WESTERN COPPER AND GOLD ANNOUNCES DRILLING PROGRAM AT CASINO AND PROVIDES UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n WESTERN COPPER AND GOLD ANNOUNCES DRILLING PROGRAM AT CASINO AND PROVIDES UPDATE ON GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT\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 \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Aug. 23, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Western Copper and Gold Corporation (\"Western\" or the \"Company\") (TSX: WRN) (NYSE American: WRN) is pleased to announce its 2023 drilling program (the \"Program\") at its wholly owned\n \n Casino\n \n Copper-Gold Project (\"\n \n Casino\n \n \").\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Program was developed by Western's Technical and Sustainability Committee, which is comprised of members from Western, Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Materials, as outlined in the Investor Rights Agreements entered as part of investments by Rio Tinto Canada and Mitsubishi Materials into Western (see news releases dated\n \n \n May 17, 2021\n \n \n and\n \n \n March 24, 2023\n \n \n respectively). The program is outlined below:\n \n \n \n Metallurgical and Infill Drilling\n \n \n \n A diamond drill program consisting of approximately\n \n 2,200 m\n \n of drilling in seven drill holes, ranging from\n \n 130 m\n \n to\n \n 560 m\n \n in depth, has been initiated. These drill holes are located inside the current pit boundaries and upon completion, this program is expected to result in upgrading of some of the Indicated Resource to the Measured Resource category.\n \n \n A metallurgical program, using drill core collected from this program, will commence upon completion of drilling and receipt of assays. The program will focus on developing a more detailed geometallurgical model of the deposit, with a focus on an updated recovery and concentrate model.\n \n \n \n Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Drilling\n \n \n \n The Program also includes roughly\n \n 800 m\n \n of geotechnical and hydrogeological drilling designed by Knight-Piesold Consulting. This will target the ground conditions of the proposed open pit, stockpiles, tailings management facility, heap leaching facility, new airstrip, and the proposed Ranney well...

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