Angkor Resources Corp. has announced the identification of a new gold target named CZ Gold on the west side of its Canada Wall prospect within the Andong Meas exploration license in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. The discovery is based on physical workings from a 47-meter-long tunnel excavated by artisanal miners, where a quartz stockwork with an apparent thickness of 30 meters was mapped. The target area includes multiple shallow trenches and the tunnel, which features a raise driven to the surface following several veins.
Dennis Ouellette, the company's VP Exploration, described historical drilling from 2012 where three holes were collared about 70 meters apart. While none intersected the quartz stockwork zone, they cored into a granite containing abundant miarolytic cavities, likely an alaskite type granite, along with thick bands of 'bucky quartz.' Ouellette noted that although alaskite and bucky quartz do not host gold deposits directly, they are frequently found in proximity to gold deposits, indicating potential mineralization nearby. The company's team uses the rainy season, typically from June to November, to review all prospects, samples, assays, and core from its licenses, with this analysis prompted by the recent spike in gold prices.
Angkor Resources intends to conduct a surface trenching and sampling program in the first quarter of 2026 on the CZ Gold target to determine the setting and orientation of the quartz stockwork. This will be followed by a diamond drill program once established. The company is also monitoring regional security concerns, acknowledging a restart in the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia in the northwest quadrant of the country. While the Andong Meas license is far to the east of the conflict and the oil project Block VIII is in the far south, management has paused activities on the Andong Bor license in the northwest due to evacuations and school closures, prioritizing staff safety. For more information, visit https://www.newmediawire.com.
