Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 22-28 May 2017

Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 22-28 May 2017

82 new technical reports were published – this is up by 19 from last week:

• 17 were Mineral Resources – up by 12 from last week
• 5 Maiden Resource – up by 5
• 55 Exploration / Drilling – up by 3
• 2 Environmental report
• 3 previously announced NI 43-101 technical reports were filed with SEDAR: 1 resource estimation, 1 PEA, 1 PFS
• 2 corrected announcements: MRG Metals Ltd – exploration/drilling report clarification for Yardilla project; Rosita Mining Corp., – PEA clarification for their Rosita project.

The Project Locations:

• 30 in North America
• 32 in Oceania – up by 13 from last week
• 14 in Africa
• 2 in Europe
• 2 in Asia
• 5 in South America

The Project Commodities:

• 51 Gold – down by 3 from last week
• 15 Silver – down by 6 from last week
• 14 Copper – down by 6
• 9 Zinc – down by 2
• 7 Uranium – up by 7
• 6 Lithium – up by 2
• 6 Graphite – up by 4
• 5 Lead – down by 4
• 4 Nickel – up by 2
• 3 Cobalt – up by 3
• 1 each for Coal, Bismuth, Barite, Arsenic and PGM

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

• Optiro ranks 5^th out of the 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 32 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 14^th out of the 24 global consultancy group, having authored 6 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in May 2017 to date:

Most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date on ASX:

Most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date on TSX/TSK-V:

Here is the full RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 22-28 May 2017.