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The percussion technique is regarded as the oldest form of drilling but nowadays is best suited to the construction of shallow boreholes in unconsolidated sediments. ‘Down-the-hole hammer’ drilling combines percussion drilling with a rotary action and is suited to hard rock formations.

Club conundrum: Backing it up. The Falcons flew under the radar last year. They started the season brilliantly then faded to eighth – but it was a positive campaign all round, with Dean Richards once again proving he is a top coach. Now to do it again and better. The squad has improved, big Maxime Mermoz is exciting, so now they must push for the top six and Europe.

- Unlocking Exploration Value – continued to deliver against our 5-year discovery target, with 1.9Moz of M&I resources discovered in 2018, totaling 4.2Moz at a discovery cost of circa $13/oz since the strategy was set in late 2016. In 2018, notable successes include the maiden Indicated resource Kari Pump target at Hounde and at the greenfield Fetekro property of respectively 1.0Moz and 0.5Moz, good results at the Le Plaque area at Ity which are soon expected to yield an increased resource, and greater confidence in the Kalana Main deposit resource.

Sportsmail’s verdict: 6th – Another middling season for Quins, but European qualification should be achievable. They’ll take some almighty scalps and lose inconceivably at least twice. Watch out for 18-year-old fly-half Marcus Smith – they are very excited about him at the Stoop.

Once destined for Mars, a prototype drill has a new mission: To bore into rocks buried deep beneath the ice in Antarctica.

The Kalana Main MRE is constrained within a US$1,500/oz gold Whittle pit shell as a limit of economic extraction, defined using the following parameters (all costs are in US dollars):

Gamebreaker: Jack Nowell – the fisherman’s son will be trawling for scores of tries again this year. But it is the work of the ball that the Cornishman does that is perhaps more impressive. Fresh from a Lions tour the 24-year-old is one the most influential wings in the world and will only get better.

Production totaled 115koz, achieving the bottom-end of the guided 115-130koz range, while the AISC finished above the guided range at $1,369/oz.

In the case of the long-distance trains of the Deutsche Bahn have failed in the past year, about two per cent of the Holding. In January, August and October, the percentage was even at three per cent, said a railway spokeswoman in Berlin on request. Cause storms, heat, people, accidents and strikes, as well as technical and operational reasons. The FDP Bundestag deputies Torsten autumn, had addressed to the German government a request to the theme, spoke of a “disgrace for every train traveller and an indictment of the Bahn-Management”. He also criticised that the fancy trains would not be included in the delay balance-sheet of the runway.

- As expected, there was a working capital cash inflow in Q4-2018, amounting to $79 million, reducing the total outflow to $10 million for the year. The main components for the full year outflow were:

Sportsmail’s verdict: 1st – Champions. Their attacking weapons are just too great and will be around too often for them not to make the playoffs. And from there they will be driven on by defeat to Exeter last time. Defence is an issue, but they can sort that to win the league for the first time in a decade.

- Open pit mining unit costs decreased from $5.36 to $5.15 per tonne because of a decrease in the open pit mining activity.