Optiro summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 24-30 July 2017

Here is Optiro’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 24-30 July 2017.

89 new technical reports were published – up by 18 from last week

• 15 were Mineral Resources – up by 8 from last week. 2 of these were authored by Optiro.
• 0 Maiden Resource
• 70 Exploration / Drilling – up by 12
• Drilling updates are on a 21-week high
• Announced drilling fell to an 8-week low
• 3 Environmental report – up by 2
• 50% reported using JORC Code
• 47% reported using NI43-101
• No corrected announcements for the week

The Project Locations:

• 30 in North America – up by 10 from last week
• 37 in Oceania – up by 13 from last week
• 13 in Africa
• 5 in Europe – down by 5
• 3 in Asia
• 5 in South America – up by 1

The Project Commodities:

• 66 Gold – up by 17 from last week
• 18 Silver
• 19 Copper – up by 1
• 14 Zinc – up by 2
• 11 Lead
• 6 Lithium
• 4 Uranium – up by 4
• 3 Molybdenum – up by 1
• 2 each for Graphite (down by 1), Tantalum and Tin (up by 2)
• 1 each for Potash, Zircon, Antimony (up by 1) and Coal (up by 1)

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

• Optiro has taken a step up the ladder and now 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 13^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 7 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in July 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.