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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2008) - Western Copper Corporation ("Western Copper" or the "Company") (TSX:WRN) announces the completion of the first permitting step for its Carmacks Copper Project with the release of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) final Screening Report and Recommendation. The YESAB final Screening Report recommends that the Carmacks Copper Project proceeds, subject to the terms and conditions of the mitigative...

VANCOUVER, July 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) has received very exciting results from underground drilling in the SSX - Steer Mine complex at Jerritt Canyon. Underground drilling with two diamond drills (core) and a reverse circulation drill (RC) have continued to define additional resources in the SSX - Steer Complex. Since the last report (news release dated April 28, 2008) 55 resource conversion holes...

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, two environmental groups are demanding a reversal of regulations passed last month giving permission to oil companies working in the Chukchi Sea to disturb the polar bears and walrus that live there. Filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Pacific Environment, the lawsuit hopes to overturn a ruling reached by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month which allows "incidental takes" of native animals to the region. The regulations, which are set to...

VANCOUVER, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) has received very encouraging results from three holes, one drilled in the Smith Mine area, another in the Mahala Basin area and the third hole recently drilled in the Alchem zone near the Marlboro Canyon deposit, all at Jerritt Canyon. The drill hole in the Smith Mine Exploration area shows promise for further expansion and exploration. Reverse circulation drill...

Pacific Coast Nickel Corp. (TSX-V: NKL) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it is mobilizing in preparation for drilling at its Burwash Yukon Property. Burwash Yukon The Company has been informed by the operator of the Burwash, Yukon Project that the drill and support equipment has been contracted and will be moved to the property upon completion of another job. It is expected that drilling will commence in as soon as 15 days. This program will test a number of prospective...

VANCOUVER, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) is pleased to provide continuing favorable results from its on-going 2008 drilling program at Ketza River. The Ketza River property is wholly-owned by Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp., and is a past gold producer located near the town of Ross River in the Yukon Territory, Canada. All drill holes referenced in this release are diamond drill holes from two drill rigs...

VANCOUVER, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has reached a settlement with AIG with regards to the dispute over the payment for the construction of an evaporation pond at Jerritt Canyon, Nevada. "In my opinion, the lawsuit was the result of a breakdown in communication between Queenstake Resources Ltd. and AIG at the time of construction," said Graham Dickson,...

VANCOUVER, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (Toronto Stock Exchange: YNG; Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) (the "Company") clarifies its operational strategy for the next two years at both Jerritt Canyon, Nevada and Ketza River, Yukon Territory. "In light of the increased reliability of the Jerritt Canyon processing facilities since the planned shut down earlier this year, the Company has initiated a plan to increase the rate of gold production from mines at Jerritt...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Endangered humpback and fin whales swam hundreds of miles north of their usual habitat this summer in what environmentalists say is another sign of the effects of global warming and the shifting Arctic ecosystem.Humpbacks were spotted over the summer in the Beaufort Sea east of Barrow, the northernmost community in the United States, and last year in the Chukchi Sea, west of the Beaufort and north of the Bering Strait, said Robin Cacy, a spokeswoman for the federal...

By Yereth RosenANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Enticed by oil prices over $60 a barrel, energy companies and individual investors bid more than $31.2 million on Wednesday for oil and gas rights in Alaskan territory, according to preliminary sale results."I'm thrilled, no doubt about it," said Bill Van Dyke, acting director of the Alaska Division of Oil and Gas. "It's just a real healthy environment on the North Slope right now for both companies that have been here for a long time as well...