WRN Western Copper and Gold Corporation

Exhibit 99.1

 

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G and any amendments to it with respect to the common shares, no par value per share, of Western Copper and Gold Corporation and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to those joint filings. Each of the undersigned agrees to be responsible for the timely filing of the Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning itself contained therein. This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Joint Filing Agreement as of February 12, 2025.

 

 

KOPERNIK GLOBAL INVESTORS, LLC

 

By:          /s/Sarah L. Bertrand

Name:     Sarah L. Bertrand

Title:       General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

/s/ David B. Iben by Sarah L. Bertrand, power of attorney

David B. Iben by Sarah L. Bertrand, power of attorney

Exhibit 99.2

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Sarah L. Bertrand, and with full power of substitution and re-substitution, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact (such person and her substitute being referred to herein as the “Attorney-in-Fact”), with full power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to:

1.                  Prepare, execute, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required or considered by the Attorney-in-Fact to be advisable under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or any rule or regulation of the SEC; and

2.                  Prepare, execute and submit to the SEC any and all reports (including any amendments thereto) the undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable to file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Rule 144”), including Forms 3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(a)               This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the Attorney-in-Fact to act in her discretion on information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent verification of such information;

(b)               Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(c)               The Attorney-in-Fact does not assume any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(d)               This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or her substitute, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4 or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of October, 2024.

	/s/ David B. Iben Signature
	David B. Iben
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