Mr. Sandeep Singh reports

WESTERN COPPER AND GOLD STRENGTHENS LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH KEY TECHNICAL APPOINTMENTS

Western Copper and Gold Corp. has appointed Robert Dirk as chief operating officer and Christian Roldan as vice-president, technical.

Mr. 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 megaproject, 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.

Mr. Roldan is an accomplished mining executive with more than 25 years of international experience across the full mine life cycle, from early-stage exploration through development, operations and closure. Most recently, he held senior roles with Newmont, where he led multimillion-dollar engineering studies for projects in Canada, Suriname and Chile. In 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 BS in chemical engineering and an MSc 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 and chief executive officer. "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 derisk the project. Two thousand twenty-five 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 Corp.

Western Copper and Gold is advancing the Casino project, Canada's premier copper-gold mine in 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.

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