Optiro’s summary of RSC Resource Intelligence for 7-13 August 2017

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 7 to 13 August 2017.

70 new technical reports were published – down by 8 from last week

• 12 were Mineral Resources – down by 11 from last week
• 0 Maiden Resource – down by 1 from last week
• 52 Exploration / Drilling – down by 5
• Drilling is now at a 27 week low
• 1 Environmental report – up by 1
• 57% reported using JORC Code
• 39% reported using NI43-101
• 2 reports were amended and 1 clarified:
  • Asaplus Resource Ltd – clarification of Resource Estimate for Beikeng Mine
  • Klondex Mines Ltd – amended PFS for Hollister
  • Vendetta Mining Corp. – amended Resource Estimate for Pegmont

The Project Locations:

• 21 in North America – down by 6 from last week
• 33 in Oceania – down by 3 from last week
• 9 in Africa – up by 1
• 0 in Europe – down by 1
• 5 in Asia – up by 3
• 5 in South America – down by 9

The Project Commodities:

• 47 Gold – down by 14 from last week
• 18 Silver – down by 3
• 16 Copper – down by 6
• 14 Zinc – up by 1
• 12 Lead – up by 4
• 2 Lithium – down by 4
• 0 Uranium – down by 5
• 3 Cobalt
• 2 each for Lithium (down 4), Tin (down 1), Tungsten (up2), Platinum, Molybdenum, Iron, Nickel (down 2)
• 1 each for Palladium (down 1), Graphite (down 1), Zircon (up 1), Phosphate (up 1), Vanadium (up1), Coal

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 34 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 13^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 August 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 a link to the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence web page.