Optiro Summary of 23-29 October 2017 RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 23-29 October 2017

109 new technical reports published – up by 19 from last week

• 15 were Mineral Resources
• 0 Maiden Resource – down by 2 from last week
• 82 Exploration / Drilling – up by 15 from last week
  Exploration drilling reached a 40 week-high
  Announced drilling reached an 18 week-high
• 8 Previously announced technical reports
• 2 Environmental reports – up by 1
• 43% reported using JORC Code
• 55% reported using NI43-101
• 0 amended reports and 1 clarified report
  • Orford Mining Corp. an exploration/drilling update for their Qiqavik project.

The Project Locations:

• 56 in North America – up by 20 from last week
• 40 in Oceania – up by 8
• 13 in Africa – down by 6
• 4 in Europe – down by 1
• 2 in Asia – down by 4
• 18 in South America – up by 5

The Project Commodities:

• 93 Gold – up by 26 from last week
• 37 Silver – up by 2
• 36 Copper – up by 1
• 23 Zinc – up by 5
• 18 Lead – up by 4
• 9 Lithium – up by 4
• 8 Cobalt – up by 4
• 6 Coal – up by 6
• 4 Tin – up by 1
• 3 Molybdenum – down by 1
• 2 each for: Arsenic up by 2; Diamonds up by 2; Graphite up by 1; Tantalum up by 1
• 1 each for: Bismuth; Lime up by 1; Magnesium up by 1; Manganese down by 1; Mercury up by 1; Tellurium up by 1; Antimony up by 1; Phosphate up 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 39 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 9^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 9 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in October 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:

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