Great Pacific Gold

What Great Pacific Gold does

Great Pacific Gold Corp. (TSXV: GPAC; OTCQX: GPGCF; Frankfurt: 0B3) is a Canadian junior mineral exploration company headquartered in Vancouver, BC, focused on the discovery and advancement of gold and copper resources in Papua New Guinea. The company was originally incorporated as Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. and completed its initial public offering in April 2020 on the TSX Venture Exchange; it was renamed Great Pacific Gold Corp. in September 2023 upon closing the acquisition of Wild Dog Resources Inc., which brought in a 2,166 sq km PNG land package. The portfolio comprises the flagship Wild Dog Project (East New Britain Province), the Kesar and Arau Projects (Eastern Highlands Province, contiguous with K92 Mining's Kainantu mine tenements), and the Tinga Valley Project (a copper-gold porphyry/skarn target). The Australian assets (Lauriston, Golden Mountain, Reedy Creek, Providence, Walhalla) have been divested or spun out into Walhalla Gold Corp. (CSE: WAU) via a 1:1 distribution completed in December 2025, sharpening strategic focus on PNG.

The company's underlying technology is a district-scale, integrated exploration workflow combining MobileMT airborne magnetotelluric geophysics, high-resolution LiDAR, hyperspectral and XRD-based advanced argillic alteration mineral mapping (using high-temperature indicator minerals such as zunyite and diaspore), systematic diamond drilling, and ISO 9001-certified fire-assay and ICP analytical workflows (via Intertek Minerals Ltd., Lae, PNG). Two diamond drill rigs are concurrently testing a ranked pipeline of epithermal and porphyry targets along the 15 km Wild Dog Structural Corridor, with 13,000 metres of drilling planned in 2026. The company has reported high-grade drill intercepts including WDG-08 (8.4 m @ 50.12 g/t AuEq) and KVH-01 (58.9 m @ 2.50 g/t AuEq), and a new high-grade surface discovery at Magiabe West (137 g/t Au, 3.97% Cu, 76 g/t Ag).

The business model is pre-revenue: Great Pacific Gold has no commercial product sales and funds exploration activities entirely through equity capital raises (C$5.05M private placement in December 2024, C$16.94M private placement in July 2025 led by Canaccord Genuity Corp., C$20.02M public offering in April 2026 led by Haywood Securities Inc.) and selective divestitures of non-core assets. Value creation is event-driven, communicated to capital markets through staged drilling campaigns, assay releases, and exploration milestones. The end "customers" are public equity investors; the company is led by CEO Greg McCunn (appointed July 2024), with Dr. Chris Muller (EVP Exploration, K92 Mining) on the board, and employs 51-100 staff including a dedicated PNG Country Manager.

Name

Great Pacific Gold

Legal name

Great Pacific Gold Corp.

Website

https://gpacgold.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Great Pacific Gold Corp. is a Canadian junior mineral exploration company focused on discovering and advancing district-scale gold and copper resources in Papua New Guinea, with its flagship Wild Dog Project and adjacent Kesar, Arau, and Tinga Valley projects. Pre-revenue, the company funds exploration through equity capital raises and targets capital-markets investors via event-driven drilling news flow.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mineral Exploration

NAICS

Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining (212220), Gold Ore and Silver Ore Mining (21222)

SIC

Gold And Silver Ores (1040)

akta.pro primary industry

Precious Metals Exploration & Project Development (IMAKAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gold Mining (IMAKAEAA)

Keywords

• Gold exploration
• Copper mining
• Mineral exploration
• Epithermal deposits
• Porphyry exploration

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Pre-revenue exploration stage: Great Pacific Gold is an exploration-stage mining company with no current revenue from mining operations. The company funds its exploration activities through equity capital raises (private placements, public/warrant offerings) and selective divestitures of non-core assets (e.g., Australian Walhalla/Lauriston/Adelong/Reedy Creek/Golden Mountain projects). The Walhalla Gold Project was spun out 1:1 to shareholders in December 2025 and listed on the CSE in April 2026.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Great Pacific Gold is a junior mineral exploration company focused on the discovery and advancement of gold and copper resources in Papua New Guinea. Its portfolio centers on the flagship Wild Dog Project (a 15-km epithermal structural corridor with the Magiabe porphyry target) and the Kesar, Arau, and Tinga Valley projects. The company funds staged diamond drilling campaigns, MobileMT airborne geophysics, LiDAR surveys, and surface sampling to delineate high-grade Au-Cu systems.

Product overview

Great Pacific Gold Corp. (TSXV: GPAC) is a Canadian junior mineral exploration company, not a software/SaaS provider. Its offering is a portfolio of exploration-stage mineral properties rather than a unified product or platform-plus-modules architecture. The portfolio centers on the flagship Wild Dog Project (a large-scale epithermal and porphyry gold-copper system in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea) and is complemented by the Kesar Project and Arau Project (both in the Eastern Highlands Province of PNG and contiguous with K92 Mining's mine tenements) as well as the Tinga Valley Project (a copper-gold porphyry/skarn project also in PNG). The company previously held Australian projects (Lauriston, Golden Mountain, Walhalla) which have since been divested or spun out — most notably the Walhalla Gold Corp. 1:1 spinout completed in December 2025 with CSE listing in April 2026. Exploration activities include diamond drilling, MobileMT airborne geophysics, LiDAR surveying, geological mapping, trenching, and rock-chip sampling programs aimed at defining mineral resources along the 15-km Wild Dog Structural Corridor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wild Dog Project Flagship exploration-stage gold-copper project located in the East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea, comprising a large-scale epithermal vein system along the 15-km Wild Dog structural corridor (potentially over 1,000 m deep) and the Magiabe porphyry target (potentially 1,000 m diameter and over 2,000 m deep). Diamond drilling has yielded high-grade results such as WDG-08 returning 8.4 m at 50.12 g/t AuEq.
• Kesar Project Greenfield gold-copper exploration project in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, contiguous with K92 Mining's mine tenements, with multiple epithermal veins on strike with K92's Kora deposit. Diamond drill program was conducted from November 2024 to May 2025, with a follow-up Phase 2 program planned.
• Arau Project Exploration project in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, south of and contiguous with K92 Mining's mine tenements. Contains the Mt. Victor high-sulphidation epithermal gold-base metal target and the Elandora licence with epithermal and copper-gold porphyry targets. A Phase 1 Reverse Circulation drilling program at Mt. Victor was completed in August 2024.
• Tinga Valley Project Copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea covering 347 sq km, acquired via amalgamation with Tinga Valley Copper & Gold Corp. in May 2024. Located in a geologically similar district to the Ok Tedi Mine with multiple untested porphyry and skarn exploration targets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Drill hole WDG-08 intersected 8.4 m @ 50.12 g/t AuEq from 154 m depth at Sinivit (including 0.8 m @ 322 g/t Au)
• +5 more outcomes

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship adjacency / strategic benchmark, medium - exclusive analytical laboratory, medium - statutory auditor, medium - project technical consultant, low - 12-month ir program, high - spin-out entity, high - foundational png asset acquisition, high - copper-gold asset acquisition, high - corporate predecessor, medium - technical advisor on kainantu district geology and low - asset divestiture buyer.

• K92 Mining Inc.flagship adjacency / strategic benchmarkStrategic or Co-development PartnerGPAC's Kesar and Arau Projects are contiguous with K92 Mining's Kainantu Gold Mine tenements in the Eastern Highlands Province of PNG. GPAC's Kesar Project lies 10 km west of K92's Kora gold mine and shares the same NNE structural trend; multiple epithermal veins at Kesar are on strike with and have the same orientation as K92's Kora deposit. K92's stated recovery results (Au 92.6%, Ag 78.0%, Cu 94.0%) are also used by GPAC for AuEq calculations on its Wild Dog drill results. Dr. Chris Muller (EVP Exploration at K92) joined GPAC's Board of Directors in January 2024.
• Intertek Minerals Ltd. (Lae, Papua New Guinea)medium - exclusive analytical laboratoryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIntertek Minerals Ltd. is GPAC's primary analytical laboratory for drill-core and surface samples. The lab is ISO 9001-certified and located in Lae, PNG. Samples are processed via fire assay for gold and four-acid digestion (MS48) ICP-OES/MS for silver and copper, with certified standards, blanks, and duplicates inserted at industry-standard frequencies.
• BDO Canada LLPmedium - statutory auditorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBDO Canada LLP serves as the statutory auditor of Great Pacific Gold Corp., appointed at the Annual General Meeting on June 17, 2026 (replacing the prior auditor). The partnership supports the company's financial reporting and compliance with securities regulations.
• Tetra Tech Coffeymedium - project technical consultantImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTetra Tech Coffey was engaged by Great Pacific Gold in June 2024 for the Wild Dog Project (EL 2516) in Papua New Guinea, providing engineering and technical services supporting the project.
• Gold Standard Media LLC and Affiliateslow - 12-month ir programGTM or Marketing PartnerGreat Pacific Gold announced on April 12, 2024 a 12-month investor relations program engaging Gold Standard Media LLC and affiliates, providing IR and marketing communications services to expand the company's investor base.
• Walhalla Gold Corp.high - spin-out entityStrategic or Co-development PartnerWalhalla Gold Corp. was spun out of Great Pacific Gold on a 1:1 basis, with 152,310,965 common shares distributed to GPAC shareholders. Walhalla Gold began trading on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE: WAU) on April 29, 2026, and raised C$7,005,000 in a concurrent private placement at C$0.20 per share. The arrangement was completed December 12, 2025, with a $1,500,000 payment from Finco. The spin-out consolidates GPAC's strategic focus on PNG gold-copper projects.
• Wild Dog Resources Inc. (WDR)high - foundational png asset acquisitionStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreat Pacific Gold (then Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. / FSX) completed the acquisition of Wild Dog Resources Inc. on September 21, 2023, after entering a definitive agreement on July 5, 2023. The transaction brought in a 2,166 sq km PNG mineral exploration land package (later refined to the Wild Dog, Kesar, Arau and Tinga projects), including 614 sq km contiguous with K92 Mining tenements. Consideration was 16.8 million common shares plus warrants and options.
• Tinga Valley Copper & Gold Corp.high - copper-gold asset acquisitionStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreat Pacific Gold completed the acquisition of Tinga Valley Copper & Gold Corp. on May 22, 2024, through an amalgamation agreement. The Tinga Valley Property covers 347 sq km in Papua New Guinea, located in a geologically similar district to the Ok Tedi Mine, with high-grade copper-gold mineralization potential, untested porphyry and skarn targets, and a planned 2024 exploration program.
• Fosterville South Exploration Ltd. (predecessor entity)high - corporate predecessorOthersFosterville South Exploration Ltd. was the predecessor corporate entity of Great Pacific Gold Corp. The company changed its name to Great Pacific Gold Corp. effective September 19, 2023, following shareholder approval. Fosterville South held the original Australian gold portfolio (Lauriston, Golden Mountain, Walhalla Belt, Providence, Moormbool, Beechworth). The Fosterville South ticker (TSXV: FSX / OTCQX: FSXLF) carried over to the renamed Great Pacific Gold.
• Dr. Joseph O. Espi (University of Papua New Guinea)medium - technical advisor on kainantu district geologyImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDr. Joseph O. Espi, Associate Professor and head of the Earth Sciences Division at the University of Papua New Guinea, is a published expert on the Kainantu Mineral District. He examined hand specimens from the East Vein Zone at the Kesar Project and provided an independent technical assessment supporting GPAC's interpretation of high-bonanza grade gold mineralization potential. He is not formally an employee or director of GPAC.
• Adelong Gold (buyer of Lauriston / Adelong Australian assets)low - asset divestiture buyerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGreat Pacific Gold divested multiple Australian gold assets in 2024-2025, including the sale of the Lauriston Project (for A$4M + A$2M in contingent payments plus 2% NSR royalty, May 2025), the Adelong Project (additional $1.83M received August 2025), the Reedy Creek and Providence Projects (sale completed April 2025), and the Golden Mountain Project (February 2025), as part of its focused PNG strategy.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Troilus Gold Corp. Troilus Gold is a Canadian-listed junior advancing the Troilus gold-copper project in Quebec. It shares GPAC's gold-copper focus, Canadian-headquartered junior structure, and dependence on multi-rig drilling programs and equity capital to advance the asset.
• Ascot Resources Ltd. Ascot Resources is a Canadian-listed junior gold company advancing the Premier Gold Project in British Columbia. It is comparable to GPAC as a junior gold developer that has progressed from exploration-stage drilling toward development and is funded largely through dilutive equity raises.
• Marathon Gold Corporation: Marathon Gold is a Canadian-listed junior advancing the Valentine Gold Project in Newfoundland toward production. It is comparable to GPAC as a single-asset-focused Canadian gold junior in the drilling-to-development transition.
• K92 Mining Inc. K92 Mining is a Canadian-listed gold-copper producer operating the Kainantu Gold Mine in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, directly adjacent to GPAC's Kesar and Arau projects. K92 is both the geological benchmark for GPAC's exploration and a strategic adjacency, with K92's EVP Exploration sitting on GPAC's board.
• SolGold plc: SolGold is a junior explorer advancing the Alpala porphyry copper-gold deposit in Ecuador. It shares with GPAC the junior, district-scale porphyry-Au-Cu exploration model, multi-rig drilling programs, and dependence on capital markets to fund resource delineation.
• Skeena Resources Limited: Skeena is a Canadian-listed junior gold developer advancing the Eskay Creek project in British Columbia's Golden Triangle. Like GPAC, it is a drilling-stage junior funded by serial equity raises with a high-grade gold project and no near-term production.

Emerging players

• New Found Gold Corp. New Found Gold is a Canadian-listed junior gold explorer advancing the Queensway project in Newfoundland. It is comparable to GPAC as a drilling-stage, high-grade gold junior that relies on exploration news flow to support its valuation, although its focus is on orogenic gold rather than epithermal/porphyry systems.

Broad incumbents

• Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited: Harmony Gold is a major gold producer that operates the Hidden Valley mine in Papua New Guinea. It is comparable to GPAC as a PNG-focused gold operator, providing geological and jurisdictional comparability for the Wild Dog / Kainantu district, though at far larger scale and as a producer rather than explorer.
• Newcrest Mining Limited: Newcrest is a major gold producer that operates the Lihir mine in Papua New Guinea. It is comparable to GPAC as a PNG gold producer establishing district-scale epithermal/porphyry benchmarks relevant to GPAC's Wild Dog and Tinga projects, though Newcrest is a Tier-1 incumbent rather than a junior explorer.

Regional players

• Pantoro Limited: Pantoro is an Australian-listed gold junior focused on the Norseman Gold Project in Western Australia. It is comparable to GPAC's former Australian portfolio (now spun out into Walhalla Gold) as a small-cap Australian gold junior, and provides regional comparability for GPAC's divestiture history, although it does not compete in PNG.

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Profiles7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors

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