Great Pacific Gold Provides Drilling Update at Wild Dog Project
Great Pacific Gold Hits Multi-Ounce Grades in PNG as Drill Rigs Mobilize for District-Scale Discovery
The most recent news (February 18, 2026) provides a significant drilling update for the flagship Wild Dog Project in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The company has completed 19 diamond drill holes to date. Key highlights include: - Hole WDG-08: Intersected 8.4m at 46.46 g/t Au (50.12 g/t AuEq) at the Sinivit target. - Hole WDG-15: Intersected 13.48m at 7.41 g/t Au (8.08 g/t AuEq). - The Northern Sulphide Shoot is now defined over a 500m strike length and 150m vertical extent, remaining open at depth and to the north. - Exploratory drilling has expanded beyond Sinivit; Rig 1 moved to the Kavasuki target, where the first hole (KVH-01) intersected a "strongly mineralized, breccia-dominant quartz vein system." - Rig 2 is currently mobilizing to Kasie Ridge, a high-priority target with a potential 1.5 to 2.0 km strike length.
The news is Material - Positive for the following reasons: - Grade Tenor: Intercepts exceeding 40 g/t gold over significant widths (8.4m) are rare and indicate the presence of high-value "bonanza" zones within the system. - Scale Confirmation: Expanding the strike length of the Northern Sulphide Shoot to 500m confirms that mineralization is not restricted to small, isolated pods but part of a continuous structure. - Systematic De-risking: Mobilizing a second rig to Kasie Ridge and seeing visual mineralization at Kavasuki suggests the "district-scale" thesis is being validated. The company is no longer just testing a historic mine (Sinivit) but is identifying new mineralized centers along the 15km corridor. - Operational Momentum: The shift from one rig to two and the expansion into greenfield targets within the corridor indicates the company is well-funded and technically confident following its 2025 infrastructure upgrades.
Great Pacific Gold Corp. is a junior explorer focused on high-grade gold-copper deposits in PNG. - Flagship Project: Wild Dog Project (New Britain, PNG). It features a 15km epithermal corridor. It includes the historic Sinivit mine, which produced oxide gold between 2007-2012 but was never systematically tested at depth or along strike for sulphide mineralization. - Secondary Asset: Kesar Creek Project (PNG), contiguous with K92 Mining’s Kainantu mine. - Evolution: In 2024-2025, the company aggressively divested its Australian assets (Lauriston, Reedy Creek, Golden Mountain) and spun out Walhalla Gold Corp to become a "PNG-pure play."