Angkor Gold

Cambodia: Community mulling mining co’s proposal

whit — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:42:36 +0000

Following talks with indigenous villagers over the weekend, which saw promises of jobs and English language lessons, there are high hopes that a foreign company looking to extract gold in Ratanakkiri will be awarded the first-ever mining licence in the province.

Representatives of Mesco Gold met on Saturday with more than 20 ethnic Jarai villagers from O’yadav district’s Pak village, as well as local authorities and NGOs, to discuss plans to extract gold from the area.

Chhay Thy, provincial coordinator for local rights group Adhoc who attended the meeting, said the discussions were f

Cambodia - Ministry Sets Record Straight on Mining License

whit — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:08:42 +0000

The Ministry of Mines and Energy on Tuesday held a press conference to refute a Radio Free Asia broadcast late last month claiming that the ministry had granted a mineral company a license to mine for gold in Ratanakkiri province before an environmental impact assessment had been completed, company and ministry officials said Wednesday.

Jean-Paul Dau, vice president of operations for Angkor Gold, which in partnership with Mesco Gold is developing the 12- square-km Phum Syarung site in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadaw district, said the ministry was “up in arms” over the December 25 broadca