Optiro Summary of 20-26 Nov 2017 RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 20-26 November 2017.

79 new technical reports published – down by 28 from last week

• 16 were Mineral Resources – down by 3 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resources – down by 4
• 53 Exploration / Drilling – down by 27 from last week. Exploration drilling reports dropped to an 8-week low.
• 0 Environmental report – down by 2
• 47% reported using JORC Code
• 51% reported using NI43-101
• 2 amended reports and 4 clarified report
  • Avanco Resources – resource estimation for CentroGold.
  • Marching Moose Capital Corp. = resource estimation for Golden Zone.
  • Jervois Mining – resource estimation for Nico Young.
  • POZ Minerals – resource estimation for Blina Diamond.
  • Finders Resources – resource estimation for Wetar.
  • Cardero Resource Corp – resource estimation for Zonia.

The Project Locations:

• 32 in North America – down by 15 from last week
• 25 in Oceania – down by 8
• 7 in Africa
• 3 in Europe
• 4 in Asia – down by 3
• 11 in South America – down by 1

The Project Commodities:

• 52 Gold – down by 28 from last week
• 24 Silver – down by 13
• 17 Copper – down by 15
• 17 Zinc – down by 2
• 15 Lead
• 9 Cobalt – up by 3
• 7 Lithium
• 6 each for: Nickel – up by 1; Cobalt – down by 3
• 3 for Tantalum – up by 2
• 2 each for: Coal – up by 2; Uranium; Tin – up by 2; Iron – up by 1
• 1 each for: Barite; Beryllium up by 1; Feldspar – up by 1; Scandium – up by 1; Sulphur; Niobium; Rare Earth; Titanium; Tungsten – down by 1; Vanadium – down by 3

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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