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      <title>Western Copper Provides Update on Management Team</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation reports recent changes to the management team.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-20T13:57:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Reports on Island Copper’s JV Agreement</title>
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      <description>VANCOUVER, B.C. Western Copper Corporation reports that Kobex Minerals Inc. has terminated its option agreement on the Island Copper property.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-16T11:45:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Extends Higher Grade Supergene Mineralization at Casino</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce preliminary results from the 2010 exploration program at its wholly owned Casino Project, located in the Yukon.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-24T13:08:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Appeals Yukon Water Board’s Decision</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary Carmacks Copper Ltd. announce that on June 18, 2010, the Company filed a Petition with the Yukon Supreme Court seeking leave to appeal from the decision of the Yukon Water Board issued on May 10, 2010, in connection with the application for a Water Licence for the Carmacks Copper Project.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-21T13:17:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Announces Proceeds of C$2.4 Million from Exercised Warrants</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that it has received proceeds of C$2,406,250 from the exercise of warrants.  The expiry date of the warrants was accelerated from July 10, 2012 to June 7, 2010 as previously announced on May 7, 2010.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-09T21:02:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Provides Detail on Carmacks Water Use Licence</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation would like to provide a summary of the regulatory status of the Carmacks Copper Project in light of the decision of the Yukon Water Board issued May 10, 2010.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-12T22:38:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper’s Carmacks Project Water Use Licence Decision</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation was notified today by the Yukon Water Board that the Carmacks Copper Project’s Water Use Licence application has been denied.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-11T01:29:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Accelerates Expiry of Warrants</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/accelerates_expiry_warrants/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation announces that it has elected to accelerate the expiry of 2,000,000 common share purchase warrants for possible proceeds of C$ 2.5 million.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-07T13:57:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Announces New Director and Change to Management Team</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Ian Watson as a new Director of the Company and Dr. Paul West&#45;Sells as President and Chief Operating Officer.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-26T23:31:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Initiates Drilling at Casino</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/drilling_at_casino/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce commencement of a 15,000 meter diamond drilling program at its wholly owned Casino gold&#45;copper&#45;molybdenum project located in the Yukon.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-26T13:08:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper completes Carmacks Project public hearing</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that the Yukon Water Board public hearing of the Carmacks Copper Project Type A Water Use Licence application has been completed.</description>
      <dc:subject>2010</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-03T14:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper closes C$5.4 million flow&#45;through financing</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/Closes_c5.4_financing/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated November 27, 2009, it has completed a fully subscribed flow&#45;through financing for gross proceeds of C$5,375,000.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-07T14:16:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Reaches Permitting Milestone at Carmacks</title>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that the Yukon Water Board has completed the adequacy review of the Carmacks Copper Project Type A Water Use Licence application and has set an intervention deadline of January 25, 2010.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-01T14:09:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Announces Flow&#45;Through Financing</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/second_flow-through_financing/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that it has appointed Casimir Capital L.P. to act as its agent (the “Agent”) in connection with a private placement for up to 2,150,000 units of the Company at C$2.50 per unit for gross proceeds of up to C$5,375,000 (the “Offering”). Kingsdale Capital Markets Inc. and D &amp; D Securities Company will also be participating in the Offering as part of the selling group.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-27T14:02:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper receives Robert E. Leckie award  for outstanding mining reclamation practices</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/receives_leckie_award/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that it was awarded the 2009 Robert E. Leckie award for the major reclamation program carried out on old abandoned workings at its Casino Project.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-25T20:27:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper expands in&#45;pit mineralization and discovers a new molybdenum zone at Casino</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/expands_in-pit_mineralization/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce assay results from the completed exploration program at its wholly owned Casino Project in the Yukon Territory, Canada.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-18T14:01:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>IMA proceeds with its option on Western Copper’s Island Copper Project</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/ima_proceeds_option/</link>
      <guid>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/ima_proceeds_option/#When:19:41:08Z</guid>
      <description>IMA Exploration Inc. is pleased to announce that it has informed Western Copper Corporation of its intention to proceed with its option agreement on the Island Copper porphyry copper&#45;gold project on Vancouver Island.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-30T19:41:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Announces Board of Directors Changes</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/board_directors_changes/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Robert Byford as a new Director of the Company and informs that, effective today, Mr. Ross Beaty has resigned from his position of Co&#45;Chairman and Director.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-22T22:13:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper identifies significant zones of potential mineralization at Casino</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/potential_mineralization_casino/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that preliminary results from a Quantec Titan 24 deep penetration geophysical survey at its wholly owned Casino Project, located in the Yukon, have identified several zones of potential mineralization outside of the historical mineralization limits.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-08T12:06:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Closes C$4 Million Flow&#45;Through Financing  And Commences Exploration Activities</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/closes_flow_through/</link>
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      <description>VANCOUVER, B.C. Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that, further to its news release dated July 06, 2009, it has completed a flow&#45;through financing (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of C$4,000,000, representing 100% subscription.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-13T12:54:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Announces Flow&#45;Through Financing</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/western_copper_announces_flow_through_financing/</link>
      <guid>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/western_copper_announces_flow_through_financing/#When:12:52:10Z</guid>
      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that it has appointed Casimir Capital L.P. to act as its agent in connection with a private placement for up to 4,000,000 units of the Company at C$1.00 per unit for gross proceeds of up to C$4,000,000. Kingsdale Capital Markets Inc. will also be participating in the Offering as part of the selling group.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-06T12:52:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Obtains Quartz Mining License for Carmacks Copper Project</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/quartz_mining_license/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that the Yukon Department of Energy, Mines and Resources issued a Quartz Mining License for the Carmacks Copper Project on April 15, 2009. This license permits Western Copper to build the Carmacks Copper Mine and establishes many of the terms and conditions under which the mine will operate.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-16T12:24:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Provides Update on Carmacks Copper Project</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/update_carmacks_project/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to provide an update on the Carmacks Copper Project, located in the Yukon, Canada.</description>
      <dc:subject>2009</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-20T22:22:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Appoints New Executive Vice President</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/executive_vice_president/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul West&#45;Sells to the position of Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, effective immediately.</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-25T01:22:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Carmacks Copper Project endorsed by Yukon Government</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/carmacks_copper_project_endorsed_by_yukon_government/</link>
      <guid>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/carmacks_copper_project_endorsed_by_yukon_government/#When:14:00:34Z</guid>
      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that the Yukon Government issued a Decision Document agreeing with the recommendation of the Yukon Environmental and Socio&#45;economic Assessment Board (“YESAB”) that the Carmacks Copper Project proceed.</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-09-15T14:00:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>YESAB recommends that the Carmacks Copper Project proceeds</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/yesab_recommends_carmacks_copper_project_proceeds/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation announces the completion of the first permitting step for its Carmacks Copper Project.</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-21T17:09:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Western Copper Announces Positive Results of Pre&#45;Feasibility Study on Casino Copper&#45;Gold&#45;Molybdenum</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/pre_feasibility_casino/</link>
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      <description>Pre&#45;feasibility study projects 30 year mine life with 20.4% pre&#45;tax IRR, $7.5 billion undiscounted NPV and 3.8 year payback period.
Listen to the conference call</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-06-24T18:00:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Carmacks Copper Project Advances in the Permitting Process</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/carmacks_advances_permitting/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation is pleased to announce that the Carmacks Copper Project in the Yukon Territory, has moved to the next stage of the assessment process under the Yukon Environmental and Socio&#45;economic Assessment Act (YESAA).</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-20T17:54:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>IMA Options Hushamu Copper&#45;Molybdenum&#45;Gold Property from Western Copper Corporation</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/ima_options_hushamu/</link>
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      <description>IMA Exploration Inc. and Western Copper Corporation are pleased to announce they have entered into a binding Letter of Intent and are preparing an Option Agreement to further explore and develop the Hushamu Property and in which IMA has the right to acquire up to a 70% interest.</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-05-12T17:45:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Yesab Responds to Public Comments on  the Carmacks Copper Project</title>
      <link>http://www.westerncoppercorp.com/index.php/news/release_full/yesab_responds_comments/</link>
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      <description>Western Copper Corporation announces that the Yukon Environmental and Socio&#45;economic Assessment Board (YESAB) requires further clarification from the Company in order to complete the final Screening Report and Recommendation on the Carmacks Copper Project.</description>
      <dc:subject>2008</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-29T17:39:36+00:00</dc:date>
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