MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Goldspot extends machine learning beyond exploration – to M&A.

Hammerdown contains resources of 925,670 tonnes grading 10.6 g/t gold for 315,535 oz. of gold and inferred resources of 1.6 million tonnes.

Revenue from energy and mining is expected to drop from $1.1 billion in 2018-19 to $861 million by 2020-21.

Teranga Gold is “pleased with the grades, strong continuity and widespread mineralization.”

Sibanye-Stillwater last week said it could cut nearly 6,000 jobs at its gold mining operations, where AMCU has been on strike since mid-November over a wage dispute

The company's net income attributable to shareholders was $2 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31.

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index, which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior miners — dropped 2% in the last quarter of 2018.

Local First Nations approved the results of an independent archaeological impact assessment.

It is the 34% increase in the Fosterville Mineral Reserve grade that is driving the million-ounce revised production guidance.