Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to contribute $75,000 to Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation to support meal and nutrition programs at Tantalus Community School and the LSCFN Daycare for the 2025/26 school year. These programs deliver daily meals and snacks to children in Carmacks, ensuring students have access to reliable, healthy food throughout the school day. In recent months, changes to federal support [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. welcomes the announcement by Prime Minister Carney referring the Northwest Critical Conservation Corridor - including the proposed Yukon-B.C. Grid Connect - to the Major Projects Office to accelerate the development and delivery of this nation-building project. Western welcomes the federal recognition of this corridor and its extraordinary potential to advance critical minerals development [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark E. Smith, P.E., P.Eng., to its Board of Directors . Mr. Smith is a professional engineer with over 45 years of global mining experience. He co-founded and managed Vector Engineering for nearly 25 years, a consulting and engineering firm with a staff of 500 people and offices in seven countries. His technical leadership and judgement have been [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the submission of its Environmental and Socio-economic Effects Statement for the proposed Casino Project to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board . The submission is an important step in the Panel Review process under the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act , representing a significant positive step in the permitting process for [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to provide an update on its Environmental and Socio-economic Effects Statement submission for the Casino Project . The ESE Statement incorporates extensive technical work, including environmental and socio-economic baselines studies and assessments. Western is pleased with the progress to date and the level of consultation achieved thus far with First Nations and communities. The [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce an extension and revision of its Investor Rights Agreement with Rio Tinto Canada Inc. . As part of a revised IRA, Rio Tinto will continue to hold a seat on the Casino Technical and Sustainability Committee , along with one representative from Mitsubishi Materials and three from Western, to promote ongoing technical collaboration. Rio Tinto's existing standstill and [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. announces the voting results from the Company's Annual General Meeting held on June 12, 2025. A total of 99,165,184 common shares were represented at the AGM, accounting for 49.58% of the votes attached to all outstanding common shares as of the record date. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors and the appointment of the auditor are set out below. Voting results for the [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has completed the precondition for the previously announced extension of their investor rights agreement. Mitsubishi Materials acquired two million common shares of the Company through open market purchases, taking their overall ownership to approximately 5%. Consequently, the investor rights agreement between the two groups has now [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce further progress on its board renewal process. In connection with the upcoming Annual General Meeting , Dr. Bill Williams will retire from his last remaining board position, and Tara Christie will not stand for re-election in order to focus on her existing executive priorities. Western is pleased to announce the nomination of Pamela O'Hara for election to the board of [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its relationship with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation . Western has entered into an amended and restated investor rights agreement with Mitsubishi Materials, most notably extending the rights and obligations thereunder until May 30, 2026, subject to Mitsubishi Materials acquiring 2 million common shares of the Company through open market [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to provide an update on several infrastructure initiatives supporting the development of its Casino Copper-Gold Project . Sandeep Singh, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated: "Infrastructure is obviously a key piece of the puzzle to bring the Casino Project into production. Reciprocally, the Casino Project is an important lynchpin to improve the infrastructure of the Yukon [...]
Western Copper and Gold Corp. is pleased to announce results from a supplemental metallurgical program for its wholly owned Casino Copper-Gold Project . The Metallurgical Program used drill core composites of material representing potential mill feed taken from the 2023 diamond drilling program with more variable copper, gold, and molybdenum levels than had been tested in previous drill campaigns and from a broader period [...]
