09:59 AM EST - Western Copper and Gold Corporation : Announces a strategic equity investment by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation to further advance the Company's copper-gold Casino Project in the Yukon. Mitsubishi Materials has agreed to acquire that number of common shares of the Company that will represent approximately 5.0% of Western's issued and outstanding Shares, on an undiluted basis, following completion of the investment, at a price of C$2.63 per Share. Western Copper and Gold Corporation
shares T.WRN are trading up $0.07 at $2.44.
