Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 18-24 Sept 2017

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 18 to 24 September 2017.

106 new technical reports were published – up by 4 from last week

• 19 were Mineral Resources – up by 1 from last week – on a 16-week high
• 0 Maiden Resource – down by 2
• 78 Exploration / Drilling – remain on an 8^th month high
• 0 Environmental report – down by 1
• 39% reported using JORC Code
• 58% reported using NI43-101
• 1 report was updated
  • GWR Group Ltd – exploration/drilling update for Hatches Creek

The Project Locations:

• 39 in North America – down by 9 from last week
• 31 in Oceania – up by 14
• 15 in Africa – down by 2
• 5 in Europe – up by 2
• 1 in Asia – down by 3
• 27 in South America – up by 12

The Project Commodities:

• 78 Gold – up by 12 from last week
• 42 Silver – up by 12
• 36 Copper – up by 13
• 28 Zinc – down by 10
• 25 Lead – down by 11
• 4 Nickel – up by 4
• 3 Molybdenum
• 2 each for: Bismuth up by 2; Coal; Rare Earth up by 2; Tantalum up by 2; Tin down by 1; Uranium down by 1; Cobalt down by 3
• 1 each for: Indium up by 1; Cesium up by 1; Chromium up by 1; Rhodium up by 1; Rubidium up by 1; Yttrium up by 1; Antimony up by 1; Phosphate up by 1; Zircon 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.