Angkor Resources (TSX-V:ANK) has completed 1,099m of diamond drilling at the Thmei North copper–gold target on its Andong Bor licence in Cambodia.
The three-hole first phase forms part of a planned 2,800m program targeting a 1km² copper anomaly. Angkor expects to drill at least another 1,700m in early 2027, once fields have dried and crops have been harvested.
VP Exploration Dennis Ouellette says two of the three holes encountered porphyry and skarn mineralisation, with sections of the skarn described as particularly well mineralised.
“The third hole contained a run of over 200m with continuous pyrite mineralisation up to 20%,” Ouellette says.
Angkor notes it has not yet reported copper or gold assays from the drilling. The company is logging and photographing the core before it is cut, sampled, and sent for analysis.
The three holes were drilled east to better intersect mineralised beds after previous work identified north-northwest-striking structures that dip steeply to the west.
Angkor interprets the target using a modified copper-porphyry model, in which the preferred mineralisation occurs within potassic-altered sedimentary rocks adjacent to feldspar-porphyry diorite dykes. The company says the intrusive dykes range from several metres to tens of metres wide.
Meanwhile, Angkor says the second phase will retain the eastward drilling orientation and continue testing Thmei North, while exploration at the Thmei South target is also scheduled for 2027.
The 100.28km² Andong Bor licence spans Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces.
Angkor holds two mineral exploration licences containing multiple copper and gold prospects in Cambodia. Through its EnerCam Resources subsidiary, the company also holds the 4,095km² Block VIII onshore oil and gas licence in the country’s southwest.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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