Angkor Resources Identifies New Gold Prospect in Cambodia, Plans 2026 Exploration Program

Angkor Resources Corp. has announced the identification of an additional gold target named CZ Gold on the west side of the Canada Wall prospect within its Andong Meas exploration license in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. The company's mineral exploration team identified this target based on physical workings from a tunnel on the west side of the river running through the license area. A quartz stockwork with an apparent thickness of 30 metres was mapped in the tunnel, with the stockwork tending to have a northwest strike. The target consists of multiple shallow trenches and one 47-metre-long tunnel excavated by artisanal miners, located on a steep slope where miners drove a raise to surface following several veins at the tunnel's end.

Dennis Ouellette, VP Exploration, described historical work from over a decade ago, noting that in 2012, three holes were drilled with collars about 70 metres apart. The first hole was collared immediately outside the adit and drilled in the same direction as the tunnel. While none of the holes intersected the quartz stockwork zone, they cored immediately into a granite bereft of mafic minerals containing abundant miarolytic cavities, likely an alaskite type granite. The holes also cored thick and frequent bands of 'bucky' quartz, a coarsely crystallized, non-laminating quartz. Ouellette clarified that although alaskite and bucky quartz do not host gold deposits per se, they are frequently found in close proximity to gold deposits.

The company uses the rainy season, generally from June to November, to review all prospects, samples, assays, and core from the prospects on each license. As part of that exercise and with the spike in gold over the past year, analysis took place on all gold prospects, including those close to copper porphyry systems such as the Canada Wall prospect. In this case, historical workings from artisanal miners were part of the annual review. The company intends to conduct a surface trenching and sampling program in Q1 of 2026 on this gold target to determine the setting and orientation of the quartz stockwork, with a follow-up diamond drill program planned once this has been established.

Angkor also acknowledges a restart in the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia in the northwest quadrant of Cambodia, with evacuations of near-border communities and school closures occurring as the conflict continues. Although the oil project Block VIII is in the far south of Cambodia, and the Andong Meas mineral license is far to the east of the conflict, management is carefully monitoring the Andong Bor license and no work is being done there at this time. Safety is imperative for staff and personnel, so any activities in the northwest are on hold until further notice. For more information about the company, visit https://angkorresources.com.