Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for week of 4-10 Sept 2017

Here is Optiro’s Summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 4 to 10 September 2017.

87 new technical reports were published – up by 22 from last week

• 16 were Mineral Resources – up by 9 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resource – up by 1
• 61 Exploration / Drilling – up by 8 from last week
• 0 Environmental report
• 49% reported using JORC Code
• 51% reported using NI43-101
• 1 report was amended
  • Black Tusk Minerals Inc. – Supporting acquisition amended for Goldsmith project
• 2 reports were clarified
  • Westgold Resources Ltd – Exploration/ drilling update was clarified for Central Murchison-Reedy’s project
  • Castillo Copper Ltd – Resource estimation clsrified for Jackaderry
• Drilling reports down for the 2^nd week and now at H1 2016 levels

The Project Locations:

• 40 in North America – up by 15 from last week
• 34 in Oceania – down by 9
• 9 in Africa – up by 7
• 6 in Europe – up by 4
• 2 in Asia – up by 1
• 7 in South America – down by 1

The Project Commodities:

• 71 Gold – up by 25 from last week
• 35 Silver – up by 19
• 28 Copper – up by 12
• 24 Zinc – up by 17
• 17 Lead – up by 12
• 6 Cobalt – down by 1
• 5 Lithium – up by 3
• 4 Nickel – up by 2
• 2 each for: Uranium – up by 1; Molybdenum; Nickel – down by 2; Coal – up by 2; Arsenic – up by 2
• 1 each for: Bismuth – up by 1; Antimony – up by 1; Manganese; PGM – 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 35 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.