Angkor Gold Corp. announced 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. Ken Booth has more than 30 years of experience in exploration, mining corporate finance and public company administration.

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.