Western Copper and Gold Strengthens Leadership Team with Key Technical Appointments
Western Copper and Gold Strengthens
Leadership Team with Key Technical
Appointments
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - January 12, 2026) - Western Copper and Gold
Corporation (TSX: WRN) (NYSE American: WRN) ("Western" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce the appointments of Robert Dirk as Chief Operating Officer and Christian Roldan as Vice
President, Technical.
Robert Dirk
is a proven mining operator with 37 years of experience leading large-scale operations and
delivering major projects across multiple commodities and jurisdictions. He spent 20 years at Suncor
Energy, where he held progressively senior operational roles and served as the senior operational
leader on the Fort Hills mega-project, one of Canada's landmark resource projects. Internationally, he
served on the executive team for Kaz Minerals' large-scale Peschanka copper-gold project in Russia's
Far East. Mr. Dirk holds a degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Alberta and a technical
diploma in Geosciences from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Christian Roldan
is an accomplished mining executive with more than 25 years of international
experience across the full mine lifecycle, from early-stage exploration through development, operations,
and closure. Most recently, he held senior roles with Newmont, where he led multi-million-dollar
engineering studies for projects in Canada, Suriname, and Chile. In the Yukon, he successfully advanced
the Coffee project through YESAB's environmental assessment process. He is also a former director of
the Yukon Chamber of Mines. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Metallurgical
Engineering from the University of Utah.
"We are very pleased to welcome Robert and Christian to the Western team," said Sandeep Singh,
President & CEO. "They bring major-company experience that matches the scale and standards
required for Casino - Canada's largest critical minerals project. These appointments strengthen our
ability to move through our permitting process and advance technical work, while continuing to de-risk
the project. 2025 was an important year for the Company. We look forward to further unlocking the value
of our very strategic property."
ABOUT WESTERN COPPER AND GOLD CORPORATION
Western Copper and Gold Corporation is advancing the Casino Project, Canada's premier copper-gold
mine in the Yukon and one of the most economic greenfield copper-gold mining projects in the world.
The Company is committed to working collaboratively with First Nations and local communities to
progress the Casino Project, using internationally recognized responsible mining technologies and
practices.
For more information, visit
www.westerncopperandgold.com
.
On behalf of the board,
"Sandeep Singh"
Sandeep Singh
President & CEO
Western Copper and Gold Corporation
For more information, please contact:
Cameron Magee
Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Development
Western Copper and Gold Corporation
437-219-5576 or
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements"
(collectively "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian and United
States securities legislation including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking
statements are frequently, but not always, identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates",
"believes", "plans", "projects", "intends", "estimates", "envisages", "potential", "possible", "strategy",
"goals", "opportunities", "objectives", or variations thereof or stating that certain actions, events or
results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved, or the negative of any
of these terms and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements herein include statements
regarding the expected impact of these appointments and the Company's plans and ability to
advance the Casino Project, including technical work, permitting, and the timing of such activities.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that
may cause actual events to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such
statements. Such factors include but are not limited to the risk of unforeseen challenges in advancing
the Casino Project, potential impacts on operational continuity, changes in general market conditions
that could affect the Company's performance; and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in the
Company's annual information form and Form 40-F for the most recently completed financial year
and its other publicly filed disclosure documents.
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management believes to be reasonable, such
assumptions and factors as set out herein, and in the Company's annual information form and Form
40-F for the most recently completed financial year and its other publicly filed disclosure document.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, other factors may cause results to
be materially different from those anticipated, described, estimated, assessed or intended. These
forward-looking statements represent the Company's views as of the date of this news release. There
can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements will be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should
not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend to and does
not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements other than as required by applicable
law.
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