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Whoops, I meant £4.8b

1.48m oz JORC x $4300 per oz =$6.364b ÷ $1.33/£1 = £4.8b

Oriole has £3.9 billion worth of gold in the ground so far and it has only just started

If you’re new to ORR, ignore the noise and start with the basics.

Oriole isn’t a “one-asset hope”. It’s a small AIM explorer with two serious Cameroon assets (Mbe + Bibemi) and a carried Senegal optionality play (Senala).

The bit that matters: Mbe already has a maiden JORC resource, and Mbe North is being drilled now. Bibemi is further along the curve with a resource base and development work (PEA + permitting steps).

So the 2026 watchlist is pretty clean:

Drill results from Mbe North (MB01-N)

Any resource conversion / growth at Mbe

Bibemi exploitation licence progress

Senala JV progress with Managem

That’s the story: tangible assets + near-term catalysts.

Not advice. DYOR.

After 30 days of building this picture, here’s the summary:

Mbe: heading toward 1–1.5Moz, with high-grade zones and district upside

Bibemi: 460koz, metallurgy done, mining licence pending

BCM JV: $10M total value with milestone bonuses and full funding

Regional upside: 3,600 km² with multiple gold and lithium anomalies

Senegal: 155koz + major JV partner growing the resource

Turkey: royalty potentially worth £5–7M alone

Wapouzé: near-term industrial minerals income potential

Funding: enough runway to deliver major catalysts without dilution

Very few juniors have this combination of scale, funding, pipeline, and leverage.

What comes next?

Drilling results

Resource upgrades

The Bibemi licence decision

Potential new targets across the CLP

Financial triggers from the BCM deal

Each of these is capable of shifting Oriole’s valuation significantly.

This is the point in a junior’s lifecycle where fortunes are made — before the re-rate, when the pieces are all in place but the price hasn’t moved yet.

Investors still judging Oriole on its past (placings, dilution, slow progress) are missing the fact that the underlying business has changed dramatically.

Today’s ORR is:

A district-scale explorer with >1.3Moz defined

A future developer awaiting Cameroon’s first gold mining licence

Partnered with BCM, a major African mining contractor

Funded for the next phases of drilling and studies

Holding royalties and JV interests worth more than the entire market cap

The share price will eventually follow the fundamentals — it always does. But these transitions often happen fast, triggered by a single “unlocking” RNS.

Oriole isn’t the high-risk, single-asset, cash-burning explorer people assume it is. It’s now a multi-asset, multi-income, district-scale growth company.

The story has changed. The market just hasn’t priced it yet.

You too Mayo

Most juniors must raise endlessly just to keep drilling. Oriole, thanks to the BCM JV, gets something different: bonus payments for success. These are effectively cash rewards for adding ounces.

Resource hits 1Moz? $1M bonus. Resource hits 2Moz? Another $1M.

These aren’t theoretical. Mbe is already at 870koz, and drilling at Mbe North could push it past the 1Moz threshold in the coming months.

These payments do two powerful things:

Inject cash without dilution

Place a real monetary value on every incremental ounce

Few AIM explorers have a structure like this. It’s a direct financial mechanism that rewards growth and derisks the company in the near term.

Bonus triggers are one of ORR’s clearest — and most overlooked — catalysts.

It wasn't intended to send the share price to the moon, it was meant to put down a floor and maintain positive sentiment.

It has worked, been well received and held the price up from wild drops.

News is the catalyst. Drilling results, exploitation licence, both coming in Q1/Q2. News falling on negative sentiment doesn't help.

I've got enough fact material now to drown out naysayers

Every gold cycle has two phases: majors rally first, then juniors with real ounces begin their exponential upside. We’re now entering the second phase. Gold has held above $4,000/oz, but most juniors haven’t followed — yet.

Oriole’s leverage to gold is exceptional because:

Their ounces are in the ground, not hypothetical

Their grades (esp. Bibemi’s 2.06 g/t) are economic at current prices

Mbe’s scale (>1Moz potential) opens the door to bulk-tonnage mining

Cameroon sits outside saturated exploration regions, meaning discoveries attract premium valuations

When majors begin buying ounces during gold bull cycles, they target frontier jurisdictions first — the ones with the biggest growth and district-scale potential.

Oriole sits squarely in that sweet spot. It’s not whether gold stays high; it’s how long before ORR becomes the beneficiary.

That's some fast work

Over $4400 this morning and silver at $69.

One thing that seasoned AIM investors know well: the biggest turnarounds rarely announce themselves with fireworks. They happen quietly — when fundamentals strengthen long before the wider market pays attention. Oriole is now in that zone.

Throughout 2024–2025, the company quietly built:

1.33Moz of compliant resources across Mbe and Bibemi

A fully funded exploration runway through BCM’s $8M earn-in

Institutional backing via RAB Capital

A forthcoming mining licence at Bibemi

A pipeline of targets across a 3,600 km² gold district

Yet the share price still reflects the Oriole of 2019–2023, not the transformed version that now exists. Turnarounds happen the moment the market finally connects those dots — often triggered by a single catalyst (drill hit, licence RNS, JV announcement).

Share prices don’t rise because a story “gets better.” They rise when the gap between perception and reality gets too big to ignore.

Right now, that gap is the widest it has ever been for ORR.

Mbe Drilling Campaign, Cameroon

The 2,950m MB01-N drilling campaign at the Mbe Project in Cameroon is progressing steadily. Our BCM team remains actively deployed on site in Ngaoundéré, working closely alongside the Oriole Drilling Team to ensure the project is delivered safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

With personnel fully mobilized and operations underway, BCM and Oriole teams continue to collaborate on the ground to drive the program forward and achieve a successful completion.

Further updates and field visuals will be shared as the project advances. Stay connected with BCM Group for ongoing progress reports.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bcm-group-ghana_mbe-drilling-campaign-activity-7407710518045630464-Bns-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAARTSG0BFlF601xKijAOAM8Dcf9K2SN7alM

Selling shares, probably making a loss and moving them into a tax free ISA. That's personal confidence in future gains

In crowded jurisdictions like Ghana or Burkina Faso, explorers compete for scraps. But Oriole controls a unique, first‑mover land position in Cameroon — a region with almost no historical drilling but highly prospective geology.

The CLP covers 3,600 km² across two geological domains, including the same structural belt responsible for multi‑million‑ounce deposits in neighbouring countries. Mbe’s discovery was not a fluke — it was the result of systematic geochemistry, mapping, and interpretation across terrain no one had touched before.

Owning this ground gives Oriole:

A barrier to entry against competitors

Potential leverage with majors

Untapped exploration upside

Strategic relevance to Cameroon’s mining future

This is how new gold camps are built: one discovery (Mbe), followed by another (Bibemi), then another somewhere in the CLP.

Oriole got there first. That advantage compounds over time.

Wolfie, for exactly the reasons you describe is why this share is about its complete sale, not share price value. It's about news, evidence and proof of minable gold in a brand new district.

One day there will be an announcement that there's a buyer interested in all the assets. At that point you're either in or out and it could happen at any time. My guess is it will be after an expansion of resource estimate, the exploitation licence and further results from other licences.

However, someone like BCM may swoop in early to secure it and avoid a bidding war.

Good luck to all DYOR

Sometimes markets misprice companies so severely that it creates the perfect setup for those paying attention. Oriole is one of those cases. The market is still reacting to the ORR of 2021–2023: underfunded, dilutive, and struggling.

But the ORR of today is:

Fully funded into late 2026

Supported by a major JV partner

Sitting on over 1.3Moz across two projects

Managing a district-scale land package

Holding royalty and JV assets worth millions

This mismatch between perception and reality creates the opportunity. The share price is anchored to an outdated view, while the fundamentals have shifted dramatically.

When markets wake up, they often reprice violently. Early investors benefit the most.

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