Summary of 10-16 Sept 2018 global resource reporting intelligence

Optiro summary of RSC Mineral Intelligence for 10-16 September 2018.

104 new technical reports published – resource reports bounced back from a 16-week low to a 5-week high

• 16 were Resource Estimation
• 1 Maiden Resources
• 77 Exploration / Drilling updates – drilling updates once again up to the 12-week high of 2 weeks ago
• 59 Announced drilling
• 3 Pre-feasibility studies
• 1 Feasibility studies
• 3 PEA
• 2 Scoping studies
• 3 Supporting acquisition
• 40% reports used JORC Code
• 59% used NI43-101
• 0 NI43-101 technical reports filed
• 0 Environmental reports
• 5 corrected announcements:
  • Kin Mining NL – resource estimation report for Leonora project. 4.2% drop in share price*
  • Idaho Champion Gold Mines Ltd – supporting acquisition for Baner project.
  • Pursuit Minerals Ltd – resource estimation report for Koitelainen project. 35.8% increase in share price*
  • Bluestone Resources Inc – resource estimation report for Cerro Blanco project. 2.9% drop in share price*
  • Fiore Gold Ltd – resource estimation report for Gold Rock project. 6.1% drop in share price*

*Share price change is between close of trade the day before the announcement and open of trade the following day.

Project Locations:

• 45 in North America
• 31 in Oceania
• 6 in Africa
• 14 in South America
• 7 in Europe
• 3 in Asia
• 0 Seabed Resources

The Project Commodities:

Precious Metals

• 76 Gold
• 37 Silver
• 2 Palladium
• 1 Platinum
• 1 PGM

Base Metals

• 21 Copper
• 17 Zinc
• 12 Lead
• 6 Nickel

Industrial Minerals

• 1 each for Graphite and Phosphate

Other Metals

• 8 Cobalt
• 7 Lithium
• 3 each for Molybdenum and Vanadium
• 2 Rare earth
• 1 each for Aluminium, Iron, Tantalum, Titanium and Tungsten

Other

• 2 Silica
• 1 each for Rhondium, Feldspar, Iridium, Mica, Osmium, Ruthemium, Scandium and Tellurium

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

• Optiro ranks 4^th out of the top 25 global consultancy groups, having authored 49 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.
• 15 of the reports were for Maiden Resources.

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

• Optiro ranks 13^th out of the top 25 global consultancy groups, having authored 10 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014. 1 of these a Maiden Reserve Estimation.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in September 2018 to date:

Most significant drill intersections in 2018 to date on ASX:

Most significant drill intersections in 2018 to date on TSX:

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Disclaimer and Compliance Warning:
This summary is not a Public Report as defined by Clause 6 of JORC Code 2012. The information in this summary must not be used by any of the above-mentioned companies for any public reporting, company presentations, websites or social media uses. This information should not be used as advice for investors.