Great Pacific Gold Corp. has reported strong assay results from its expanded Phase 1 diamond drill program at the company’s flagship Wild Dog Project on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea.
The latest results include surface samples of up to 127 grams per tonne (g/t) gold equivalent (AuEq) and drilling intercepts grading as high as 11.1 g/t AuEq.
Key results included:
- 0.8 metres at 127 g/t AuEq from surface sampling of the Main Vein.
- 2.4 metres at 22 g/t AuEq from additional surface samples.
- Hole WDG-09 returned 5.0 metres at 4.9 g/t AuEq from 169 metres depth, including 2.0 metres at 11.1 g/t AuEq.
- A second mineralised zone from 182.4 metres yielded 2.6 metres at 6.6 g/t AuEq, with copper grades up to 5.5% and elevated silver.
“Hole 9 was drilled approximately 30m to the north of hole 7, into an area where we had very little information,” said CEO Greg McCunn.
“The intercept with the main Wild Dog structure supports the continuity of the system. With hole 10 also intercepting the main structure a further 70 metres north (assays pending), we are increasingly confident in our geological model that is supporting the Phase 1 drill program,” McCunn said.
With the second rig being mobilized, the official said that Great Pacific is expecting to accelerate the completion of the planned 28 holes at Sinivit which are providing valuable information on vein orientation allowing us to start testing the system at depth.
“Mobile MT geophysics has highlighted significant potential at depth and along strike to both the North and South from Sinivit on the large-scale epithermal Wild Dog corridor,” he said.
The company said that recent mapping and sampling at the historic Southern Oxide pit confirmed high-grade mineralisation.
The recent mapping and sampling campaign in the historic Southern Oxide pit area was undertaken to support modeling of the vein structures intersected in drill holes WDG-03, 04, 05 and 06 earlier in the Phase 1 program. The high-grade results in the veins exposed in the historic pit confirm the high-grade nature of the system.
Exploration work continues across the 15-kilometre Wild Dog epithermal vein corridor. A second drill rig is being mobilised to site, and a high-resolution LiDAR survey covering 187 square kilometres of the Wild Dog district has been completed.
Results of the survey, which will support structural mapping and target definition, are expected by October 6.
The Phase 1 program began in May 2025 and is expected to run into early 2026, with 28 diamond drill holes planned. Drilling to date has tested only a small section of the corridor, which remains open to the north, south and at depth.
