Western Copper and Gold Corporation


Project geologist Joe Currie and Kaminak Gold president and CEO Eira Thomas stand beside a Supremo zone trench at the Coffee gold project in western Yukon, 130 km south of Dawson City. Photo by Gwen Preston.

Kaminak’s Coffee takes shape

DAWSON CITY, YUKON — Three years ago, the first hole drilled into Kaminak Gold’s (TSXV: KAM; US-OTC: KMKGF) Coffee project returned 17.1 grams gold per tonne over 15 metres. Two months later a slew of solid drill results had defined…



Western Copper and Gold's Casino copper-gold-molybdenum project in the Yukon. Source: Western Copper and Gold

Western Copper jumps on Casino feasibility study

For resource companies, it can be hard to keep investors interested during the lull between discovery and development. During those years the story shifts from exciting exploration results to endless studies of metallurgy, hydrography, power…


Market news: U.S. Markets

U.S. equities remained resilient in the wake of the Jan. 2 settlement of the fiscal cliff debate, but the rally slowed slightly ahead of earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4% to close at 13,488.43, while the S&P 500…


U.S. equities remain positive, Jan. 7-11

U.S. equities remained resilient in the wake of the Jan. 2 settlement of the fiscal cliff debate, but the rally slowed slightly ahead of earning season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.4% to close at 13,488.43, while the S&P 500…


The camp at Western Copper and Gold's Casino project. Source: Western Copper and Gold

Western Copper jumps on Casino feasibility study

VANCOUVER – For resource companies, it can be hard to keep investors interested during the lull between discovery and development. During those years the story shifts from exciting exploration results to endless studies of metallurgy,…




Three companies better than one for Western Copper family

Vancouver – Convinced its portfolio of projects weren’t being adequately appreciated in the market, Yukon-focused Western Copper last year decided to spin out everything but its flagship Casino project into two new companies.


Western Copper's Casino gold-copper-molybdenum project in the Yukon. Photo by The Northern Miner

Western Copper updates Casino study

Western Copper (WRN-T, WRN-X) has released an updated prefeasibility study for its sizable but remote Casino gold-copper-molybdenum project in the Yukon, three years and a commodity-price rollercoaster ride after the first.


Ross Beaty closes in on 10 for 10

Of the 10 copper projects acquired by Ross Beaty’s Lumina Copper (LCC-V) in 2003 near the end of a five-year downturn for the resource sector and a dramatic fall in metal prices, it has kept just one, Taca Taca, in Argentina. The rest it sold -…


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