Sixteen Vein Sets Intersected In Rising Sun Prospect

AUSTRALIA – Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd reported on four drillholes from the Rising Sun prospect at the 100%-owned Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project in Victoria. SDDSC196 intersected sixteen vein sets in Rising Sun across a +500 m mineralised corridor from 376 m to 936 m downhole which averaged 559 m @ 2.5 g/t AuEq (2.1 g/t Au and 0.2% Sb) uncut. The hole returned six intervals greater than 20 g/t AuEq, including three individual assays exceeding 100 g/t Au. Highlights include 1.3 m @ 670.4 g/t AuEq (670.2 g/t Au, 0.1% Sb) from 869.2 m – the 7th highest intercept on the project – and the highest individual antimony assay to date at 0.16 m @ 65.9% Sb (plus 78.5 g/t Au) from 445.9 m. The true thickness of the mineralized intervals are interpreted to be approximately 50% to 65% of the sampled thickness for other reported holes.
559 m Mineralised Corridor Confirmed: SDDSC196 intersected 16 vein sets across a 559 m corridor from 376 m to 936 m downhole, averaging 559 m @ 2.5 g/t AuEq (2.1 g/t Au, 0.2% Sb) uncut, with six intervals greater than 20 g/t AuEq including three individual assays exceeding 100 g/t Au. SDDSC196 delivers 1.3 m @ 670 g/t AuEq (nearly 20 oz/t gold) from 869 m depth – the 7th highest intercept on the project and further confirmation that ultra-high grade gold persists at depth. The highest individual antimony assay on the project to date – 0.16 m @ 65.9% Sb (plus 78.5 g/t Au) – reinforces Sunday Creek’s strategic importance as a Western antimony supply source.
SDDSC176 returned 4.2 m @ 25.7 g/t AuEq (incl. 1.4 m @ 77 g/t AuEq) confirming RS4 high-grade core; SDDSC187 intersected seven vein sets including three not previously defined, with 5.2 m @ 7.8 g/t AuEq (incl. 0.1 m @ 127 g/t Au). SDDSC190 defined the outer margins of the Rising Sun system.
Ten rigs operational with 39 holes pending results. Sunday Creek now contains 95 composite intersections exceeding 100 g/t AuEq from 239 drill holes, underscoring the high-grade potential of this deposit.
Michael Hudson, President & CEO, said, “This hole is a statement of deposit quality. A 559 m mineralized corridor averaging 2.5 g/t AuEq (uncut) – punctuated by ultra-high grades including nearly 20 ounces per tonne gold – is exactly what we hoped to see as we infill the Rising Sun system. What this means: we’re confirming not just grade, but the scale and continuity required to underpin a meaningful resource.
What makes these results particularly compelling is predictability. We infilled at 15-30 m spacing, hit where we expected to hit, and discovered four new vein sets in the process. What this means: the system is behaving consistently, and it remains open. We’re not chasing isolated high-grade shoots; we’re defining a coherent, stacked vein system – one of five mineralized areas hosting 95 vein sets collectively.
The highest individual antimony assay on the project to date – 0.16 m @ 65.9% Sb (plus 78.5 g/t Au) – arrives as antimony prices have tripled since China’s export restrictions, with no Western supply response yet in sight. What this means: Sunday Creek’s strategic value is sharpening at exactly the right time.
“With ten rigs operating and 39 holes awaiting assays, we are systematically converting exploration potential into the drill density required for resource definition.”