Global mineral intelligence for 8 to 14 October 2018

Optiro summary of RSC Mineral Intelligence for 8 to 14 October 2018.

98 new technical reports published – resource reports are up this week

• 17 were Resource Estimation
• 2 Maiden Resources
• 74 Exploration / Drilling updates – drilling update numbers are up again
• 37 Announced drilling – they dropped this week
• 2 Feasibility Studies
• 1 Optimisation Study
• 1 Supporting acquisition
• 55% reports used JORC Code
• 42% used NI43-101
• 3% no Code referenced
• 3 NI43-101 technical reports filed
• 1 Environmental report
• 1 amended report and 0 clarified report:

Project Locations:

• 32 in North America
• 46 in Oceania – up by 13 from last week
• 12 in Africa
• 10 in South America
• 5 in Europe
• 1 in Asia
• 0 Seabed Resources

The Project Commodities:

Precious Metals

• 60 Gold
• 27 Silver
• 3 each for Palladium and Platinum

Base Metals

• 33 Copper
• 16 Zinc
• 11 Lead
• 10 Nickel

Industrial Minerals

• 3 Zircon
• 2 each for Rutile and Ilmenite
• 1 each for Phosphate and Potash

Other Metals

• 12 Cobalt
• 9 Lithium
• 6 Iron
• 4 each for Uranium and Vanadium
• 2 each for Aluminium, Tantalum and Tin
• 1 each for Titanium and Tungsten

Other

• 4 Silica
• 1 each for Chromium, Antimony and Scandium

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 52 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.
• 15 of the reports were for Maiden Resources.

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

• Optiro ranks 13^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 11 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.
• 1 of the reports was a Maiden Reserve Estimation.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in October 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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Disclaimer and Compliance Warning:
This summary is not a Public Report as defined by Clause 6 of JORC Code 2012. The information in this summary must not be used by any of the above-mentioned companies for any public reporting, company presentations, websites or social media uses. This information should not be used as advice for investors.