Great Pacific Gold (TSX-V:GPAC) has completed maiden drilling at the Kavasuki target within its Wild Dog Project in Papua New Guinea, defining a shallow mineralised window containing broad gold intercepts.
The 12-hole diamond drilling program totalled 1,844.8m and tested the geometry and continuity of the Kavasuki vein system, about 1.5km northeast of the historically mined Wild Dog deposit.
Results include 58.9m @ 2.43 grams per tonne gold (Au) from 38.6m in KVH-01, including 4.6m @ 8.24g/t Au.
A second interval in the hole returned 18.1m @ 2.08g/t Au from 100.6m, including 1.2m @ 17.93g/t Au.
Other intercepts include 38.4m @ 2.07g/t Au from 12.3m in KVH-03 and 59.9m @ 1.38g/t Au from 8.7m in KVH-04.
New results from the completed program include 5.2m @ 1.02g/t Au from 22.4m in KVH-06 and 11.5m @ 0.73g/t Au from 74.95m in KVH-12, including 2.05m @ 2.45g/t Au.
The reported intercepts represent core lengths, with true widths currently unknown. Results from KVH-12 remain subject to final certification.
VP Exploration Callum Spink says the program achieved its main technical objectives.
“Our maiden program at Kavasuki delivered broad zones of shallow gold mineralisation, including 58.9m at 2.43g/t Au, and achieved its core technical objectives by confirming historical mineralisation, demonstrating continuity of the vein system at depth, and resolving the principal source of the historical chargeability response,” Spink says.
Great Pacific says the strongest gold mineralisation identified to date is concentrated between surface and about 70m vertical depth.
Within this window, grades typically range from 1–2.5g/t Au, with narrower intervals reaching approximately 18g/t Au. The main vein continues below the window but did not carry significant gold mineralisation at the depths tested.
The company says it has also revised its interpretation of historical three-dimensional induced polarisation chargeability anomalies. It now attributes the principal response to disseminated pyrite within interbedded volcanic and siltstone units rather than directly to gold mineralisation.
Great Pacific says this distinction provides a new filter for ranking targets across the wider 15km Wild Dog structural corridor.
Follow-up work at Kavasuki will include trenching and mapping to test potential extensions of the shallow mineralised window before further drilling is planned.
Meanwhile, during final database validation, Great Pacific corrected previously reported results from KVH-03. The 38.4m interval is now reported at 2.07g/t Au, rather than 2.17g/t, while a 2.23m included interval is now 8.56g/t Au, rather than 10.26g/t.
The company’s two diamond rigs have moved to the Magiabe and Mengmut targets under the continuing Main Zone program, ahead of planned drilling at Morgan and EK.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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