Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 16-22 January 2017

Here is the Optiro summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for week 16 – 22 January.

109 new technical reports were published:

• 11 mineral resources
• 1 maiden resource
• 89 exploration / drilling (28 more than last week and highest in a week since Oct 2014)
• 0 environmental reports
• 44% used JORC Code
• 52% used NI43-101 Code

This is the highest number of published reports in a week since October 2014.

Geographic locations of the projects:

• 44 in North America
• 32 in Oceania
• 13 in Africa
• 12 in Europe
• 7 in Asia
• 9 in South America

Commodities of the projects:

• 88 Gold (up by 15 from last week)
• 25 Copper (up by 5 from last week)
• 24 Silver
• 14 Zinc
• 11 Lead
• 5 each for Graphite and Lithium
• 4 for Coal
• 3 each for Bismuth, Tungsten and Tin
• 2 Arsenic
• 1 Antimony

Resource estimation report authors:

• Globally, Optiro remains in the top 10 most popular consultancies since October 2014.

Reserve estimation report authors:

• Globally, Optiro remains in the top 15 most popular consultancies since October 2014.

The 3 most significant drill intersections of the week:

• Kirkland Lake Gold – Fosterville – Mining – Australia – 15.15m @ 1429g/t AU from 345.55m
• Contango ORE – Tetlin – Resource Definition – Alaska – 22.74m @ 26.61g/t Au from 14.31
• Arizona Mining – Hermosa – Resource Definition – Arizona – 67.6m @ 42.6g/t Ag. 5.88%Zn, 4.86%Pb, 0.04% CU from 762m

Here is the full RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for the week of the 16-22 January 2017.