Optiro summary for 13-19 Nov 2017 RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 13-19 November 2017.

106 new technical reports published – up by 2 from last week

• 19 were Mineral Resources – up by 6 from last week
• 5 Maiden Resources – up by 3. Highest number of maiden resources in 25 weeks
• Antipa Minerals Maiden Resource for Waca and Minjari – CP/QP: Kahan Cervoj and Susan Havlin of Optiro.
• 80 Exploration / Drilling – down by 2 from last week.
• 2 Environmental report – down by 1
• 38% reported using JORC Code
• 62% reported using NI43-101
• 2 amended reports and 1 clarified report
  • TriStar Gold Inc – Resource Estimation for Castelo de Sonhos
  • Venturex Resources Ltd – Exploration/Drilling update for Sulphur Springs
  • Capricorn Metals Ltd – Resource Estimation for Karlawinda

The Project Locations:

• 47 in North America – up by 3 from last week
• 33 in Oceania – down by 2
• 7 in Africa – down by 7
• 3 in Europe – down by 2
• 7 in Asia – up by 4
• 11 in South America – up by 2

The Project Commodities:

• 79 Gold – up by 3 from last week
• 37 Silver – up by 1
• 32 Copper – up by 5
• 19 Zinc – down by 6
• 15 Lead – down by 1
• 9 Cobalt – up by 3
• 7 Lithium – up by 4
• 5 for Nickel – up by 1
• 4 Vanadium – up by 1
• 2 each for: Uranium – up by 1; Tungsten – up by 1; Molybdenum – down by 1
• 1 each for: Magnesium – up by 1; Manganese – down by 1; Silica – up by 1; Sulphur – up by 1; Barite – up by 1; Boron; Iron – down by 3; Niobium – up by 1; Tantalum; Titanium – down by 1; Graphite – down by 2; 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 40 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 11^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 November 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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