Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 25 Sept to 1 Oct 2017.

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 25 Sept to 1 Oct 2017.

75 new technical reports were published – down by 31 from last week

• 17 were Mineral Resources – down by 2 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resource – up by 1
• 48 Exploration / Drilling – down by 30 from last week. Drilling results peaked in September but there has been an overall decline since June this year.
• 0 Environmental report – down by 1
• 43% reported using JORC Code
• 55% reported using NI43-101
• 2 reports were amended
  • Val-d’Or Mining Corp: amended supporting acquisition announcement for their Baden project
  • Paramount Gold Nevada Corp: amedned PEA for their Sleeper project

The Project Locations:

• 35 in North America – down by 4 from last week
• 26 in Oceania – down by 5
• 11 in Africa – down by 4
• 3 in Europe – down by 2
• 2 in Asia – up by 1
• 13 in South America – down by 14

The Project Commodities:

• 58 Gold – down by 20 from last week
• 19 Silver – down by 20
• 21 Copper – down by 15
• 13 Zinc – down by 15
• 9 Lead – down by 16
• 6 Nickel – up by 2
• 5 Lithium – down by 1
• 4 each for: Cobalt; Tin – up by 2
• 3 each for: Coal; Phosphate – up by 2
• 2 each for: Graphite – up by 2; Potash – up by 2
• 1 each for: Arsenic – up by 1; Barite – up by 1; Manganese – up by 1; Antimony; Rare Earth – down by 1; Niobium; Molybdenum – down by 2; Uranium – down by 1

Global number of Resource Estimations by Report Author since October 2014:

Optiro ranks 4^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 36 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

Global number of Reserve Estimations by Report Author since October 2014:

• Optiro ranks 10^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 8 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in September 2017 to date:

Most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date on ASX:

Most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date on TSX/TSX-V:

Link to RSC’s list of published reports for the week.

Here is a link to the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence web page.