Form 51-102F3
Material Change Report
CONTENT OF MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT
ITEM 1.	NAME AND ADDRESS OF ISSUER
	Western Copper Corporation (the "Corporation")
	Suite 2050, 1111 W. Georgia Street
	Vancouver, BC V6E 4M3
	Telephone: (604) 684-9497
	Fax: (604) 669-2926
ITEM 2.	DATE OF MATERIAL CHANGE
	August 19, 2011
ITEM 3.	NEWS RELEASE
	Issued August 19, 2011 and distributed through the facilities of Canada Newswire and filed on SEDAR.
ITEM 4.	SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGE
	The Corporation today announced that further to its news release dated June 23, 2011, the Company has entered into an arrangement agreement dated August 18, 2011 (the "Agreement") with certain of its wholly- owned subsidiaries including Copper North Mining Corp. ("Copper North") and NorthIsle Copper and Gold Inc. ("NorthIsle"), both of which were incorporated for the purposes of the Agreement, to give effect to the spin-out transaction announced on June 23, 2011. As part of the Agreement, the Company will also change its name from “Western Copper Corporation” to “Western Copper and Gold Corporation".
	The Agreement sets out the terms of the statutory plan of arrangement involving Western Copper, its securityholders, Copper North, NorthIsle and certain of Western Copper’s direct and indirect subsidiaries. A copy of the Agreement will be available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under the Corporation's profile.
ITEM 5.1	FULL DESCRIPTION OF MATERIAL CHANGE
	See news release attached as Schedule "A".
ITEM 5.2	DISCLOSURE FOR RESTRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS
	Not applicable.

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ITEM 6.	RELIANCE ON SUBSECTION 7.1(2) OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 51-102
	Not applicable.
ITEM 7.	OMITTED INFORMATION
	No information has been omitted on the basis that it is confidential information.
ITEM 8.	EXECUTIVE OFFICER
	Contact: Julien François, Chief Financial Officer
	Telephone: (604) 684-9497
ITEM 9.	DATE OF REPORT
	Dated at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 19th day of August, 2011.

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