Summary of the resource reporting intelligence for 25 June to 1 July 2018

Here is Optiro’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 25 June to 1 July 2018.

101 new technical reports published

• 16 were Resource Estimation
• 1 Maiden Resources
• 69 Exploration / Drilling – drilling updates increased – announced drilling on a 20 week low
• 2 Scoping Studies
• 4 PEA
• 3 Pre-feasibility studies
• 5 Feasibility studies
• 2 Supporting Acquisition
• 47% reports used JORC Code
• 51% used NI43-101
• 8 NI43-101 technical reports filed
• 3 amended report and 0 clarified report
  • Hastings Technology Metals Ltd – Resource Estimation for Yangibana. Share price rose 2.6%
  • Euro Manganses Inc – Resource estimation for Chvaletice.
  • Equinox Gold Corp – PEA for La Verde. Share price rose 1.0%.

Share price between close of trade prior to announcement and open of trade the day after announcement.

Project Locations:

• 31 in North America
• 41 in Oceania
• 12 in Africa
• 11 in South America
• 7 in Europe
• 2 in Asia
• 0 Seabed Resources

The Project Commodities:

Precious Metals

• 69 Gold
• 25 Silver
• 1 Platinum

Base Metals

• 23 Copper
• 10 Zinc
• 10 Lead
• 5 Nickel

Other Metals

• 7 Lithium
• 6 Cobalt
• 4 Rare Earth
• 3 each for Molybdenum, Tin and Vanadium
• 2 Iron
• 1 Titanium

Industrial Minerals

• 3 each for Ilmenite, Rutile and Zircon
• 2 Graphite
• 1 each for Diamonds and Potash

Other

• 1 each for Magnesium, Antimony, Arsenic, Boron, Indium, Lime, Manganese and Coal

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

• Optiro ranks 5^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 45 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.
• Thirteen of the reports were for Maiden Resources.

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 10 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014. 1 of these was a Maiden Reserve Estimation.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in June 2018 to date:

Most significant drill intersections in 2018 to date on ASX:

Most significant drill intersections in 2018 to date on TSX:

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