Ron Sayers is staying on for 12 months to ensure a smooth...

Ron Sayers is staying on for 12 months to ensure a smooth handover, so ASL should be OK for at least the next year.

A gold report from Goldman Sachs 8 Feb:
Goldman Sachs Expects Gold to go Higher, Revises Forecast
Commodity analysts with Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) are expecting growth from emerging markets to lift gold prices higher and have revised their forecasts.
As of Thursday gold was trading at $1,319 but the bank sees it rising to $1,350 in three months time and $1,375 in six months. In 2019, Goldman Sachs estimates that gold will reach $1,450.
[.. revised upwards from $1,225, $1,200 and $1,225 respectively]
Link to report
The report comes after the sharemarket tank, so that isn't a new factor.