10:15 AM EST - Western Copper and Gold Corporation : Has completed its previously announced $25.6 million-strategic investment by Rio Tinto Canada Inc. to advance the Company's copper-gold Casino Project in the Yukon. Rio Tinto acquired 11,808,490 common shares at a price of $2.17 per share for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $25.6 million, resulting in Rio Tinto owning approximately 8.0% of Western's outstanding shares. Western Copper and Gold Corporation
shares T.WRN are trading down $0.02 at $3.12.
