Executive Interviews

August 2024 – Orion’s Managing Director & CEO, Errol Smart, joined Proactive’s Tylah Tully to discuss how it has recently secured a crucial Integrated Water Use Licence (IWUL) from South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation for the Okiep Copper Project (OCP) in the Northern Cape Province.

August 2024 – Orion’s Managing Director & CEO, Errol Smart, joined Proactive’s Stephen Gunnion with details of the Company’s latest achievement of securing two prospecting rights over the Flat Mines Area, significantly enhancing its position around the Okiep Copper Project. This is a critical milestone for Orion Minerals as it advances its key projects in South Africa.

July 2024 – Orion Minerals Ltd (Asx/JSE: ORN) Managing Director & CEO, Errol Smart, joined a live investor webinar on MarketOpen Direct Connect, to provide an update on recent progress at the company’s two copper development assets, the Prieska Copper Zinc Mine (PCZM) and Okiep Copper Project, both located in south Africa’s Northen Cape Province.

July 2024 – Orion Minerals Ltd (ASX:ORN) managing director and CEO Errol Smart joins Jonathan Jackson in the Proactive studio to discuss the company’s $7.7 million capital raise, upcoming bankable feasibility studies for Prieska Copper-Zinc and Okiep Copper mines and how the company is building on its strong results.

June 2024 – Orion Minerals’ Managing Director & CEO, Errol Smart, hosted a live webinar to provide a progress update on Copper Mining Projects.

April 2024 – Orion Minerals’ Managing Director & CEO, Errol Smart, hosted a live investor webinar to provide an update on recent progress at the Company’s two copper development assets, the Prieska Copper Zinc Mine (PCZM) and Okiep Copper Project, both located in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province.

Orion Minerals Ltd (ASX:ORN) MD and CEO Errol Smart joins Jonathan Jackson in the Proactive studio to discuss exceptional initial results from diamond drilling at Flat Mine East, part of the Okiep Copper Project in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Orion Minerals Ltd (ASX:ORN, JSE:ORN) CEO Errol Smart joins Proactive’s Jonathan Jackson to discuss the significant strides it is making in its acquisition of the Okiep Copper Project in South Africa. With most acquisition agreements signed, the company is nearing the final stages of this critical project, about 570 kilometres north of Cape Town in the Northern Cape Province. This acquisition is pivotal for Orion’s ambition to become a leading international base metals producer.

CEO Errol Smart tells Proactive the company has awarded a trial mining contract for the Prieska Copper-Zinc Mine to Newrak Mining Group – an experienced South African contract mining company with 28 years of operating history. He adds that previous Prieska Copper Mine production manager Andy Brown will be part of the Newrak Team, bringing strong operating experience to the project. Smart says it’s a tremendously exciting period for Orion as it moves to active trial mining and signals the start of its transition from developer to operating mining company.

Orion Minerals Ltd CEO Errol Smart speaks with Proactive soon after announcing the company has signed a definitive agreement for a ZAR 250 million (~A$21 million) senior secured convertible loan facility with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) to fund early mining work and pre-development at the Prieska Copper-Zinc Mine.

Orion Minerals Ltd (ASX:ORN, JSE:ORN) MD and CEO Errol Smart sits down with Proactive’s Elisha Newell to discuss the $22 million in funding the company has secured for pivotal early works at the Prieska Copper-Zinc Mine in South Africa.

Orion Minerals managing director and CEO Errol Smart updates Proactive Investors on the company being granted the key mining right by the South African Department of Minerals Resources and Energy for the Prieska Copper-Zinc Project in South Africa

Orion Minerals MD, Errol Smart, speaks with Proactive Investors: Orion Minerals welcomes A$120 million funding package for Prieska Copper-Zinc Project .

Orion Minerals MD, Errol Smart, presenting via Proactive Investors: Investment case for copper-zinc project in South Africa’s Northern Cape.

Orion Minerals MD, Errol Smart, speaking with Dominic Piper from Paydirt Media

Orion Minerals MD Errol Smart provides an overview of the updated Bankable Feasibility Study for the Company’s flagship Prieska Copper-Zinc Project in South Africa.

Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart speaks to Proactive Investors about the “exceptional opportunity” in the Areachap Belt and the company’s portfolio of projects in South Africa and Australia

Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart speaks to Proactive London after completing an A$8 million capital raising as part of a proposed restructure of the company’s black economic empowerment (BEE) equity participation.

Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart speaks to Martin Creamer about finding a formula to achieve empowerment that puts all shareholders at full participation and contribution.

Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart speaks to Proactive Investors about the company’s plans to explore renewable energy generation at flagship Prieska Zinc-Copper Project. Orion is collaborating with juwi Renewable Energies South Africa to investigate the possibility of supplying 35MW of electricity from hybrid power systems.