Great Pacific Gold Corp. has unveiled a significant high-grade epithermal gold-copper vein discovery at its Wild Dog Project in the East New Britain province of Papua New Guinea (PNG), reinforcing its interpretation of repeated mineralisation along the project’s 15-kilometre structural corridor. The news, announced on 19 February 2026, follows ongoing fieldwork and drilling across the flagship asset.
The newly identified Magiabe West Vein, located around 100 metres west of the established Magiabe Vein target and roughly 700 metres southwest of the Sinivit deposit, delivered exceptionally high surface rock-chip assays, including:
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123 g/t gold, 4.01 % copper and 66 g/t silver (WDG250197)
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137 g/t gold, 3.97 % copper and 76 g/t silver (WDG250202)
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113 g/t gold, 2.47 % copper and 71 g/t silver (WDG250239)
These results — among the highest surface grades reported from the southern sector of the Wild Dog structural corridor to date — underpin the company’s view that multiple, parallel high-grade vein structures are present within a 100–200 metre-wide structural trend.
Expanding the Wild Dog structural system
Geological mapping and structural interpretation suggest that the Magiabe West discovery is hosted within the same northeast-trending framework that controls mineralisation at Sinivit. Company technical personnel believe this supports the notion that Wild Dog is a district-scale, structurally controlled epithermal Au–Cu system, rather than a series of isolated occurrences.
Alongside surface work, the company has completed 18 diamond drill holes at the Sinivit target, delineating two high-grade shoots before shifting north by 1 km to test the Kavasuki target. Initial drilling at Kavasuki revealed broad zones of altered and mineralised quartz veining consistent with a robust hydrothermal system.
To support ongoing exploration, a second drill rig has arrived on site and is scheduled to begin work at the Kasie Ridge target — an interpreted high-sulphidation epithermal system at the northern extent of the corridor. With two rigs active, the company plans systematic drilling along the full strike of the Wild Dog structural corridor.
Executive commentary
Callum Spink, Vice-President of Exploration for Great Pacific Gold, described the Magiabe West Vein results as validating the strength and continuity of the Wild Dog structural system. He emphasised that identifying repeated high-grade mineralisation in the southern corridor highlights the project’s underexplored potential.
Project context
The Wild Dog Project encompasses a district-scale exploration land package in East New Britain, PNG, with structural corridors and associated targets exhibiting both low- and high-sulphidation epithermal gold-copper mineralisation. Initial focused drilling began in May 2025 and has progressively expanded to test multiple targets across more than 15 km of prospective strike.
Great Pacific Gold’s shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GPAC, on the OTCQX as GPGCF and on the Frankfurt exchange as V3H.
