# Southern Cross Gold Extends High Grades to East and to Depth at Apollo East

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/southern-cross-gold-extends-high-grades-to-east-and-to-depth-at-apollo-east--1373f035-568f-45d9-a584-9969ba0ee362

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/southern-cross-gold-extends-high-100000597.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2025-09-08T10:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd

- Ticker: SX2

- Exchange: ASX

- Region: Victoria

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Antimony

- Document categories: Drill results

- Extracted: 2026-08-21 07:07:32 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Southern Cross Gold has announced exceptional drill results from the Apollo and Apollo East prospects at the Sunday Creek project. The results include a high-grade discovery hole \(SDDSC170A\) that extends mineralization to the east and to depth.

Reasoning: The announcement reports an exceptional grade discovery hole \(SDDSC170A\) with high gold and antimony grades, extending the known mineralization.

- Positive factor: Exceptional gold grades

- Positive factor: Discovery hole reported

- Positive factor: Extension to depth and east

- Negative factor: Presence of antimony

Facts used in scoring: 3

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: 22.7 g/t Au is exceptionally high grade.

Evidence · text

> 22.7g/t Au

**Deleterious Elements Present**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Penalty elements \(arsenic, antimony, etc.\) or refractory concerns noted in the release.

Why it applies: Antimony \(Sb\) is reported at 8.0%.

Evidence · text

> 8.0% Sb

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 3. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (3)

### SDDSC170A

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/southern-cross-gold-extends-high-grades-to-east-and-to-depth-at-apollo-east--1373f035-568f-45d9-a584-9969ba0ee362#fact-drill-facts-0)

Sunday Creek · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SDDSC170A
- Project: Sunday Creek
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: SX2

#### Geometry

- Grade: 22.7
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 3.1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SDDSC170A:unknown-unknown

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 22.7 g/t Au is an exceptional grade for an orogenic/epithermal style discovery.

- Positive factor: Exceptional gold grade

Evidence · text

> 3.1 m @ 41.8 g/t AuEq \(22.7g/t Au, 8.0% Sb\)

### SDDSC170A

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/southern-cross-gold-extends-high-grades-to-east-and-to-depth-at-apollo-east--1373f035-568f-45d9-a584-9969ba0ee362#fact-drill-facts-1)

Sunday Creek · antimony

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SDDSC170A
- Project: Sunday Creek
- Commodity: antimony
- Ticker: SX2

#### Geometry

- Grade: 8
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 3.1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SDDSC170A:unknown-unknown

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High antimony grade reported alongside gold.

- Positive factor: High antimony grade

- Negative factor: Potential penalty element

Evidence · text

> 3.1 m @ 41.8 g/t AuEq \(22.7g/t Au, 8.0% Sb\)

### SDDSC170A

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/southern-cross-gold-extends-high-grades-to-east-and-to-depth-at-apollo-east--1373f035-568f-45d9-a584-9969ba0ee362#fact-drill-facts-2)

Sunday Creek · gold

#### Identity

- Hole ID: SDDSC170A
- Project: Sunday Creek
- Commodity: gold
- Ticker: SX2

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 3.1 m

#### Classification

- Sample Type: drill
- Group ID: SDDSC170A:unknown-unknown

#### Metal Equivalent

- Metal Eq. Grade: 41.8
- Metal Eq. Unit: g/t AuEq

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2025-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High AuEq grade reported for the intercept.

- Positive factor: High AuEq grade

- Negative factor: Metal equivalent assumptions not explicitly detailed in snippet

Evidence · text

> 3.1 m @ 41.8 g/t AuEq

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.