Aussie firm begins Cambodia's first commercial gold mine


The Okvau Gold Project, the Kingdom’s first commercial gold mine, went online on June 21, 2021. - Ministry of Mines and Energy

PHNOM PENH (AFP): An Australian company on Monday (June 21)) officially launched operations for Cambodia's first commercial gold mine in the kingdom's resource-rich northeast, officials said.

Renaissance Minerals (Cambodia) Limited -- owned by Perth-based Emerald Resources -- has begun work on the Okvau Gold Project in Mondulkiri province.

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