# Southern Cross Gold Drills 0.6 m @ 972 g/t Gold in Apollo and Drills Easternmost Mineralization

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/southern-cross-gold-drills-0-6-m-972-g-t-gold-in-apollo-and-drills-easternmost-m--845277b4-4b56-4e57-8e10-e4efe2f16b46

Original source: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/southern-cross-gold-drills-0-100000274.html

Publisher: yahoo\_press

Original announcement: 2026-09-02T10:00:00.000Z

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: 2026-09-12 02:09:31 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Southern Cross Gold has reported high-grade drill results at the Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project, including a 0.6 m intercept at 972 g/t gold in the Apollo zone. The drilling also successfully extended the known mineralization to its furthest eastern extent.

Reasoning: The release reports a bonanza-grade gold intercept \(972 g/t\) and successful step-out drilling that extends the project's eastern limit.

- Positive factor: high-grade intercept

- Positive factor: extension of mineralization

- Positive factor: grade increase at depth

Facts used in scoring: 1

## Classification and evidence

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

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

Why it applies: 972 g/t gold is exceptionally high grade.

Evidence · text

> 0.6 m @ 972 g/t Gold

**Step-Out Extension**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Mineralization extended beyond the previously known limit.

Why it applies: Drilling extended Sunday Creek to its furthest eastern point to date.

Evidence · text

> extended Sunday Creek to its furthest eastern point to date

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 1. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (1)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/southern-cross-gold-drills-0-6-m-972-g-t-gold-in-apollo-and-drills-easternmost-m--845277b4-4b56-4e57-8e10-e4efe2f16b46#fact-drill-facts-0)

Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony · gold

Needs review: ungrounded

#### Identity

- Project: Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony
- Commodity: gold
- Region: australia\_vic
- Reported Region: australia\_vic
- Ticker: SX2

#### Geometry

- Grade: 972
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 0.6 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: ungrounded
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 972 g/t gold is an exceptional grade for an orogenic/epithermal style deposit.

- Positive factor: bonanza grade

Evidence · text

> 0.6 m @ 972 g/t Gold in Apollo

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## 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.