Summary of 22-28 Jan 2018 RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence

Here is Optiro’s weekly summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence. This is for the week of the 22-28 January 2018.

83 new technical reports published – down by 33 from last week

• 6 were Mineral Resources – up by 3 from last week
• 1 Maiden Resource
• 69 Exploration / Drilling – down by 24 from last week.
• 2 Environmental reports – up by 2
• 36% reported using JORC Code
• 64% reported using NI43-101
• 2 amended reports:
  • Artemis Resource Ltd – resource estimation for the Carlow Castle project
  • Ascendant Resources Inc – Exploration/drilling update for El Mochito project

The Project Locations:

• 34 in North America – down by 34 from last week
• 30 in Oceania – up by 5
• 8 in Africa – down by 2
• 0 in Europe – down by 3
• 4 in Asia – up by 1
• 9 in South America – down by 1

The Project Commodities:

• 55 Gold – down by 30 from last week
• 24 Silver – down by 9
• 23 Copper – down by 10
• 15 Cobalt – up by 2
• 11 Zinc – down by 6
• 9 Lead – down by 4
• 7 each for: Nickel up by 3; Lithium
• 5 Iron – up by 3
• 3 Magnesium – up by 3
• 2 Scandium – up by 2
• 1 each for: Bismuth up by 1; Manganese; Graphite

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 January 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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