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Angkor Gold Corp Announces Its Participation in the 2013 Asian Responsible Entrepreneurship Award Program
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 17, 2013) - ANGKOR GOLD CORP. (TSXV: ANK)...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAngkor Gold Corp Announces Its Participation in the 2013 Asian Responsible Entrepreneurship Award ProgramVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 17, 2013) - ANGKOR GOLD CORP. (TSXV: ANK) (\"ANGKOR\") is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for an Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (\"AREA Award\") for sustainable community development work in the Ratanikiri, Mondulkiri and Pursat provinces of northeast Cambodia. Angkor's nomination is for an AREA Award in the Social Empowerment category which honours businesses that promote social programs for women and economically disadvantaged communities. Previous winners in the category include HSBC. The AREA Awards are organised by Enterprise Asia, an NGO that aims to promote responsible entrepreneurship across the Asia Region. Angkor published its Sustainable Community Development 2012 Annual Report (http://www.angkorgold.ca/annualReport/index.html) in March. Angkor's sustainability work follows the World Bank guidelines for Community Driven Development. Delayne Weeks, Angkor's VP Corporate Social Responsibility, commented, \"Award programs such as this can help network and encourage responsible entrepreneurship - that's something we're keen on. We also hope it will raise awareness of the work we're doing and the positive benefits it is bringing to the local communities of Cambodia. It is a core part of Angkor's business strategy: it contributes to our social licence to operate and it's the right thing to do. \"Fair Trade opportunities coupled with micro loans and training can enable local cooperatives to break the poverty cycle and take control of their own futures. We'll seek as many of these opportunities as possible for the communities in which we work. \"We look forward to providing updates over the coming months.\" Some of Angkor Gold's recent successes include: Providing sewing equipment, training and a Fair Trade business agreement to a group of local women so that they could produce sample bags for use in exploration. Angkor uses over 30,000 sample bags annually and would rather source them locally. Angkor hopes to connect the group of women as potential suppliers to other mining companies in Cambodia.The appointment of Dr Francis Farraye as a special advisor to help us expand our reach in helping to reduce preventable illnesses and improve general he...