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Angkor Announces Change to Board of Directors
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 3, 2013) - ANGKOR GOLD CORP. (TSXV: ANK)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAngkor Announces Change to Board of Directors\n\nVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 3, 2013) - ANGKOR GOLD CORP. (TSXV: ANK) (\"ANGKOR\" or the \"CORPORATION\") is pleased to announce that Mr. Ken Booth, B.Sc., M.B.A. has been appointed to the Corporation's Board of Directors and as a member of the Corporation's audit and compensation committee. Mr. Booth has more than 30 years of experience in exploration, mining corporate finance and public company administration. In mining corporate finance, he has worked for two of Canada's largest investment banks executing numerous equity financings for both junior and senior companies and was involved in a variety of significant mergers and acquisitions.Ken has held several management positions while working for resource companies. In these roles he was instrumental in raising equity funding, negotiating property acquisitions and joint ventures. Ken currently provides financial advice to the junior mining sector through a private management company that he has been associated with for the past 15 years. Ken is CEO and Director of Invenio Resources since December 2010, interim President and Director of Gitennes Exploration since April 2000, Director of El Tigre Silver since September 2008, and Premium Exploration since November 2011.The addition of Mr. Booth to the board of directors of the Corporation augments an already well-established group of directors and officers. Mr. Booth's background is a great fit with Angkor's new business platform, namely Project Generation and Royalty Creation.In connection with the new appointment, the Corporation further reports that Mr. Guillermo Salazar has resigned as a director of the Corporation. The Corporation expresses its most sincere thanks to Mr. Salazar for his contributions to Angkor. The appointment of Mr. Booth to the Corporation's board of directors is subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.ANGKOR GOLD CORP. is a public company listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange. It is Cambodia's premier gold explorer with a significantly large land package and a first-mover advantage with excellent relationships at all levels of Government (local to national).Angkor has 5 exploration licences in the Kingdom of Cambodia now covering a total of 1102 km2, plus 3 pending licence applications. The company has been actively ...