Great Pacific Gold (TSX-V:GPAC) has expanded the interpreted footprints of two gold targets following mapping and surface sampling at its Wild Dog Project in Papua New Guinea.
Channel sampling at the Elamaraka vein system returned 9m @ 4.81 grams per tonne gold (Au), 41.96g/t silver (Ag), and 0.02% copper (Cu).
The interval included individual 1m samples grading up to 26.86g/t Au and 233.4g/t Ag.
Mapping also identified additional mineralised quartz-sulphide veins beyond the historically recognised Elamaraka exposure. Great Pacific now interprets the target as a broader corridor containing multiple veins rather than a single structure.
At the neighbouring Kargalio vein system, channel sampling returned approximately 6m @ 7.29g/t Au, 12.83g/t Ag, and 0.24% Cu, including 2m @ 16.20g/t Au.
A second interval about 40m south returned 6m @ 2.85g/t Au, 8.20g/t Ag, and 0.15% Cu. Sampling of a newly identified crackle breccia zone approximately 260m east of the main Kargalio vein also returned about 10m @ 1.77g/t Au and 4.74g/t Ag.
The reported channel intervals represent sampled surface lengths, and their true widths are not yet known.
COO Exploration Callum Spink says the work reinforces the knowledge on the southern Wild Dog corridor.
“Our recent mapping and systematic sampling indicate that these prospects form part of broader mineralised corridors containing multiple quartz-sulphide veins. The combination of strong channel-sampling results, additional mineralised vein exposures, and improving access provides a strong foundation for further target definition and future drill testing,” Spink says.
Elamaraka and Kargalio form the EK target area within the southern section of the 15km Wild Dog corridor in East New Britain Province.
Great Pacific says it has begun developing access farther south and is undertaking first-pass mapping and rock-chip sampling across the underexplored South Zone.
The company has two diamond drill rigs operating at Wild Dog and plans to extend drill testing into the southern corridor as targets are defined.
Write to France Pinzon at Mining.com.au
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