Summary of global resource reports for 5-11 Feb 2018

Here is Optiro’s summary of RSC global resource reporting intelligence for 5 to 11 February 2018.

98 new technical reports published – down by 3 from last week

Resource reports on a 17-week high.

• 21 were Mineral Resources – up by 5 from last week.
• 4 Maiden Resource – up by 2. Two in Africa and 2 in North America.
• 66 Exploration / Drilling – down by 10 from last week. Drilling updates are down to a 5-week low. Announced drilling numbers on the increase.
• 0 Environmental reports – down by 1
• 43% reported using JORC Code
• 57% reported using NI43-101
• 3 amended reports and 2 clarified report:
  • Ferrum Crescent Ltd – resource estimation report for Toral – share price remained the same
  • Durango Resources Inc – exploration/drilling update for Buckshot – share price up by 6.7%
  • Orion Minerals Ltd – resource estimation for Prieska – share price increased by 7.1%
  • Primary Cobalt Corp – supporting acquisition report for RD Cobalt
  • Copperbank Resources Corp – resource estimation for Pyramid – share price increase by 22.2%

The Project Locations:

• 45 in North America – up by 8 from last week
• 25 in Oceania
• 13 in Africa – down by 1
• 1 in Europe – down by 2
• 6 in Asia
• 8 in South America – down by 4

The Project Commodities:

• 74 Gold – up by 11 from last week
• 32 Silver – down by 5
• 34 Copper – down by 3
• 17 Zinc – down by 4
• 15 Lead
• 9 Cobalt – up by 3
• 6 Lithium
• 5 Molybdenum – up by 2
• 4 Graphite
• 2 each for: Manganese; Iron; Bismuth up by 2
• 1 each for: Antimony up by 1; Rhenium up by 1; Mercury up by 1; Germanium up by 1; Gallium up by 1; Barite up by 1; Arsenic up by 1; Potash up by 1; Phosphate 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 41 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

• Optiro ranks 12^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 February 2018 to date:

Most significant drill intersections in 2018 to date on ASX:

Most significant drill intersections in 2018 to date on TSX/TSX-V:

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