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Southern Cross Gold Announces Inclusion in the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) and FTSE Canada All Cap Index
Vancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 20, 2026) - South...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Southern Cross Gold Announces Inclusion in the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) and FTSE Canada All Cap IndexVancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 20, 2026) - Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd (TSX: SXGC) (ASX: SX2) (OTCQX: SXGCF) (FSE: MV3) (\"SXGC\", \"SX2\" or the \"Company\") announces that the common shares of the Company have been added to the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (\"GDXJ\") and the FTSE Canada All Cap Index, effective at market close on March 20, 2026 pursuant to their quarterly rebalances.The GDXJ is a globally recognised exchange traded fund with approximately US$9 billion in net assets that tracks small- and mid-capitalisation companies primarily involved in gold and silver mining and development. The FTSE Canada All Cap Index is a market-capitalization weighted index representing the performance of Canadian large, mid and small cap stocks.Inclusion in these indices is expected to increase the Company's visibility to a broader range of institutional and retail investors and may enhance the liquidity of the Company's shares across all listed exchanges.Michael Hudson, President & CEO, states: \"Inclusion in both the GDXJ and FTSE Canada All Cap Index is a significant milestone for Southern Cross Gold and a testament to the exceptional work of our team in advancing the Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project.\"The GDXJ is the world's most widely held junior gold miner ETF with approximately US$9 billion in net assets. As a constituent, every dollar that flows into the fund automatically allocates a portion to SXGC shares — creating a structural, recurring bid that compounds with each new subscription into the ETF.\"Inclusion puts Southern Cross Gold on the screen of every institutional gold fund manager, sell-side analyst and quantitative strategy that benchmarks against GDXJ. It is a credibility threshold that places the Company alongside the world's leading junior gold miners. Improved liquidity and tighter bid-ask spreads also make SXGC accessible to larger funds with minimum liquidity requirements - funds that previously could not take a position even if they wanted to.\"These additions will broaden our shareholder base at a time when Sunday Creek's strategic value - as one of the Western world's most significant gold-antimony discoveries - h...