Great Pacific Gold Corp. announced that it has received notification from the Papua New Guinea Mineral Resources Authority of the grant of Exploration License 2715. The grant of EL 2715 means GPAC's Arau Project is now wholly covered with granted exploration licenses (the other license at Arau being EL 2651, which was previously renewed).

With this latest EL granted, almost all the Exploration License Applications (ELA) acquired by GPAC have now been converted into licenses. Kesar Creek is now fully covered by licenses, Arau is now fully covered by licenses and Wild Dog is partly covered by licenses (with one remaining ELA awaiting conversion to an EL).