VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Mar 14, 2014 (Menafn - GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) --ANGKOR GOLD CORP. ("ANGKOR" or the "CORPORATION") is pleased to announce that it has appointed Aaron Triplett as its new Chief Financial Officer to replace Jonathan Ronkai. The Corporation thanks Jonathan for his contributions to Angkor and wishes him well in his future endeavours.<br /><br />Mr. Triplett is a Chartered Accountant certified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Aaron is currently the principal and owner of A.R.T. Tax, a public accounting firm. Most recently, Aaron was a Manager with the Assurance and Tax department of Buckley Dodds Parker LLP, Chartered Accountants, an accounting firm located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to that, Aaron was a Senior Staff Accountant with BDO Dunwoody LLP at its office in Vancouver, British Columbia.<br /><br />Angkor is pleased to welcome Aaron to its management team.<br /><br />ANGKOR's seven exploration licences in the Kingdom of Cambodia cover 1448 km, which the company has been actively exploring over the past 4 years. The company has now covered all tenements with stream sediment geochemical sampling; has flown low level aeromagnetic surveys over most of the ground; drilled 18,737 metres of NQ core in 148 holes; and has collected in excess of 20,000 augered 'C' zone soil samples and over 32,000 TMS in 12 centres of interest, over a combined area of 70km, in addition to numerous trenches and detailed geological field mapping. Exploration on all tenements is ongoing.<br /><br />ANGKOR GOLD CORP., a public company listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange, 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).<br /><br />Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.