-Gold Deposit in Yukon, Canada . Mr. Engquist brings nearly 30 years of leadership and extensive development [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. , through its wholly owned subsidiary Casino Mining Corp. , is pleased to announce it has submitted to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board Executive Committee an updated schedule for submission of an Environmental and Socio-economic Effects Statement on its Casino project . In the schedule [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce assay results from the initial nine holes of the 2021 diamond drilling program at its wholly-owned Casino Project in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The program, developed with input from Rio Tinto, comprised a total of 6,074.97 metres in 22 holes. Highlights The importance of the core of the [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that the Yukon Government has awarded Yukon based company Pelly Construction the contract for the Carmacks Bypass Project, the first section of the Casino Project access road and a $29.6 million investment. The Carmacks Bypass is expected to be completed in 2024 and will allow industrial vehicles [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce an update to its 2021 exploration and drilling program at its wholly owned Casino Copper-Gold Project and the formal launching of a feasibility study on the Casino Project. Exploration and Drilling Program The 2021 exploration and drilling program was developed with input from Rio Tinto as [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Shena Shaw as Vice President, Environmental and Community Affairs, effective October 1, 2021. Ms. Shaw will be responsible for leading the environmental, permitting and community relations efforts for Western Copper and Gold and its wholly owned Casino Copper-Gold Deposit in [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has filed a technical report titled "Casino Project, Form NI 43-101F1 Technical Report Preliminary Economic Assessment, Yukon, Canada" with an effective date of June 22, 2021 . The Report summarizes the results of a preliminary economic assessment on the Casino copper-gold project, which [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the brokered private placement previously announced on July 6, 2021 of common shares of the Company that qualify as "flow-through shares" within the meaning of subsection 66 of the Income Tax Act . RBC Capital Markets and Cormark Securities Inc., as lead agents, together [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. announces that it has entered into an agreement with RBC Capital Markets and Cormark Securities Inc. to conduct a marketed best efforts private placement of up to 2,670,000 common shares of the Company that will qualify as "flow-through shares" within the meaning of subsection 66 of the Income Tax Act at a price of [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. announces that Dale Corman, Founder of Western Copper and Gold and Executive Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors, has informed the Board that he will retire as of June 30, 2021. The Board has appointed Ken Williamson to act as Interim Chairman, and the Board has begun the process of finding a permanent [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. announces its 2021 exploration and drilling program at its wholly owned Casino Copper-Gold Project . The Program was developed with input from Rio Tinto as outlined in the Investor Rights Agreement and Subscription Agreement entered as part of an investment by Rio Tinto Canada in Western . The Program consists of [...]
$2.3 billion After-Tax NPV at Base Case metal prices After-Tax IRR 19.5% at Base Case metal prices Cashflow over the first four years of $965 million per year at Base Case metal prices Base case development contemplates 25-year mine life Extended Two-Phase development contemplates a 47-year mine life Base Case metal prices: Cu: US$3.35/lb, Au [...]