Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd. announced results from eight diamond drill holes from the Rising Sun and Golden Dyke and Christina prospects, at the 100%-owned Sunday Creek gold-antimony project in Victoria. Five Key Points: SDDSC161, drilled to infill mineralization with a 27 m up-dip extension at Rising Sun, hosts the second-best interval on the project and two of the ten best intervals drilled: Second best interval: 3.4 m @ 466.4 g/t Au (1,585.8 AuEq g/t x m) including 2.4 m @ 670.4 g/t Au. Third highest individual assay: 4,700 g/t Au over 0.2 m from 511.3 m. Ninth highest individual assay: 1,510 g/t Au over 0.3 m from 510.4 m. Six new vein sets discovered between Christina and Golden Dyke in SDDSC156, highlighting repeatability of mineralized structures.
Depth Extensions: Two of the reported holes (SDDSC155A and SDDSC157) intercepted high- grade mineralization 40 m to 120 m below previously announced mineralization. Sunday Creek's High-Grade Profile Expands: One additional +100 gram-metre AuEq intercept and two additional 50 to 100 gram-metre AuEq intercepts bringing the project's total to 64 and 72, respectively, further demonstrating robust grade distribution at depth. Continued Exploration: Twenty-four additional holes are currently being processed and analyzed, with eight more actively being drilled, continuing the systematic expansion of the project's mineralized footprint.
Key Take Aways: SDDSC161 (Rising Sun) was drilled east-to-west targeting the highly prospective RS01 vein set with a 27 m up-dip extension and delivered the second highest composite interval in Sunday Creek's history: 3.4 m @ 466.4 g/t AuEq (466.0 g/t Au, 0.2% Sb) from 508.4 m, including: 2.4 m @ 671.0 g/t AuEq (670.4 g/t Au, 0.2% Sb) from 509.5 m Featured two exceptional +1,000 g/t gold assays in a single interval: 4,700 g/t Au over 0.2 m (3rd highest assay on the project); 1,510 g/t Au over 0.3 m (9th highest assay on the project). SDDSC156 (Christina-Golden Dyke) was drilled from Christina toward Golden Dyke and intersected a 125 m mineralized zone containing seven vein sets. Six represent entirely new discoveries, with the standout intercept: 3.0 m @ 13.7 g/t AuEq (7.3 g/t Au, 2.7% Sb) from 267.8 m, including: 1.6 m @ 24.0 g/t AuEq (13.0 g/t Au, 4.6% Sb) from 267.8 m. SDDSC155A (Rising Sun) provided critical depth extensions, delivering 40 m to 50 m down dip continuity on two vein domains (RS05, RS15) while providing high-grade infill on a third (RS06), highlighted by: 0.1 m @ 370.7 g/t AuEq (370.0 g/t Au, 0.3% Sb) from 682.5 m. SDDSC157 (Golden Dyke) successfully extended three vein domains (GD80, GD90, GD100) by 40 m to 120 m down dip, with the standout intercept: 0.4 m @ 162.6 g/t AuEq (161.9 g/t Au, 0.3% Sb) from 647.0 m. SDDSC152 (Rising Sun Control) was designed as a structural control hole drilled at high angles to test dyke location.
It successfully intersected 25 m of dyke and altered sediment at 940 m vertical depth, representing a 130-170 m step-out below existing mineralization. Growing Project Scale: With 173 drill holes totalling 82,619 m completed since late 2020, Sunday Creek now contains 64 intersections >100 g/t AuEq x m and 72 intersections between 50-100 g/t AuEq x m, establishing it as one of the world's premier gold-antimony discoveries.
