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Great Pacific Gold Commences Drilling at Kasie Ridge, Wild Dog Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - February 24, 2026) - Great Pacific Gold Corp. (TSXV: GPAC) (OTCQX: GPGCF) (FSE: 0B3) ("Great Pacific Gold," "GPAC," or the "Company") announces that a second diamond drill rig has arrived on site at its flagship Wild Dog Project ("Wild Dog" or the "Project"), located on the island of New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea ("PNG"), and has commenced drilling on the Kasie Ridge epithermal gold-copper target.Kasie Ridge represents the
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