Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 11-17 Sept 2017

Here is Optiro’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 11-17 Sept 2017.

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 11 to 17 September 2017.

101 new technical reports were published – up by 13 from last week

• 17 were Mineral Resources – up by 1 from last week. 1 report authored by Optiro.
• 2 Maiden Resource – up by 1
• 78 Exploration / Drilling – up by 16. Drilling reports spiked this week hitting the highest level for this year.
• 1 Environmental report – up by 1
• 49% reported using JORC Code
• 51% reported using NI43-101
• 1 report was updated
  • Orla Mining Ltd – updated exploration/drilling report for Cerro Quema

The Project Locations:

• 47 in North America – up by 6 from last week
• 17 in Oceania – down by 17 – dropping over past few weeks
• 17 in Africa – up by 8
• 3 in Europe – down by 3
• 4 in Asia – up by 2
• 15 in South America – up by 8

The Project Commodities:

• 65 Gold – down by 7 from last week
• 30 Silver – down by 6
• 23 Copper – down by 5
• 18 Zinc – down by 6
• 14 Lead – up by 3
• 6 Nickel – up by 4
• 5 Cobalt – down by 1
• 3 each for: Molybdenum up by 1; Titanium up by 3; Tungsten up by 2; Tin up by 2; Lithium down by 1; Iron up by 3; Uranium up by 1; Magnesium up by 3
• 2 each for: Coal; Vanadium up by 1; Silica up by 2; Platinum up by 2; Graphite; Potash up by 2
• 1 each for: Arsenic down by 1; Barite up by 1; Manganese; Scandium up by 1 Palladium up by 1

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 36 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 10^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 8 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in September 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:

Here is a link to the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence web page.