Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 15-21 May 2017

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 15-21 May 2017

63 new technical reports were published – this is down by 13 from last week:

• 5 were Mineral Resources – this is down by 7 from last week
• 0 Maiden Resource
• 52 Exploration / Drilling – down by 3 from last week
• 2 Environmental report
• 8 previously announced NI 43-101 technical reports were filed with SEDAR: 3 resource estimations, 2 PEAs, 3 PFS
• The corrected announcement this week was from Copper Fox Metals Inc for their Van Dyke project – supporting acquisition.

The Project Locations:

• 26 in North America
• 19 in Oceania – this is down by 7 from last week
• 12 in Africa – up by 4
• 1 in Europe
• 0 in Asia – down by 3
• 7 in South America

The Project Commodities:

• 54 Gold – up by 2 from last week
• 21 Silver – up by 6
• 20 Copper
• 11 Zinc – down by 4
• 9 Lead – down by 3
• 4 Lithium
• 3 each for Molybdenum and Arsenic
• 2 each for Graphite, Antimony, Nickel and Bismuth
• 1 each for Iron, Diamonds and Tungsten

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.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in May 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:

Here is the full RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 15-21 May 2017.