Great Pacific Gold has struck high-grade mineralisation in its maiden drilling campaign at the Wild Dog project on Papua New Guinea’s New Britain island.
The initial diamond drilling program, spanning approximately 2500m across 16 holes, is targeting a 3km strike length within the broader 15km Wild Dog structural corridor.
Hole WDG-02, drilled beneath the historic Central Oxide pit, intersected 7m at 10.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold equivalent from 6m, including 2m at 14.3g/t.
“The first drill results from our Phase 1 drill program at Wild Dog did not disappoint,” Great Pacific Gold chief executive Greg McCunn said.
“We now have a drill rig on the ground, a highly experienced technical team, and the infrastructure support in place to explore the potential of this system.”
The development follows a MobileMT geophysical survey, which revealed a strong conductivity trend to depths exceeding 1000m.
McCunn said the company expects consistent updates in the months ahead as drilling progresses across roughly 10 per cent of the defined corridor.
Vice president of exploration Callum Spink said the early success supports their broader geological model.
“Intersecting high-grade copper-gold hydrothermal breccia in the first hole is exactly the kind of result we hoped for as we get started on this exciting campaign,” Spink said.
WDG-03 was drilled 200m south of WDG-02 and intersected altered breccia and sulphide-rich veining.
Drilling of WDG-04 is underway from the same pad, targeting a further intercept of the main Wild Dog vein.
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