Casino Mining Provides Guidance on Assessment Submission

VANCOUVER, BC –(Marketwired – August 22, 2016) – Western Copper and Gold Corporation (TSX:WRN, NYSEMKT:WRN), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Casino Mining Corp. (“CMC”), has submitted to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (“YESAB”) Executive Committee a schedule for completion of the Casino Mine ESE Statement.
In the schedule, CMC indicates that it plans to submit the Casino Mine ESE Statement by December 31, 2017. The ESE Statement will form the basis for the Company’s assessment application for the Panel Review and will include all of the material submitted previously, plus additional information.
CMC is committed to incorporating the best available technologies and practices for modern mining into the project’s design. During the next year, CMC will continue to evaluate several optimizations to the project, including:

• Modifying the tailings and mine waste management facility to incorporate the recommendations from the Independent Engineering Review Panel (see news release dated August 16, 2016) and current internationally accepted standards and good practices;
• Relocating certain project facilities, including the airstrip, to reduce the project footprint and decrease the cumulative impacts on caribou migration and habitat; and
• Engaging in further studies regarding traditional land use activities and traditional knowledge in partnership with local First Nations.

“The information contained in the ESE Statement will reflect Western Copper and Gold’s commitment to environmentally responsible development. Through enhancements to the tailings management facility and reduction of the project footprint, the new application will address many of the significant matters identified in the assessment process to date. We look forward to working with YESAB, Federal, Territorial and First Nation Governments and the public over the next year to complete the ESE Statement.” said Paul West-Sells, President and CEO.
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