Novo Delivers Significant Increase to Belltopper Exploration Target
Sinivit results confirm high-grade continuity at depth as Great Pacific transitions from acquisition to aggressive PNG discovery phase.
The most recent operational news for Great Pacific Gold (GPAC) on January 26, 2026, reports significant high-grade drilling results from the Sinivit target at its flagship Wild Dog Project in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Key results include Hole WDG-15, which intersected 13.48m at 7.41 g/t Au (8.08 g/t AuEq), marking a 50-meter step-out below the deepest previous intercept and confirming the system's strength at depth. The release also highlights bonanza grades from Hole WDG-08 (8.4m @ 46.46 g/t Au). Operationally, the company announced the arrival of a second drill rig on February 4, 2026, to begin first-pass reconnaissance at the Kasie Ridge target, a 1.5km to 2.0km long high-priority epithermal target. (Note: A news item for Novo Resources on Feb 11, 2026, was included in the data but is secondary to GPAC’s primary Sinivit results).
The Sinivit results are material and positive for three critical reasons: - system continuity: Hole 15's success at depth demonstrates that the high-grade shoots are not shallow "pods" but part of a larger, vertically extensive epithermal system. - discovery throughput: The addition of a second rig effectively doubles the company’s exploration capacity, allowing for simultaneous resource definition at Sinivit and greenfield testing at Kasie Ridge. - validation of model: The integration of MobileMT geophysics and LiDAR is successfully predicting mineralization, increasing the probability of success for the 2026 district-scale program. - geological risk reduction: While true widths remain unknown, the consistency of high-grade intercepts (Holes 02, 04, 08, 12, 14, and 15) suggests a robust mineralized corridor rather than isolated occurrences.
Great Pacific Gold (GPAC) is focused on high-grade gold and copper discoveries in Papua New Guinea. - flagship project: The Wild Dog Project (New Britain Island, PNG) covers a 15km epithermal corridor with historical small-scale oxide production (Sinivit mine). The project is now being tested at depth and along strike for the first time using modern geophysics (MobileMT). - other assets: The Kesar Project (contiguous to K92 Mining’s Kainantu mine) and the Arau Project provide additional high-tenor gold targets in established PNG mining districts. - strategy: The company successfully divested its Victorian (Australia) assets through 2024-2025 to focus entirely on PNG, retaining royalties and equity interests in the spun-out entities (Walhalla Gold Corp, Adelong, Zincore).