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GoldSpot and Yamana Gold Collaboration Results in Improved Exploration Targeting at El Penon
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2020) - GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: SPO...
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[{"type":"text","content":"GoldSpot and Yamana Gold Collaboration Results in Improved Exploration Targeting at El PenonToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2020) - GoldSpot Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: SPOT) (\"GoldSpot\" or the \"Company\") commends Yamana Gold Inc. (\"Yamana\") on its strong reported fourth quarter and full year 2019 results (see Yamana's press release of February 13, 2020). Of particular interest for GoldSpot is Yamana's mention of the use of machine learning technology to improve exploration targeting and also contribute to the meaningful increases in mineral resource inventory at its El Peñón mine. Yamana reports that El Peñón's mineral reserves both replaced 2019 depletion and further increased such mineral reserves by 15% and 21% for gold and silver, respectively, as the result of positive infill drilling and mine design optimization. Furthermore, measured and indicated mineral resources increased by 66% while silver increased by 70% compared to the prior year, due to the positive exploration results from numerous secondary vein structures in the east mine.El Peñón has a long history of exploration and drill data, and Yamana is currently exploring targets defined in part by GoldSpot's artificial intelligence (\"AI\") algorithms to best predict areas for drilling for mineralization. Targets, including targets generated through AI analyses, are defined by favorable lithological package (rhyolites), high white mica crystallinity and anomalous geochemical and geophysical signatures, and will be further investigated through drilling in 2020.To date, GoldSpot has been able to supplement and reinforce conventional targeting outlined by Yamana's team, and further generate new zones of interest that Yamana has earmarked for continued exploration in the coming 2020 exploration campaign. GoldSpot is grateful to have been given the opportunity to work alongside Henry Marsden and his high-quality exploration team, push the limits of data, reinvigorate exploration efforts at El Peñón and showcase the power of modern exploration techniques by demonstrating what they can bring to a world-class project with a world-class data set and team of experts. \"The past year has seen some very encouraging preliminary results that reinforces the value that AI and machine learning bring to the exploration workfl...