Great Pacific Gold Provides Update on Non-Core Assets Sale Process Initiated for Reedy Creek
Great Pacific Gold Provides Update on Non-Core Assets Sale Process Initiated
for Reedy Creek
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 11, 2024 -- Great Pacific Gold Corp. (“Great Pacific Gold,” “GPAC,” or the “Company”)
(TSXV: GPAC) (OTCQX: FSXLF) (Germany: V3H) is providing an update on its 100% owned Reedy Creek Project in Victoria,
Australia, a non-core asset for the Company. In a previous news release (September 5, 2024) the Company announced a
focused exploration strategy for its core assets including Kesar, located in Papua New Guinea and contiguous with K92
Mining’s Kainantu Mine, where a diamond drilling program is set to commence. As part of the focused strategy, the Company
announced that it was undertaking a process of evaluating its non-core assets in Australia to maximize value from these
assets.
The Reedy Creek project comprises two exploration tenements covering 445km 2 of historic workings together with limited
modern exploration work conducted by Great Pacific Gold.
Highlights of Reedy Creek
• Located immediately north and contiguous to Southern Cross Gold’s Sunday Creek Project where a 50,000 meter
drilling campaign is underway (Figure 1)
• Historic production from the Reedy Creek Goldfields and Welcome Reef/Providence mines
• Permits and key land access agreements in place
• GPAC reverse circulation drilling at Reedy Creek included highlight intercept of 8.0m at 42.4 g/t Au from 68 meters
(Table 1)
• Recent shallow RAB drilling by GPAC intercepted 4.0m at 30.4 g/t from 20 meters at the Weineroider Ridge target in
preliminary assays (Table 1)
GPAC CEO and Director, Greg McCunn, notes “Earlier this month, Great Pacific Gold announced a focused and targeted
exploration plan for the coming year. With drilling to commence soon at our Kesar Creek Project in PNG, adjacent to K92
Mining, we have started to execute on this mandate. We look forward to capitalizing on GPAC’s success to-date on the
ground at Reedy Creek by monetizing the asset to assist in funding what will be a significant ramp up of activity in PNG in the
coming year. We anticipate significant interest in Reedy Creek from Australian and Canadian listed issuers.”
For enquiries regarding the Reedy Creek divestiture process, please contact:
Mick Carew, VP Corporate Development
+1-604-803-7711
Figure 1 The Reedy Creek land package showing the location of historic small scale mines and artisanal surface
workings.
The Company will continue to evaluate its non-core asset portfolio for further value creating opportunities which may include
asset sales, spin-outs, joint ventures or other transactions.
Table 1 – Reedy Creek & Providence Drill Results (including previously released results)
Drillhole Property Gold (g/t) Length (m) From (m)
RWR13 Reedy Creek 42.4 8.0 68.0
RWD01 Reedy Creek 239.6 0.7 68.7
TRC02 Reedy Creek 174.4 2.0 23.0
PPO5 Providence 7.01 8.0 34.0
PP16 Providence 40.8 2.0 48.0
PP13 Providence 0.85 20.0 4.0
RWB03* Weineroider 5.53 1 41
RWB10* Weineroider 30.4 4 20
RWB11* Weineroider 21.38 2 41
* Preliminary composite assay results from RAB drilling
True widths are not known. Additional drilling is required to determine true widths.
On behalf of Great Pacific Gold
Greg McCunn
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Direct: (604) 229-9445
Toll Free: 1(833) 923-3334
For further information visit gpacgold.com or contact:
Jonathan Richards
Email: [email protected]
About Great Pacific Gold
Great Pacific Gold has a portfolio of exploration stage projects in Papua New Guinea (“PNG”) and Australia. The Company is
focused on developing gold-copper resources from its highly prospective land packages. Its core projects include:
• Kesar – located in the Eastern Highlands province of PNG and contiguous with K92 Mining’s mine tenements, Kesar is
a greenfield exploration project with several high priority targets in close proximity to the property boundary with K92.
Multiple epithermal veins at Kesar are on strike and have the same orientation of key K92 deposits such as Kora.
Exploration work to date by GPAC at Kesar has shown that these veins have high grades of gold present in outcrop and
very elevated gold in soil grades, coincident with aeromagnetic highs.
• Arau – located in Eastern Highlands province of PNG, the Arau Project contains the highly prospective Mt. Victor
exploration target with potential for a high sulphidation epithermal gold-base metal deposit. A Phase 1 Reverse
Circulation drilling program was completed at Mt. Victor in August 2024, with results pending. The Arau project includes
the Elandora licence which also contains various epithermal and copper-gold porphyry targets.
• Wild Dog – located in the East New Britain province of PNG, Wild Dog is a brownfield exploration project with a history
of small-scale gold mining. The project contains numerous epithermal and porphyry hydrothermal-magmatic targets
evidenced by previous exploration and operations. The Company completed a road refurbishment in August 2024 and
access to the project has been established for baseline environmental and exploration work.
• Lauriston – located in the state of Victoria, Australia, the Lauriston project is located on the southern extension of the
Fosterville Goldfield Belt and is adjacent to Agnico Eagle’s extensive Fosterville tenements and mine operations.
Lauriston contains the Comet-Trojan target, a 4.5km long epizonal orogenic system. The discovery hole at Comet
intersected 8m at 105 g/t gold and a follow-up drilling program was completed in Q3 2024. The Company is
consolidating its information on the Lauriston project and expects to publish an NI 43-101 compliant technical report.
• Walhalla – located in the state of Victoria, Australia, the Walhalla project consists of over 1,400km 2 of concessions
including the numerous historical mining operations and the recently acquired Woods Point land package. The
Company is consolidating its information on the Walhalla project and expects to publish an NI 43-101 compliant
technical report. Walhalla contains a high-priority greenfield target called Pinnacles. Extensive soil geochemistry has
highlighted a 400m x 1,100m gold mineralized aplitic dyke which contains disseminated sulphides and outcrops at
surface. The Pinnacles target is fully permitted and ready for drilling.
The Company also holds a number of other exploration projects including the recently acquired Tinga Valley Project.
Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on assumptions as of the date
of this news release. These statements reflect management's current estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations. They
are not guarantees of future performance. Great Pacific Gold cautions that all forward-looking statements are inherently
uncertain and that actual performance may be affected by many material factors, many of which are beyond their respective
control. Such factors include, among other things: risks and uncertainties relating to Great Pacific Gold's limited operating
history, its exploration and development activities on its mineral properties and the need to comply with environmental and
governmental regulations. Accordingly, actual and future events, conditions and results may differ materially from the
estimates, beliefs, intentions and expectations expressed or implied in the forward looking information. Except as required
under applicable securities legislation, Great Pacific Gold does not undertake to publicly update or revise forward-looking
information.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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