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Summary of global resource reporting intel for the week of the 10-16 Dec 2018

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

98 new technical reports published

  • 15 were Resource Estimation
  • 2 Maiden Resources
  • 73 Exploration / Drilling updates
  • 40 Announced drilling
  • 4 Feasibility Studies
  • 2 Preliminary Economic Assessments (PEA)
  • 2 Scoping Studies
  • 2 Supporting Acquisition
  • 51% reports used JORC Code
  • 47% reports used NI43-101
  • 5 Amended reports and 1 Clarified report
    • Galaxy Resources Ltd – Exploration/Drilling Update for Mt Cattlin. Share price increased by 5.8%*
    • Mount Burgess Mining NL – Exploration/Drilling Update for Kihabe-Nxuu. Share price unchanged*
    • Desert Lion Energy Ltd – PEA for Rubicon Lithium. Share price unchanged*
    • New Age Metals Inc. – Supporting Acquisition for Genesis. Share price unchanged*
    • Azumah Resources Ltd – Exploration/Drilling Update. Share price increase by 13.6%*
    • Euro Manganese Inc. – Resource Estimation for Chvaletice. Share price decreased by 17.4%*

*between close of trade the day prior to the announcement and the opening of trade following the announcement

Project Locations:

  • 36 in North America
  • 34 in Oceania
  • 15 in Africa
  • 5 in South America
  • 6 in Europe
  • 4 in Asia

The Project Commodities:

Precious Metals

  • 66 Gold
  • 31 Silver
  • 2 Palladium
  • 3 Platinum
  • 1 PGM

Base Metals

  • 28 Copper
  • 16 Zinc
  • 12 Lead
  • 8 Nickel

Industrial Minerals

  • 4 Graphite
  • 2 Manganese
  • 1 each for Phosphate and Silica

Other Metals

  • 3 Lithium
  • 12 Cobalt
  • 2 each for Iron and Tungsten
  • 1 each for Aluminium, Tantalum and Titanium

Other

  • 2 Scandium
  • 1 each for Coal and Tellurium

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

  • Optiro ranks 4th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 52 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014. Small team big results!
  • 15 of the reports were for Maiden Resources.

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

  • Optiro ranks 12th out of the top 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 11 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.
  • 1 of the reports was a Maiden Reserve Estimation.

Most significant drill intersections of the week:

Most significant drill intersections in December 2018:

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.