Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 8-14 May 2017

Here is Optiro’s Summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 8-14 May 2017.

76 new technical reports were published – this is down by 12 from last week:

• 12 were Mineral Resources
• 1 Maiden Resource
• 55 Exploration / Drilling – down by 7 from last week
• 1 Environmental report
• 5 previously announced NI 43-101 technical reports were filed with SEDAR. 1 was a resource estimation, 2 were PEAs, 1 a FS and 1 supporting an acquisition
• The corrected announcement this week was from Tasca Resources for their Bleiberg project – supporting acquisition.

The Project Locations:

• 29 in North America
• 26 in Oceania
• 8 in Africa
• 6 in Europe
• 3 in Asia
• 5 in South America

The Project Commodities:

• 52 Gold this is down by 21 from last week
• 20 Copper
• 15 each for both Silver (down by 10) and Zinc
• 12 Lead
• 4 each for Cobalt, Iron and Lithium
• 3 Tin
• 2 for Graphite
• 1 each for Bismuth, Coal, Phosphate and Zircon

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

• Optiro ranks 5^th out of the 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 32 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 14^th out of the 24 global consultancy group, having authored 6 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Top 3 most significant drill intersections of the week:

• Osisko Mining Inc. – resource definition – Windfall Lake in Canada: 3.7m @ 421g/t Au from 292m
• Mariana Resources Ltd – resource definition – Hot Maden in Turkey: 75m @ 17.2g/t Au, 1.89% Cu from 212m
• Energy Fuels Inc – resource definition – Canyon Mine in Arizona USA; 36.58m @ 0.81% U308, 11.95% Cu from 4.88m

Top 3 most significant drill intersections in May to date were also the top 3 most significant for the week:

• Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd – mining – Fosterville in Australia: 16m @ 404g/t Au from 113.2m
• Osisko Mining Inc. – resource definition – Windfall Lake in Canada: 2.5m @ 936g/t Au from 616.5m
• Silver Standrad Resources Inc – mining – Seabee Gold Operation in Canada: 1.6m @ 1004.74g/t Au from 235.2m

The top 3 most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date:

• Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd, mining Fosterville in Australia 17 Jan 2017: 15.5m @ 1429g/t Ay from 345.55mm
• Cordoba Minerals Corp., resource definition San Matias in Colombia 23 Jan 2017; 00m @ 800.90g/t Au, 88.63g/t Ag, 3.65% Cu, 8.60% Zn from 112m
• Nevsun Resources Ltd., resource definition Timok in Serbia 27 Feb 2017: 256.3m @ 6.0% Cu, 3.79g/t Au from 438.8m

Here is the full RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 8-14 May 2017.