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J U N E / J U L Y 2 0 1 7 www.resourceworld.com 21 LEADERS IN PROJECT GENERATION ACQUISITION & DEVELOPMENT A FULL SERVICE CONTRACT GEOPHYSICAL, GEOLOGICAL & DEVELOPMENT COMPANY SPECIALTY MINERALS & EXCEPTIONAL PROJECTS LITHIUM, COBALT, VANADIUM, GRAPHITE, FRAC SANDS, HPQ (HIGH PURITY QUARTZ), CORRUNDUM, RARE EARTHS, FLUORSPAR EXPLORING CLAYTON VALLEY & SURROUNDING AREAS FOR A DECADE ALWAYS PROSPECTING WWW.GEOXPLOR.COM the 29-hole drill program (underway) con- tinues to confirm the project's resource model. A Pre-Feasibility Study for the project is expected to be completed by year end. In Nevada, the company has the Sleeper gold project (a former high-grade, open pit, gold producer), the subject of Preliminary Economic Assessment. The company also has the early stage Mill Creek property in Lander County, Nevada. Pershing Gold Corp. [PGLC-TSX, NASDAQ] is advancing the reopening of the Relief Canyon gold mine in Nevada, and is permitted to resume mining under the existing Plan of Operations. The com- pany states that, "The Relief Canyon Mine property includes three open-pit mines and a state-of-the-art, fully permitted and constructed heap leach processing facil- ity." Early May, Pershing Gold announced that it had initiated a drill program in the Blackjack Project area ~6 miles south of Relief Canyon Mine to potentially extend the life of the entire project. Pure Energy Minerals Ltd.'s [PE-TSXV; PEMIF-OTCQB] flagship lithium brine project is in Clayton Valley, Nevada, adjacent to North America's only produc- ing lithium mine. The company has entered into a series of agreements to acquire Lithium X's interest in 756 unpatented mineral claims covering approximately 15,000 acres in Clayton Valley. With the addition of the LIX Claims, Pure Energy will have an interest in 1,104 unpatented mineral claims covering approximately 26,300 acres in Esmeralda County. May 9, 2017, Pure Energy announced positive results from depth-specific Clayton Valley South brine samples from exploratory wells. Quaterra Resources Inc. [QTA-TSXV; QTRRF-OTCQB] is advancing its key cop- per assets in Yerington, Nevada which include the MacArthur, Yerington and Bear copper deposits all owned 100% by Singatse Peak Services LLC, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Quaterra. The company is drilling approximately 20,000 feet to test targets throughout the com- pany's 51-square-mile land package in the historic Yerington Copper District. The