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Western Copper and Gold Announces Appointment of VP, Environmental and Community Affairs
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Western Copper and Gold Announces Appointment of VP, Environmental and Community Affairs\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n ,\n \n Sept. 27, 2021\n \n /CNW/ - Western Copper and Gold Corporation (\"Western\" or the \"Company\") (TSX: WRN) (NYSE American: WRN) 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\n \n Yukon, Canada\n \n (the \"Casino Project\").\n \n \n Ms. Shaw is looking forward to supporting the Casino Project through the first ever Panel Review process in the\n \n Yukon\n \n . She has been managing projects and contributing to environmental assessments across the North for nearly 20 years. Her knowledge and advice will help the company make strategic and effective decisions when planning and implementing Indigenous and community consultation and engagement.\n \n \n After graduating from the\n \n University of Victoria\n \n with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology focusing on First Nations Studies and Geography, Ms. Shaw joined the\n \n Yukon\n \n Chamber of Commerce with a role in supporting community-based entrepreneurship programs and services. A relocation to\n \n Yellowknife\n \n , NWT introduced her to the mining industry for the first time when she joined DeBeers Canada's Snap Lake Project. Following that she embarked on a lengthy career in environmental consulting in\n \n Yellowknife\n \n and\n \n Whitehorse\n \n , focusing on responsible development of resource extraction through the environmental assessment and Indigenous engagement processes of large-scale projects in the\n \n Yukon\n \n , NWT,\n \n Alaska\n \n and across\n \n Canada\n \n . Ms. Shaw participated in the consultation and socio-economic impact assessment work for the Kaminak Coffee Gold Project,\n...