Great Pacific Gold Wild Dog Drilling Returns 6m at 8.6 g/t AuEq in WDG-04
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Great Pacific Gold Wild Dog Drilling Returns 6m at 8.6 g/t AuEq in WDG-04
June 18, 2025 – Vancouver, BC, Canada – Great Pacific Gold Corp. ("Great Pacific Gold," "GPAC," or the
"Company") (TSXV: GPAC | OTCQX: FSXLF | Germany: V3H) is providing an update on its exploration
activities at the Wild Dog Project (“Wild Dog” or the “Project”) , located on the island of New Brit ain, in
the province of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea ("PNG”).
The recently commenced drill program is designed to test high -priority targets over a 3 km strike length
within the mineralized corridor with a planned 2,500 metres of diamond drilling across 16 holes. Prior to
the start of drilling, the Wild Dog corridor was flown with MobileMT geophysics, which identified a strong
conductivity trend extending over 15km in strike and to depths exceeding 1,000 metres (see news release
dated May 7, 2025).
Key Highlights From Current Drilling:
• WDG-02 intercepted (previously released on June 5, 2025):
o 7.0 meters @ 10.3 g/t AuEq (5.5 g/t Au and 3.1% Cu) from 65.0m;
o including 2.0 meters @ 14.3 g/t AuEq (10.7 g/t Au and 2.3% Cu) from 65.0m.
• WDG-03 and WDG-04 were drilled as step out holes, south of WDG -02, testing over 200 meters of
strike length targeting sulphide mineralization beneath the historic Central and Southern Oxide Pits.
• WDG-04 intercepted:
o 6 meters @ 8.6 g/t AuEq (8.3 g/t Au and 0.21% Cu) from 62m;
o Including 2.4 meters @ 20.2 g/t AuEq (19.8 g/t Au and 0.27% Cu) from 64m, and
o Including 4.0 meters @ 12.6 g/t AuEq (12.3 g/t Au and 0.23% Cu) from 64m.
• WDG-05 is nearing completion and was drilled from the same pad as WDG-03 and WDG-04, targeting
a follow up intercept with the main Wild Dog vein s tructure. Visually, WDG-05’s intercept is similar
to holes main vein intercepts in WDG -02 and WDG -04 with coliform banding, several stages of
brecciation, visible/coarse chalcopyrite and bornite.
“The first results from our Phase 1 drill program at Wild Dog, hole WDG-02, were reported last week and
highlighted the high-grade gold-copper potential of the Project with 7.0 meters at 10.3 g/t AuEq” stated
Greg McCunn , CEO. “ With holes 03 and 04, we’ve now tested over 200 meters of strike length.
Intercepting 6.0 meters at 8.6 g/t AuEq in WDG-04 is highly encouraging as we start to demonstrate the
lateral extent of the system. Hole WDG-06, expected to begin shortly, will be further testing the main Wild
Dog vein structure intercepted in WDG-04 and WGD-05 from the opposite side of the historic pit. Following
the completion of WDG -06, we expect to further step out to the north and at depth. The Mobile MT
geophysical survey highlighted 15km of potential mineralization over the Wild Dog corridor with potential
depth of at least 1,000 meters.”
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A map of the Phase 1 drill program is shown in Figure 1 and a cross section of the geology and the key
assay results from WDG-04 are shown in Figure 2.
Results
To-date, the Company has completed four drill holes at Wild Dog, with the fifth nearing completion and a
pad prepared for the sixth. Details of the drilling are shown in Table 1.
Table 1 Wild Dog Drill Hole Details (PNG94 UTM coordinates)
Hole ID Easting Northing RL Dip Azi Max
Depth
(m)
Status
WDG-01 394358.3 9488853.5 945 -50 115 40.1 Abandoned
WDG-02 394426.0 9489024.2 900 -53 050 124.6 Completed
WDG-03 394384.9 9488926.5 924 -50 053 127.6 Completed
WDG-04 394384.8 9488926.5 924 -50 75 120.6 Completed
WDG-05 394384.8 9488926.5 924 -50 116 -- In Progress
WDG-06 394428.6 9488923.1 911 -50 352 -- Proposed
WDG-01 is expected to be redrilled later in the program to capture the intended target.
Table 2 Wild Dog Drill Hole Key Assay Results
Hole ID From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval1
(m)
Gold
(g/t)
Copper
(%)
Gold Eq.2
(g/t)
WDG-02 (previously announced) 65.0 72.0 7.0 5.5 3.1 10.3
including 65.0 67.0 2.0 10.7 2.3 14.25
WDG-03 102.0 104.3 2.3 1.68 0.07 1.79
including 103.55 104.3 0.75 4.05 0.10 4.2
WDG-04 62.0 68.0 6.0 8.31 0.21 8.64
including 64.0 68.0 4.0 12.25 0.23 12.6
including 64.0 66.4 2.4 19.76 0.27 20.2
Notes:
1. Drill highlights presented above are core lengths (true widths are not known at this time).
2. Gold equivalent (AuEq) exploration results are calculated using longer -term commodity prices
with a copper price of US$4.50/lb, a silver price of US$27.50/oz and a gold price of US$2,000/oz.
No metallurgical testing has been carried out on Wild Dog mineralized samples. For AuEq
calculations, recovery assumptions of Au 92.6%, Ag 78.0%, and Cu 94.0% were used based on K92
Mining’s stated recovery results in an Updated Definitive Feasibility Study for the Kainantu mine.
WDG-02, 04 and 05 have all intercepted what is considered to be the main Wild Dog vein structure, while
WDG-03 did not intercept the main vein which appears to have been cut off by a late -stage fault, likely
displacing the main mineralized vein structure. The current model of the vein is being update continuously
as geology, grade, alteration, etc are determined in the Phase 1 drill program.
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WDG-04 Geology
Diamond drill hole WDG-04 was collared in weathered and oxidized material which persisted to 8.8m in
depth. From 8.8m to 30m depth, the fresh rock consisted predominantly of greenish grey, weak smectite
with weakly porphy ritic crystal tuff. The section of rock was massive and less fractured and produced
competent sections of drill core.
From 30m to 61.3m, the crystal tuff became strongly shattered and brecciated with zones of clay
alteration cut by occasionally rebroken milky white quartz veins with trace black sulphides. Some portions
of the core show moderate pervasive smectite alteration superimposed by strong argillic alteration.
From 61.3m to 64m the drill core became strongly silicified and pinkish grey cut by ~10cm wide banded
milky white quartz veins with grey sulphides, visible chalcopyrite and some bornite mineralization. Grades
in this section were relatively modest, with ~1.0 g/t Au and ~0.1% copper.
WDG-04 The photo shows a piece of PQ drill core from 62.5m in hole WDG-005 featuring a strongly
silicified breccia with visible textural overprinting. The core fragment exhibits pervasive silica flooding
with angular clasts of siliceous wall rock, crosscut by fine black sulphidic silica veinlets. The upper portion
of the sample shows colliform grey-white chalcedonic silica.
From 64m to 68m the main Wild Dog Vein structure was encoutered. This zone shows very strong,
pervasively silicified rock with massive zones of milky white quartz veining, grey sulphides with bornite
and coarse chaclopyrite. Grades in the main vein from 64m to 68m averaged 12.2 g/t Au and 0.23% Cu .
Although bornite appeared abundant in the core, the copper grades sampled were more modest than the
main vein in hole WDG-02.
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WDG-04 64.6m broken up core with strongly mineralized black sulphidic silica, chalcopyrite and bornite.
WDG-04 64.0m Fine-grained epithermal quartz vein hosted within brecciated and silicified wall rock. The
vein is distinctly selvaged by grey to black sulphidic silica, interpreted to be chalcedonic in part, with
coarse-grained chalcopyrite (cpy) infill visible along fractures and vein margins. This texture is consistent
with multiphase epithermal fluid pulses and is representative of the mineralised structures intersected in
WDG-004 within the Wild Dog vein system.
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WDG-04 65.2m Well-banded epithermal vein, characterised by alternating zones of black sulphidic
material and translucent grey-white chalcedonic silica. The banding suggests multiple phases of fluid
influx and silica precipitation under low-sulphidation epithermal conditions. Fine black sulphidic bands
host disseminated sulphides. A sample from 65.0m to 65.3m assayed 103 g/t Au.
From 68m to 81.6m the rock transitioned through massive and competent volcanic conglomerate before
entering a secondary zone of hydrothermal breccia from 81.6m to 97m. The zone is characterized by
massive brecciated milky white and greyish quartz veining with lesser pyrite mineralization and traces of
chalcopyrite. This zone is interpreted to be a subsidiary vein structure.
From 97m through to the end-of-hole at 120.6m, the drill core consisted mainly of strongly propylitized
massive footwall volcanics with moderate to weak clay alteration.
On behalf of Great Pacific Gold
Greg McCunn, Chief Executive Officer and Director
For further information visit gpacgold.com or contact:
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 778 262 2331
Qualified Person
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed, verified and approved by Callum Spink, the
Company’s Vice President, Exploration, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists,
MAIG, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument NI 43 -101 Standards of Disclosure for
Mineral Projects. Mr. Spink is responsible for the technical content of this news release.
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Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QAQC)
The Company adheres to industry best practices for Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Drill core
samples were submitted to Intertek Minerals Ltd. in Lae, Papua New Guinea, an ISO 9001 -certified
laboratory. Samples were securely sealed in poly -weave bags with single-use tie-locks to maintain chain
of custody. Analytical testing was completed using fire assay with additional multi-element MS48 analysis
underway.
Diamond drill holes WDG -03 and WDG -04 were drilled using PQ diameter core. Certified reference
materials (standards) and blanks were inserted into the sample stream in accordance with industry -
standard protocols. Blanks were routinely inserted after high-grade intervals, and certified standards were
included at a frequency of at least 5%. All assay batches received to date h ave passed QAQC review and
fall within acceptable tolerance limits. Core recoveries for both holes were within acceptable ranges, with
sampling procedures carefully managed in intervals where ground conditions were variable or fragile.
Additional lab check assays also passed.
About Great Pacific Gold
Great Pacific Gold has a portfolio of exploration -stage projects in Papua New Guinea ("PNG"). The
Company is focused on developing gold -copper resources from its highly prospective land packages. Its
core projects include:
• Kesar Project: located in the Eastern Highlands province of PNG and contiguous with the mine
tenements of K92 Mining Inc. ("K92"), the Kesar Project is a greenfield exploration project with
several high -priority targets in close proximity to the property boundary with K9 2. Multiple
epithermal veins at Kesar are on strike and have the same orientation as key K92 deposits, such
as Kora. Exploration work to date by the Company at the Kesar Project has shown that these veins
have high grades of gold present in outcrop and very elevated gold in soil grades, coincident with
aeromagnetic highs. The Company conducted a diamond drill program on key target areas at the
Kesar Project from November 2024 to May 2025.
• Wild Dog Project: located in the East New Britain province of PNG, the Wild Dog Project is a
brownfield exploration project with a history of small -scale gold mining. The Wild Dog 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 baseline environmental work in Q4 2024. In Q1 2025, the Company began preparing
for a drilling program with camp and infrastructure being established, airborne geophysics
(MobileMT) survey completed and a geological team in place. A first phase of diamond drilling is
underway on the property.
• Arau Project: located in the 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 c ompleted at Mt.
Victor in August 2024, with encouraging results . The Arau Project includes the Elandora licence,
which also contains various epithermal and copper-gold porphyry targets.
The Company also holds the Tinga Valley Project in PNG.
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Figure 1 Proposed Phase I drill program at Sinivit – Kavasuki targets, Wild Dog structural corridor.
Figure 2 Cross section showing WDG-04 geology and key intercepts.
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 gu arantees 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
6m at 8.64 g/t AuEq,
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