Angkor has entered into an earn-in agreement with Canadian-based private company, Hommy 5 Resources on Angkor’s wholly-owned Banlung property in north-eastern Cambodia.

Angkor Gold’s Banlung Property. Image ©Angkor Gold

The Banlung property – one of Angkor’s five licenses in Cambodia – includes two primary prospects: Okalla West and Okalla East, with gold mineralisation associated with an alkaline intrusive complex. Drilling on the property is expected to begin in the coming dry season and will be aimed at prospective structurally-hosted gold anomalies.

“As the region’s most successful project generator, Angkor has been able to attract such development and funding partners as Japan’s JOGMEC and Australia’s Emerald Resources.

“The principals behind Hommy Resources are already shareholders of Angkor, and their stable funding of continued exploration on our highly prospective Banlung property will allow us to rapidly advance this asset”, said Angkor’s CEO Stephen Burega.

Approximately US$1.2 million in work has been done at Banlung since the beginning of 2017, including shallow drilling to investigate and better understand the underlying structure. In addition to drilling, the entire license area has previously been the subject of an aeromagnetic survey, satellite imagery geological interpretation, with reconnaissance field truth mapping and multi-element stream sediment geochemical survey, as well as extensive grab sample, termite mound and auger sampling.

The Company previously reported a high-grade zone in 2011 which included an intercept of high-grade gold at Okalla East of 86.0 gpt Au over 1m, at 101m to 102m in drill hole BL11-026.

The terms of the agreement with Hommy Resources include a total investment by Hommy Resources of US$3.3 million in exploration and development expenditures plus cash payments to Angkor of US$350,000 over a three-year period to acquire a 51 per cent participating interest in the Banlung license. Upon completion of the initial earn-in option, Hommy Resources has the right to acquire an additional 29 per cent participating interest in the license with the commissioning, and completion of a Feasibility Study. After that, Angkor will maintain a 20 per cent participating interest in the property through to production, or at Angkor’s discretion, can convert to a 3.5 per cent Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) on all metals. Angkor will be the operator on the project until Hommy Resources acquires a 51 per cent participating interest in the Banlung license.