Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 21-27 August 2017

Here is Optiro’s Summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 21 to 27 August 2017.

64 new technical reports were published – down by 2 from last week

• 14 were Mineral Resources – up by 6 from last week
• 0 Maiden Resource – down by 1 from last week
• 49 Exploration / Drilling – down by 7 from last week
• 2 Environmental report – up by 2
• 48% reported using JORC Code
• 52% reported using NI43-101
• 2 report was amended:
• Amani Gold Ltd – amended Resource estimation for Giro project
• South32 Ltd – amended Resource estimate for Cannington project

The Project Locations:

• 23 in North America – up by 1 from last week
• 28 in Oceania
• 10 in Africa – up by 3
• 3 in Europe – up by 1
• 0 in Asia – down by 4
• 4 in South America – down by 11

The Project Commodities:

• 44 Gold – up by 2 from last week
• 19 Silver – down by 9
• 15 Copper – down by 4
• 10 Zinc – down by 8
• 10 Lead – down by 3
• 4 Lithium
• 3 Uranium – up by 2
• 2 each for: Aluminium – up by 2; Cobalt – down by 1; Bismuth – up by 2; Arsenic – up by 2; Coal – down by 9
• 1 each for: Graphite – up by 1; Zircon – up by 1; Iron – down by 4; Rare earth – up by 1; Tin – down by 3; Platinum – down 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 34 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 August 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.