Southern Cross Gold (ASX:SX2) has reported ‘high-grade’ drilling results from seven holes at the Apollo and Apollo East prospects within its Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project in Victoria.
The company intersected 36.6m @ 6.5 grams per tonne gold equivalent (4.0g/t gold, 1.0% antimony) from 700.0m in drill hole SDDSC202, with individual assays reaching 493g/t gold and 29.1% antimony.
SDDSC202 targeted the Apollo East prospect and intersected nine vein sets, including six ‘high-grade’ veins, two of which were previously unmodelled.
SDDSC214W1 returned the most easterly mineralisation identified within the main drill area to date, expanding Apollo East a further 20m east.
Intersections of the hole returned 0.5m @ 251.4g/t gold equivalent (232.0g/t gold, 8.1% antimony) from 605.2m, with individual assays up to 362.0g/t gold.
Southern Cross also reported the shallowest Apollo East results to date in SDDSC217, representing a 97m updip extension.
This hole confirmed strong antimony tenor near surface with 0.1m @ 130.6g/t gold equivalent (55.8g/t gold, 31.3% antimony) from 324.9m.
CEO Michael Hudson says the results continue to demonstrate the system’s growth potential in all directions tested.
“The shallow, antimony-rich results up to 31.3% antimony in SDDSC217 are equally important, confirming strong critical-metal tenor close to surface,” Hudson adds.
Currently, 11 drill rigs are operational on the Sunday Creek project, with results pending from 67 holes being processed and analysed. The company continues its ongoing 200,000m drill program through to Q1 2027.
Sunday Creek is located 60km north of Melbourne within 16,900ha of granted exploration tenements. Southern Cross Gold is also the freehold landholder of 1,392ha, forming the key portion around the main drilled area.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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