Optiro Summary for week 16-22 Oct 2017 of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Here is Optiro’s Summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 16-22 October 2017.

90 new technical reports published – up by 1 from last week

• 15 were Mineral Resources – down by 7 from last week
• 2 Maiden Resource
• 67 Exploration / Drilling – up by 11 from last week
• 1 Environmental report – up by 1
• 42% reported using JORC Code
• 58% reported using NI43-101
• 4 amended reports and 1 clarified report
  • Arctic Star Exploration – Supporting acquisition for Foreit project
  • Montezuma Mining Co Ltd – Resource estimation for Butcherbird project
  • Orosur Mining Inc – Exploration/Drilling update for San Gregorio
  • China Minerals Mining Corp – Exploration/drilling update for Cassiar project
  • MMG Ltd – Resource estimation for Sepon project

The Project Locations:

• 36 in North America – up by 1 from last week
• 32 in Oceania
• 7 in Africa – down by 4
• 5 in Europe – up by 4
• 6 in Asia – up by 2
• 13 in South America – up by 5

The Project Commodities:

• 67 Gold – up by 10 from last week
• 35 Silver – up by 5
• 35 Copper – up by 9
• 18 Zinc – up by 3
• 14 Lead – up by 3
• 5 each for: Lithium up by 3; Iron up by 3
• 4 each for: Cobalt up by 1; Molybdenum down by 1;
• 3 each for: Nickel down by 2; Tin
• 2 each for: Manganese; Silica up by 2;
• 1 each for: Bismuth up by 1; Sulphur

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 38 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 9^th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 9 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:

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