Great Pacific Gold Corp. (TSXV: GPAC) has released a drilling update for its Wild Dog Gold-Copper Project in Papua New Guinea, announcing that 16 diamond drill holes totalling approximately 3,600 metres have been completed at the Magiabe and Mengmut targets, bringing total 2026 drilling to more than 7,200 metres. The company has simultaneously commenced maiden drilling at the Elamaraka-Kargalio target area, approximately 2 kilometres southwest of the historic Sinivit mine, where previous surface sampling returned 9.0 metres grading 4.81 g/t gold. Assay results from Magiabe and Mengmut remain pending, with the company stating results will be released in complete batches following receipt and validation of all laboratory certificates.

Key Points

  • Great Pacific Gold Corp. (TSXV: GPAC | OTCQX: GPGCF | FSE: 0B3)
  • Maiden drilling commenced October 30, 2026 at Elamaraka-Kargalio, with a planned program of 10–12 holes totalling approximately 2,400 metres
  • Total 2026 drilling at Wild Dog now exceeds 7,200 metres; assay results from Magiabe and Mengmut are pending laboratory finalisation
  • Investors may be watching for the release of Magiabe and Mengmut assay batches as laboratory turnaround is completed

Mengmut Structural Corridor Confirmed Over 850 Metres of Strike

Eleven holes totalling 2,345.3 metres have been completed at Mengmut, with ten of eleven intersecting silicified, pyrite-rich structures, quartz-carbonate-sulphide veining, or hydrothermal breccias within or near predicted target windows. The release states that these observations confirm the targeted structural corridor across approximately 850 metres of tested strike. The southernmost drill pads returned the strongest visual alteration and brecciation, with chalcopyrite and bornite observed locally. The company notes that grade and continuity of economic mineralisation remain unconfirmed pending assay results, and that one final hole, MMT012, is being collared to test a north-south silicified structure exposed by earthworks.

Magiabe Five-Hole Program Wraps Up Ahead of Assay Release

Five holes totalling 1,248.0 metres were completed at Magiabe between July and October 2026, targeting structurally controlled, epithermal gold-silver-copper mineralisation approximately 700 metres southwest of the Sinivit mine. The company cautions that all geological and mineralogical descriptions from core logging are visual estimates only and no gold grade should be inferred from them. Historical trench and drill results referenced in the announcement have not been independently verified. The company stated it will release complete prospect-level assay datasets after all final laboratory certificates are received and quality-control reviews are completed.

Maiden Elamaraka Drilling Tests High-Grade Surface Channel at Depth

Drill hole ELM001 commenced October 30, 2026 from pad WDP-EL-002, planned to approximately 300 metres at a dip of -55° and azimuth of 347°, designed to intersect the interpreted Elamaraka vein at approximately 65–85 metres downhole. Previous 2026 channel sampling at Elamaraka returned 9.0 metres grading 4.81 g/t gold, 41.96 g/t silver, and 0.02% copper, including 1.0 metre grading 26.86 g/t gold. MobileMT geophysical data interpret a west-dipping resistive lineament extending to approximately 450 metres depth. The hole had reached approximately 50 metres at the time of the announcement. The company noted two drill pads at Elamaraka-Kargalio are complete, with further pad construction underway at Kargalio.

Regional South Zone Sampling Builds Target Pipeline

Field mapping and sampling continue across the South Zone, an approximately 5-kilometre southern extension of the Wild Dog structural corridor. First-pass traverses at Lelangbrait Creek identified 38 quartz-sulphide vein occurrences, while additional veining structures mapped up to approximately 20 metres wide were identified at Langeo, Langeo South, and Kasapmatki Creek. The release states that more than 300 regional rock-chip and channel samples have been dispatched since August, with results being received and validated. Preparations for a district-scale stream-sediment program are also ongoing, the announcement states.