Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 2- 8 Oct 2017

Here is Optiro’s summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 2-8 October 2017

101 new technical reports published – up by 26 from last week

• 16 were Mineral Resources – down by 1 from last week
• 2 Maiden Resource – up by 1
• 72 Exploration / Drilling – up by 25 from last week. Exploration drilling increased this week and announced drilling has been on a downward trend since July this year.
• 1 Environmental report – up by 1
• 33% reported using JORC Code
• 62% reported using NI43-101
• 4 reports were amended and 1 was clarified
  • Paramount Gold Nevada Corp’s PEA for Grassy Mountain
  • Minera IRL Ltd’s Resource Estimation for Corihuarmi Mine
  • Provenance Gold Corp’s Supporting Acquisition for 2K Gold
  • Ardiden Ltd’s Resource estimation for Seymour Lake
  • GWR Group Ltd’s Exploration/Drilling update for Wiluna West

The Project Locations:

• 53 in North America – up by 18 from last week
• 21 in Oceania – down by 5
• 9 in Africa – down by 1
• 5 in Europe – up by 2
• 5 in Asia – up by 2
• 13 in South America

The Project Commodities:

• 73 Gold – up by 15 from last week
• 39 Silver – up by 20
• 30 Copper – up by 9
• 19 Zinc – up by 6
• 13 Lead – up by 4
• 7 each for: Lithium – up by 2; and Cobalt – up by 3
• 5 Iron – up by 5
• 4 Silica – up by 4
• 3 each for: Uranium – up by 2; Zircon – up by 3
• 2 each for: Manganese – up by 1; Aluminium – up by 2
• 1 each for: Boron – up by 1; Indium – up by 1; Coal – down by 2; Tungsten; Molybdenum; Diamonds – up by 1; Potash – 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:

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