Summary of 15 to 21 Jan 2018 RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 15 to 21 January 2018.

116 new technical reports published – up by 27 from last week. All reports up this week with exploration drilling reports taking the lion’s share with 93 of the reports.

• 14 were Mineral Resources – up by 2 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resource – Matsa Resources – Red Dog. CP/QP Susan Havlin of Optiro.
• 93 Exploration / Drilling – up by 21 from last week.
• 0 Environmental report
• 31% reported using JORC Code
• 68% reported using NI43-101. North America still dominating the field.
• 4 amended reports and 1 clarified:
  • Thor Mining Plc – Resource estimation for Molyhil
  • Orefinders Resources Inc – PEA for Mirado
  • Lithium Americas Corp – Resource estimation for Lithium Nevada Project
  • Lithium Americas Corp – Feasibility Study for Cauchari-Olaroz
  • MAG Silver Corp – PEA for Juanicipio

The Project Locations:

• 68 in North America – up by 23 from last week (50 new reports in 2 weeks)
• 25 in Oceania – up by 6
• 10 in Africa – up by 3
• 3 in Europe – down by 3
• 3 in Asia – down by 1
• 10 in South America

The Project Commodities:

• 85 Gold – up by 29 from last week (up by 83 in 2 weeks)
• 33 Silver – up by 9
• 33 Copper – up by 11
• 17 Zinc – up by 5
• 13 Cobalt – up by 9
• 13 Lead – up by 4
• 7 Lithium – up by 2
• 4 each for: Uranium – up by 3; Nickel up by 2
• 3 Molybdenum – up by 3
• 2 Iron – up by 1
• 1 each for: Manganese down by 1; Boron up by 1; Tungsten up by 1; Tantalum down by 1; Graphite; Potash

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 41 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 12^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:

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