Angkor Resources Corp. (TSXV: ANK) has announced the start of a 2,800-meter diamond drilling program at the Andong Bor copper-gold target in Cambodia. The program will concentrate on the Thmei North (TN) target, a one-square-kilometer copper anomaly, and is scheduled over eight months to accommodate the Cambodian seasons. The first phase, consisting of three 400-meter holes, began on June 24, 2026, during the current dry season. The remaining 1,600 meters are planned for early 2027 once fields are dry and crops harvested.
The Andong Bor license, spanning 100.28 square kilometers across Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces, was the subject of drilling in 2025 that revealed north-northwest striking and steeply west dipping structures controlling mineralization. The new holes will be drilled eastward to better intersect mineralized beds. In this modified copper porphyry model, the best mineralization occurs within potassic-altered sediments adjacent to feldspar porphyry diorite dikes of varying widths, from a few meters to tens of meters. By drilling east, the company aims to maximize interceptions of mineralized sedimentary rock as it passes through alternating intrusive and sedimentary lithologies.
Dennis Ouellette, VP Exploration, commented: “Our 2025 drilling told us how this system is oriented. The structures controlling mineralization are north-northwest striking and steeply west dipping, so by drilling to the east we put the core across the mineralized beds rather than down them. The best copper sits in the potassic-altered sediments next to the feldspar porphyry diorite dikes, and an eastward orientation lets us cut the most of that favorable host as we pass in and out of the intrusive dikes.”
Core will be logged, photographed, and sampled, with selected intervals dispatched for assay as the program progresses. The Thmei South target remains a focus for future work, requiring further auger soil geochemistry to extend the copper anomaly southward.
Dennis Ouellette, B.Sc., P.Geo., a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure in this release. Angkor Resources Corp. is a leading resource explorer and developer in Cambodia, holding two mineral exploration licenses through its subsidiary Angkor Gold Corp. Co., Ltd., and an onshore oil and gas license through EnerCam Resources Co., Ltd. The company is actively advancing both mineral and energy projects.
