🌟 Senior Exploration Geologist – Lead our underground drill-out at Sunday Creek
Tuesday – Tuesday | 8:6 Roster | Kilmore & Sunday Creek, VIC
2 Year Fixed-term | Exploration Team | Start August 2026
We’re doubling our drill program from 12 to 24 rigs – and we need an experienced underground geologist to lead the drill-out on an 8:6 swing.
Why SXGC?
Because your work here matters.
SXGC is a growing company moving from exploration into development of one of Australia’s most exciting gold and antimony discoveries. Sunday Creek’s grade hit rate is one of the best globally for a project at this stage, and we’re now scaling up underground exploration – 12 rigs today, 24 soon. For a senior geologist who wants to be in the middle of that, this is a career-making window.
About the Role
Reporting to the Exploration Manager, the Senior Exploration Geologist leads the underground drill-out program at Sunday Creek. You’ll plan and coordinate underground diamond drill programs, manage multiple rigs day-to-day, and drive the geological interpretation that shapes where we drill next. The role is one of two 8:6 swing positions rotating to provide continuous coverage, so shift handovers, documentation and real-time data quality matter as much as the drilling itself.
What You’ll Drive
🔸 Plan, design and coordinate underground diamond drill programs across multiple rigs
🔸 Manage day-to-day operations of multiple underground rigs and drill contractors
🔸 Underground geological mapping, structural interpretation and high-quality core logging
🔸 Real-time geological guidance to drill crews and clean shift handovers
🔸 Contribute to geological modelling and JORC and NI43-101 compliant reporting
🔸 Champion an underground safety culture – hazard ID, risk assessment, compliance
🔸 Mentor junior geologists in underground practices, core logging and safety
🔸 Drive new exploration opportunities through data analysis and target generation
Who You Are
You’re a senior exploration geologist who’s spent enough time underground to know how the rock behaves, and enough time with drill crews to know how to keep a rig moving. You take pride in structural and geotechnical detail, you communicate cleanly across shift handovers, and you keep the drill program moving without cutting corners on safety.
Your Background
✔ Bachelor of Science in Geology (Honours or Masters preferred)
✔ 5+ years’ mineral exploration, with underground exploration or mining geology experience
✔ Proven experience managing multiple diamond drill rigs simultaneously
✔ Strong track record in underground drill program planning, design and execution
✔ Experience in orogenic gold deposits – Victorian geology highly regarded
✔ Proficient in Leapfrog, Micromine and QGIS; familiar with database systems
✔ Diamond core logging, including structural and geotechnical logging
✔ Strong knowledge of underground mining hazards, risk management and safety regulations
✔ Manual Australian Driver’s Licence (mandatory)
📌 The Practical Details
📍 Location: Kilmore & Sunday Creek, VIC
🗓 Roster: Tuesday – Tuesday 8:6 Swing
📝 Contract: Fixed-term, 2 years
👤 Reports to: Exploration Manager
📅 Start date: August 2026
Required checks:
·Field-based medical
·Valid manual Australian Driver’s Licence
·Right to work & qualifications verification
📨 Ready to Build Something That Lasts?
If you’re a senior underground geologist who wants to be in the middle of one of Australia’s most exciting drill programs, we’d love to hear from you. Apply via SEEK or LinkedIn – we’ll be reviewing applications as they come in.
Applications close on Sunday 26 July 2026.
About Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd
Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd (SXGC) is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and has CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
We explore for gold and antimony in the Victorian Goldfields. Our 100% owned flagship project at Sunday Creek is the best new grassroots discovery in Australia with a globally leading high-grade hit rate for this stage of the project’s development.
Our results demonstrate high-grades and wide zones of gold and antimony over a 12km mineralised trend. As at 10th June, 2026, we have delivered 88 intersections exceeding 100 g/t Au from just 124km of drilling at Sunday Creek including results such as 1.0 m @ 2,318 g/t Au drilled within 455.3 m @ 7.2 g/t Au and 13.1 m @ 91.7 g/t Au within 331.5 m @ 6.8 g/t Au.
Our corporate objectives are to discover and develop large, long-life, sustainable assets which create value for shareholders and all stakeholders in the community.
