Angkor Resources Corp., a leading resource explorer and developer in Cambodia, has announced an ambitious drilling program at the Andong Bor copper-gold target. The company plans to drill a total of 2,800 meters over the coming months, with a focus on the Thmei North target, a one-square-kilometer copper anomaly.
The drilling program is carefully scheduled around Cambodia’s seasonal patterns, with the initial phase set to begin on June 24, 2026. This phase will involve drilling 1,200 meters in three holes during the current dry-season window. The remaining 1,600 meters will be drilled in early 2027, once the fields are dry and the crops have been harvested.
Strategic drilling approach at Thmei North
The Andong Bor license covers 100.28 square kilometers and spans Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces. Drilling completed in 2026 revealed that the main structures controlling mineralization are north-northwest (NNW) striking and steeply west dipping. To maximize the interception of mineralized beds, the initial three holes will be drilled to the east.
This strategic approach is based on a modified copper porphyry model, where the best mineralization is found within potassic-altered sediments adjacent to feldspar porphyry diorite dikes. By drilling to the east, Angkor Resources aims to maximize the interception of mineralized sedimentary rock as it drills through alternating lithologies of intrusive and sedimentary rocks.
Dennis Ouellette VP Exploration, explains the rationale behind this approach: “Our 2026 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.”
While the initial focus is on the Thmei North target, Angkor Resources also has plans for the Thmei South area. Further auger soil geochemistry is required to extend the existing copper geochemical anomaly southward and determine its full extent. Thmei South will be the focus of subsequent drill programs.
Angkor Resources Corp. is a public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Through its mineral subsidiary, Angkor Gold Corp. Co., Ltd. the company currently holds two mineral exploration licenses in Cambodia with multiple prospects in copper and gold. Both licenses are in their first two-year renewal term.
The company’s energy subsidiary, EnerCam Resources Co., Ltd. was granted an onshore oil and gas license in the southwest quadrant of Cambodia called Block VIII. The original 7,300 km² license was reduced to approximately 4,300 km² upon voluntary removal of parks and protected areas, subsequently adjusted through government remapping directed by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and then expanded by 220 km² with the addition of the Kirirom Basin in the northeast, resulting in the current area of approximately 4,095 km².
EnerCam is actively advancing oil and gas exploration activities onshore to meet its mission to prove Cambodia as a nation with its own oil and gas resources. The company completed 2D-seismic in 2026 and has identified multiple drill targets with multiple target zones. As it has completed an additional Environmental Impact Assessment on the drilling target areas, which is now submitted for approval by the Ministry of Environment, the company plans to follow with drilling Cambodia’s first privately financed onshore exploratory oil and gas wells under a Production Sharing Contract.
For more information, please contact Delayne Weeks CEO of Angkor Resources Corp., at info@ or visit the company’s website at .
