Optiro’s summary of RSC Resource Reporting intelligence 31 July to 5 Aug 2017

Here is Optiro’s summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 31 July to 6 August 2017.

81 new technical reports were published – down by 8 from last week

• 12 were Mineral Resources – down by 3 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resource – up by 1 from last week
• 57 Exploration / Drilling – down by 13
• 0 Environmental report – down by 3
• 47% reported using JORC Code
• 49% reported using NI43-101
• 2 were amended:
• Champion Iron Ltd – amended feasibility study for Bloom Lake
• Cokal Ltd – amended resource estimation for Bumi Barito Mineral Project

The Project Locations:

• 27 in North America – down by 3 from last week
• 36 in Oceania – down by 1 from last week
• 8 in Africa – down by 5
• 1 in Europe – down by 4
• 2 in Asia – down by 1
• 14 in South America – up by 9

The Project Commodities:

• 61 Gold – down by 5 from last week
• 21 Silver – up by 3
• 22 Copper – up by 3
• 13 Zinc – down by 1
• 8 Lead – down by 3
• 6 Lithium
• 5 Uranium – up by 1
• 3 each for Cobalt and Tin (up by 1)
• 2 each for Molybdenum (down 1) Iron (up 1), Bismuth ((up 2), Tantalum and Graphite
• 1 each for Arsenic (up 1), Coal, Titanium (up 1) and Diamonds (up by 1)

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

• Optiro 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 web page.