Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 26 June to 2 July 2017.

90 new technical reports were published – up by 16 from last week:

• 16 were Mineral Resources – up by 9 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resource – up by 1
• 64 Exploration / Drilling – up by 4
• Exploration drilling on a new 9 week high
• Announced drilling remains near 16 week high
• Resource reports on a 4 week high
• 0 Environmental report – down by 3
• 51% reported using JORC Code
• 47% reported using NI43-101
• Corrected announcements:
  • Oceana Gold Corp: Resource estimation clarification for Halle
  • URZ Energy Corp: Amended PRA for Juniper Ridge
  • URZ Energy Corp: Amended resource estimation for Gas Hills
  • Sierra Metals Inc: Amended resource estimation for Cusi
  • Oceana Gold Corp: Clarified optimisation study for Haile

The Project Locations:

• 34 in North America – up by 3 from last week
• 31 in Oceania – up by 4 from last week
• 3 in Africa – down by 6
• 6 in Europe – up by 2
• 5 in Asia – up by 2
• 15 in South America – up by 12

The Project Commodities:

• 63 Gold – up by 6 from last week
• 25 Silver – up by 1 from last week
• 27 Copper – up by 9
• 14 Zinc – up by 1
• 13 Lead – up by 3
• 12 Lithium – up by 7
• 6 Tin – up by 5
• 5 Nickel – up by 1
• 4 Cobalt
• 3 Tantalum – up by 2
• 2 each for Molybdenum, Nobium Uranium and Titanium
• 1 each for Coal, Bismuth, Indium and Zircon

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

• Optiro ranks 5^th out of the top 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 12^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 7 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date on ASX:

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

Here is a link to the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence.