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Goldman High-grade results from Sunday Creek drill program highlight growing gold-antimony system
Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd (TSXV:SXGC) (ASX:SXG) has announced standout assay results from eight diamond drill holes at its 100%-owned Sunday Creek gold-antimony project in Victoria, Australia. The drilling focused on the Rising Sun and Golden Dyke-Chrstina areas, revealing some of the best intercepts yet from the project.
Drillhole SDDDSC161 delivered the second-best interval recorded at Sunday Creek:
- 3.4m @ 466.4 g/t Au (1,585.8 g/t AuEq) from 511.3m, including:
- 2.4m @ 670.4 g/t Au
This intercept also included:
- A third-highest individual assay: 4,700 g/t Au over 0.2m from 511.3m
- A ninth-highest individual assay: 1,510 g/t Au over 0.3m from 510.4m
The results confirmed up-dip mineralisation extensions and revealed six new vein sets between Christina and Golden Dyke, supporting repeatability of mineralised structures. Notably, holes SDDDSC155A and SDDDSC157 intercepted high-grade mineralisation between 40 and 120 metres deeper than previously reported.
The project’s high-grade footprint also expanded with one new +100 gram-metre AuEq intercept and two additional 50–100 gram-metre intercepts, now totalling 64 and 72 respectively.
Twenty-four further holes are currently being processed, with eight rigs drilling across the site in the largest campaign to date.
President & CEO Michael Hudson said:
These latest drill results continue to demonstrate the exceptional potential of our Sunday Creek discovery. SDDDSC161 has delivered our second highest interval ever drilled, with 3.4 m @ 466.4 g/t AuEq including an ultra-high-grade core of 2.4 m @ 670.4 g/t AuEq. The presence of 4,700 g/t Au over 0.2 m – our third highest individual assay – shows the remarkable grade potential within our Golden Ladder system.
Our drilling program is strategically designed to both expand the project volume and de-risk known high-grade zones through continuity confirmation. SDDDSC156 dramatically increases the project’s mineralized volume by discovering six entirely new vein sets, while results like SDDDSC161, SDDDSC155A’s 40 m to 50 m down dip extensions and SDDDSC157’s 120 m down dip extension demonstrate remarkable continuity of our high-grade mineralization. These results consistently confirm that our very high grades maintain their character both along strike and down dip, significantly reducing geological risk while expanding the scale of this impressive system.
