Great Pacific Gold has released further high-grade drilling results from the Sinivit target and outlined its expanded 2026 drilling program at the Wild Dog Project on New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.
Diamond drilling at Wild Dog began in May 2025 with one rig focused on the Sinivit target, part of the 15-kilometre Wild Dog epithermal structural corridor.
16 holes were completed in 2025, defining the Southern Oxide and Northern Sulphide shoots. Previously released results included high-grade intercepts such as 8.4 metres at 50.1 grams per tonne of gold equivalent and 9.5 metres at 13.75 grams per tonne of gold equivalent.
Recent results returned 13.48 m at 8.08 grams per tonne gold equivalent, including higher-grade sub-intervals.
The first rig will continue at Sinivit to expand and define the high-grade shoots and test two other priority targets.
The second rig will begin systematic drilling along the Wild Dog Structural Corridor, including Kasie Ridge, Kavasuki, and Mengmut.
Kasie Ridge is a large, high-sulphidation epithermal target under a 400–500 m wide advanced argillic alteration cap with no previous drilling. Kavasuki is a known epithermal vein system with historic high-grade gold results over a 900 m strike, but remains poorly tested.
Mengmut is an epithermal vein target defined by high-grade surface geochemistry and largely untested at depth.
“The Northern Sulphide Shoot continues to deliver strong, high-grade results as drilling progresses down the structure,” Great Pacific Gold vice president exploration Callum Spinks said.
“The combined datasets indicate a large-scale high-sulphidation epithermal target beneath an advanced argillic lithocap extending approximately 1.5 to 2.0 kilometres in strike length and several hundred metres in width,” he said.
This 2026 drilling plan reflects a systematic effort to advance exploration across multiple high-priority targets beyond Sinivit along the Wild Dog corridor.
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