The Vancouver Sun reports in its Friday edition that Western Copper and Gold is pleased that Yukon officials have decided to send a proposed copper-and-gold mine to a higher review. The unbylined item says that the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board says the Casino project, 300 kilometres northwest of Whitehorse, will undergo a panel review. Western Copper and Gold says the review allows for more public input and responses from federal, territorial and first nation governments. The Casino mine would process about 120,000 tonnes of ore daily and pump nearly $10-billion into the Canadian economy over an estimated 22-year life span. Western Copper closed Thursday at 34 cents, up one cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange.