07:05 AM EDT, 08/12/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Western Copper and Gold ( WRN ) on Monday submitted an updated and refined schedule for submission of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects (ESE) Statement for the Casino copper-gold mine project to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board Executive Committee.

The ESE statement will form the basis for the company's assessment application for the panel review and will include all the material outlined in the revised ESE statement guidelines.

Casino indicated in the schedule that it plans to submit the ESE statement in July 2025, an update from the previously estimated submission date of the second half of 2024.

"Western is committed to ensuring a robust review of the Casino project, as the first and only project in the Yukon going through the highest level of review and relying on the most up to date methodologies in environmental assessment," said Western Copper and Gold ( WRN ) CEO Sandeep Singh.