Western Copper and Gold Corp T.WRN

has the permiting been delayed?

[BugTSWY]

I haven't seen except on this forum: has the permiting been delayed to next year?

[Heywood_Silvers]

If the permitting has been delayed, it more or less takes WRN out of potential harm's way.  The majors are smelling blood and acting like sharks picking off the juniors one by one for pennies on the dollar. Maybe this buys us the time we need to wait for sunnier days and possibly pick up some cheap shares whilst we wait!

[CopperAndGold14]

Forcing through permitting right now is not good for shareholders. Paul has said that RIO is pleased with the permit applications as they are now, so that means if RIO wants to build and operate the mine, it's all good.  But that acts like an ace in RIO's sleeve, because they know that any other major will want to influence and possibly change the mine/tailings/etc design to fit their

[jclarke042]

Exactly right, CAG14. Not to mention, it's a non-starter for another major to try & outbid Rio, whose market cap is ***checks notes*** $120b as of right now.  I'm with you on this. I'd only be theoretically OK with going through permitting alone if they could guarantee no additional raises. Of course, they can't. So it would not only be cheap shares, but newly issued

[Sooner]

No one will outbid Rio if they really want casino at all costs for sure. I wonder though if that's the case. I mean they really might want casino for $2.5 usd share...but do they really want it for $4 a share???? I mean I wouldn't say no one else would even get into the auction just because Rio involved...at least that's what I hope! if no one else interested and Rio bids $3....then

[MetalMinded]

The only one posting it as certainty is a short seller who will spin anything negative hoping to cause fear amongst shareholders.  

[B4rryLyndon]

If I have understood it correctly it has most definitly not been delayed untill next year. What happened was various environmental groups and FN's have requested an extensions to hand in comments about the Casino project. It has been delayed untill 19th of april 2023. I will post a link to YESAB website about Casino project. If you go to Extension request YSSC and then press the first pdf you

[Caper18]

The permiting time line has not been delayed. The dead line for submissions regarding the ESE guidlines has been moved ahead to April 19. The EC than has 30 days to publish  CMC's guildlines to begin permiting.