Southern Cross Gold Announces Pybar Awarded Exploration Decline Contract for Sunday Creek

Vancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 5, 2026) - Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd  (TSX: SXGC) (ASX:SX2) (OTCQX: SXGCF) (FSE: MV3) ("SXGC", "SX2" or the "Company") advises that PYBAR Mining Services Pty Ltd ("PYBAR"), a Thiess company, has been awarded the underground exploration decline contract for the Company's Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project, 60 kilometres north of Melbourne, Victoria. The award follows the Resources Victoria Work Plan approval received in November 2025 and Premier Jacinta Allan's public endorsement of the project as a critical minerals jobs opportunity for Victoria.