ANK:CC - Angkor Resources Meets Ministry To Expand Boundary Of Oil & Gas Block VIII, Cambodia
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GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA – TheNewswire - July 29, 2025 - ANGKOR RESOURCES CORP.(TSXV: ANK) (“ANGKOR” OR “THE COMPANY”) announces its subsidiary, EnerCam Resources Co. Ltd.(Cambodia) (“EnerCam”) met with officials from the Ministry ofMines and Energy (“MME”) and the General Department of Petroleum(“GDP”) to request an additional 220 square kilometers as part ofBlock VIII to include a potential sub-basin for exploration of oil andgas.
Following field scoping, data analysis, and indicationsof hydrocarbon potential, the technical team, headed by EnerCam’sKeith Edwards, provided a presentation to members and authorities ofGDP and MME. The presentation focused on the addition of a 220square kilometer area in the northeast section of Block VIII to expandthe boundaries of Block VIII. The area indicates potential for asub-basin that the EnerCam team refers to as the ‘Mussel Basin’named primarily based on the shape of the potential basin.
The most recent research of the geoscience teamindicates that it would be prudent to expand the boundaries in thenortheast corner of Block VIII and include the expansion as part ofthe explored territory including the basin in the 2D seismic to beundertaken over the next 40 days.
Figure 1 Outline of Block VIII with proposed MusselBasin encapsulated within the boundaries and proposed seismic lines(left)and details and coordinates showing all exclusions and theproposed additional area(right).
Figure 2 EnerCam's technical manager, Keith Edwards,presents to officials from GDP and MME regarding proposed boundaryexpansion to be included in the exploration and activities of BlockVIII.
The response from the meeting was positive. TheCompany expects an answer within a few weeks, well in time to includethe new area in the existing seismic program.
On the mineral activities in Cambodia, in the northwestarea of the country and forty kilometers south of the Thailand /Cambodia border, drilling activities of the Andong Bor license weresuspended on July 24 due to border conflicts. With the MalaysianChairman of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) hosting thePrime Ministers or representative of Thailand and Cambodia, the recentannouncement of a ceasefire on July 28 th comes as arelief for all citizens.
The drilling program will continue when equipment isback in place, and it is deemed to be safe to resume.
Other activities, both for minerals in the northeastarea of Ratanakiri province and for the oil & gas exploration inthe southwest Block VIII continued without interruption.
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ABOUT ANGKOR RESOURCESCORPORATION:
ANGKOR Resources Corp. is a publiccompany, listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange, and is a leading resourceoptimizer in Cambodia working towards mineral and energy solutionsacross Canada and Cambodia. ANGKOR’s carbon capture and gasconservation project in Saskatchewan, Canada is part of its long-termcommitment to Environmental and Social projects and cleaner energysolutions across jurisdictions. The company’s mineral subsidiary,Angkor Gold Corp. in Cambodia holds three mineral exploration licensesin Cambodia and its Cambodian energy subsidiary, EnerCam Resources,was granted an onshore oil and gas license of 7300 square kilometersin the southwest quadrant of Cambodia called Block VIII. The licensewas reduced to roughly half the size with the Company’s voluntaryremoval of all parks and protected areas in March 2025. Since 2022,Angkor’s Canadian subsidiary, EnerCam Exploration Ltd., has beeninvolved in gas/carbon capture and oil and gas production in Evesham,Saskatchewan.
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