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Southern Cross Gold Achieves Significant Metallurgical Development at Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project
Vancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 6, 2025) - Souther...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Southern Cross Gold Achieves Significant Metallurgical Development at Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony ProjectVancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 6, 2025) - Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd (TSX: SXGC) (ASX: SX2) (OTC Pink: MWSNF) (FSE: MV3) (\"SXGC\", \"SX2\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce a significant metallurgical development at its Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project in Victoria.Stage 2 test work has demonstrated successful selective flotation processing that produces a high-grade, low-arsenic antimony-gold concentrate from the upper antimony rich zones of the deposit, alongside excellent recovery of native gold.Key PointsSignificant Development: Selective Flotation TechnologyIdentified specialized collector chemistry that successfully separates antimony minerals from arsenic-bearing minerals, solving a key requirement while maintaining excellent gold recovery.Triple Product StreamOverall gold recovery of 92.3% to 95.6% across three product streams:Gravity gold concentrate (37.3 - 51.4% recovered gold).Antimony-gold concentrate (28.8 - 36.5% recovered gold): Antimony grades 48.2 - 53.1%, gold grades up to 93.2 g/t and arsenic grades 0.1% to 0.2% (well below 0.6% thresholds). Antimony recovery 83.2% to 92.7%.Sulphide concentrate (15.5-18.0% recovered gold).De-Risked For Further DevelopmentA total of 144 samples from Apollo and Rising Sun prospects provide geometallurgical variation, with established processing conditions ready for scale-up through locked-cycle testing, pilot plant evaluation, and process plant design targeting Q1 2027.Michael Hudson, President & CEO, states: \"This significant metallurgical development significantly de-risks our Sunday Creek project and positions us to potentially deliver multiple high-value products to market. The combination of excellent overall native gold recovery with the ability to produce premium antimony concentrates validates our strategy and enhances the project's economic potential. The timing is particularly favorable given antimony's exemption from the recent US Executive Order on Reciprocal Tariffs and ongoing Chinese export restrictions on this critical metal.\"Mr. Craig Brown, a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Metallurgical Consultant to Southern Cross Gold, commented: \"This repres...