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Southern Cross Gold Increases Drill Rigs to Eight and Updates Regional Programs at Sunday Creek, Australia
Vancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 7, 2025) - Southe...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Southern Cross Gold Increases Drill Rigs to Eight and Updates Regional Programs at Sunday Creek, AustraliaVancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 7, 2025) - Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd (TSXV: SXGC) (ASX: SX2) (OTC Pink: MWSNF) (FSE: MV3) (\"Southern Cross Gold\" or the \"Company\") announces a drilling and geophysical exploration activity update. Two further diamond drill rigs will mobilize to Sunday Creek next week to increase the total number to eight rigs operating at the 100%-owned Sunday Creek gold-antimony project in Victoria, while multiple geophysical and soil programs continue.Highlights:Increased diamond drill rigs mobilized: Two further diamond drill rigs will mobilize to Sunday Creek over the next week to increase the total number to eight rigs operating, with the two additional rigs to focus on infill drilling. In summary:Seven rigs will continue expansion and infill drilling in the 1.5 km long core drill area between Apollo and Christina.One rig will be dedicated to drilling regional targets along the 12 km mineralized trend and parallel trends, defined by historic workings, geophysics, geology and soil anomalies.For the next month, one rig will complete a geotechnical program (5 holes for 900 m) to establish the detailed nature of fault structures and rock quality in the areas of planned underground development for the Exploration Tunnel. This drill program, complemented by groundwater monitoring and environmental studies, will provide essential data to support the Exploration Tunnel application scheduled for Q3 2025 (announced 11th March, 2025).Multiple geophysical programs ongoing (Figure 2): The previously announced Induced Polarisation (IP) geophysical survey is scheduled to finish during April 2025.The IP survey has extended over 12 km2 and covers 6 km strike (of the 12 km) of the dyke and altered sediment hosted gold mineralized trend to cover significant historical mining areas including Tonstal, Leviathan, Consols and Aftermath. Parallel dyke trends have also been tested. Analysis and interpretation are now ongoing and further results will be released once complete.Additionally, Fleet Space Technologies are now undertaking an orientation real time ANT (Ambient Noise Tomography) passive seismic and gravity survey at Sunday Creek. The survey area is approximatel...