Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground
The miners are in a standoff with police, who have blocked their supplies of food and water.
Western Copper (WRN.TO) has begun engineering studies to determine whether it can modify plans that pushed regulators to reject its request for a water use license at its Carmacks copper project in Canada’s Yukon Territory.
A recent court ruling in the northwestern territory upheld the Yukon Water Board’s decision to reject Western Copper’s plans, forcing the exploration company to go back to the drawing board.
