Optiro Summary of RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 8-14 May 2017

Here is Optiro’s Summary of the RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 8-14 May 2017.

76 new technical reports were published – this is down by 12 from last week:

  • 12 were Mineral Resources
  • 1 Maiden Resource
  • 55 Exploration / Drilling – down by 7 from last week
  • 1 Environmental report
  • 5 previously announced NI 43-101 technical reports were filed with SEDAR. 1 was a resource estimation, 2 were PEAs, 1 a FS and 1 supporting an acquisition
  • The corrected announcement this week was from Tasca Resources for their Bleiberg project – supporting acquisition.

The Project Locations:

  • 29 in North America
  • 26 in Oceania
  • 8 in Africa
  • 6 in Europe
  • 3 in Asia
  • 5 in South America

The Project Commodities:

  • 52 Gold this is down by 21 from last week
  • 20 Copper
  • 15 each for both Silver (down by 10) and Zinc
  • 12 Lead
  • 4 each for Cobalt, Iron and Lithium
  • 3 Tin
  • 2 for Graphite
  • 1 each for Bismuth, Coal, Phosphate and Zircon

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

  • Optiro ranks 5th out of the 24 global consultancy groups, having authored 32 Resource Estimation reports since October 2014.

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

  • Optiro ranks 14th out of the 24 global consultancy group, having authored 6 Reserve Estimation reports since October 2014.

Top 3 most significant drill intersections of the week:

  • Osisko Mining Inc. – resource definition – Windfall Lake in Canada: 3.7m @ 421g/t Au from 292m
  • Mariana Resources Ltd – resource definition – Hot Maden in Turkey: 75m @ 17.2g/t Au, 1.89% Cu from 212m
  • Energy Fuels Inc – resource definition – Canyon Mine in Arizona USA; 36.58m @ 0.81% U308, 11.95% Cu from 4.88m

Top 3 most significant drill intersections in May to date were also the top 3 most significant for the week:

  • Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd – mining – Fosterville in Australia: 16m @ 404g/t Au from 113.2m
  • Osisko Mining Inc. – resource definition – Windfall Lake in Canada: 2.5m @ 936g/t Au from 616.5m
  • Silver Standrad Resources Inc – mining – Seabee Gold Operation in Canada: 1.6m @ 1004.74g/t Au from 235.2m

The top 3 most significant drill intersections in 2017 to date:

  • Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd, mining Fosterville in Australia 17 Jan 2017: 15.5m @ 1429g/t Ay from 345.55mm
  • Cordoba Minerals Corp., resource definition San Matias in Colombia 23 Jan 2017; 00m @ 800.90g/t Au, 88.63g/t Ag, 3.65% Cu, 8.60% Zn from 112m
  • Nevsun Resources Ltd., resource definition Timok in Serbia 27 Feb 2017: 256.3m @ 6.0% Cu, 3.79g/t Au from 438.8m

Here is the full RSC Resource Reporting Intelligence for 8-14 May 2017.

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