Angkor Resources Corp. (TSXV: ANK) announced that diamond drilling has commenced on the Andong Meas mineral exploration license in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia. The program will test copper targets at the Gossan Hills prospect, defined by a recently completed Induced Polarization (IP) survey, followed by follow-up holes at the Wild Boar gold prospect on the same license.
The Andong Meas license hosts multiple advanced targets along a mineralized trend, including the Canada Wall porphyry copper target, Gossan Hills copper-iron skarn, CZ Gold prospect, and Wild Boar gold prospect. The current drill campaign, totaling a minimum of 1,100 metres of diamond drilling, is designed to advance two targets in a single mobilization, taking advantage of the dry-season window. Three holes are planned at Gossan Hills/Canada Wall, each approximately 200 to 500 metres deep, and approximately two holes at Wild Boar, with final depths to be confirmed based on geology and recovery. The operation will run 24 hours per day to advance quickly.
At Gossan Hills, the holes directly follow up on a 20 line-kilometre IP survey completed in May 2026, which returned chargeability anomalies aligning with 2022 ground magnetic features and copper-in-soil geochemistry. Two priority areas will be tested: the Northern target, where the underground electrical signature crosses into the southern edge of the Canada Wall copper target, potentially imaging a direct connection between the Gossan Hills zone and the Canada Wall porphyry system; and the Line 6 target, where the underground electrical signature, surface magnetite, and zinc-lead in soils align, defining a zinc-lead target on the same trend. Drill collar locations and hole angles were finalized based on IP survey data.
“These are the holes we have been working toward for several years on this license,” said Dennis Ouellette, VP Exploration. “The IP signature, the magnetics, and the soil geochemistry all point to the same trend, and the Gossan Hills skarn sits right where the model would predict relative to the Canada Wall porphyry. We are looking for copper grade and continuity at depth.”
At Wild Boar, located approximately 3 kilometres east of the CZ Gold prospect, the company plans to drill two follow-up holes to test the strength and orientation of gold-bearing structures at depth. The prospect is defined by a 1.5 by 1.2 kilometre gold-in-soil and quartz-float anomaly with narrow northwest-trending, southwest-dipping quartz veins. Float and surface samples previously returned values up to 25.6 grams per tonne gold (see ASSAY RETURNS 25.6 GPT GOLD IN WILD BOAR VEINS).
Drilling is being conducted around the clock on a 24-hour rotation, with early mobilization progressing efficiently. Core will be transported to the company’s Banlung facility for logging, photographing, and sampling, with selected intervals dispatched to ALS for assay as the program progresses. The company also noted that the IP survey results were previously reported in ANGKOR RESOURCES IDENTIFIES COPPER DRILL TARGETS ADJACENT TO CANADA WALL COPPER PORPHYRY PROJECT, CAMBODIA.
