Optiro Summary for 6-12 November 2017 RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Here is Optiro’s Summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for the week of the 6-12 November 2017.

103 new technical reports published – down by 1 from last week

• 20 were Mineral Resources – up by 5 from last week
• 2 Maiden Resources – up by 2
• 81 Exploration / Drilling – up by 5 from last week. Third consecutive week of high numbers for exploration reports. Announced drillings back to within normal levels.
• 3 Environmental report – up by 3
• 38% reported using JORC Code
• 59% reported using NI43-101
• 2 amended reports and 1 clarified report
• Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd – updated Exploration/drilling for Fosterville project
• Dundee Precious Metals Inc – amended resource estimation for Krumovgrad project
• New Point Exploration Corp. – amended supporting acquisition for Columbia Shear project

The Project Locations:

• 43 in North America – down by 6 from last week
• 35 in Oceania – up by 5
• 14 in Africa – up by 5
• 5 in Europe – up by 3
• 3 in Asia – down by 2
• 9 in South America

The Project Commodities:

• 75 Gold – up by 3 from last week
• 27 Copper – down by 1
• 36 Silver – up by 10
• 25 Zinc – up by 12
• 16 Lead – up by 6
• 10 each for: Lead – down by 8; Cobalt – up by 2
• 4 each for: Nickel – down by 5; Iron – up by 4
• 3 each for: Scandium – up by 1; Vanadium – up by 1; Molybdenum; Lithium – down by 5; Graphite – up by 2; Tin – down by 3
• 2 each for: Manganese – up by 2; Titanium – up by 2
• 1 each for: Chromium; Boron; Bismuth – up by 1; Uranium – down by 2; Tungsten – down by 1; Titanium – up by 1; Tantalum

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 39 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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