# Orogen Royalties Sells Ball Creek West to P2 Gold and Options Ball Creek East to Kingfisher Metals

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/orogen-royalties-sells-ball-creek-west-to-p2-gold-and-options-ball-creek-east-to--b3868e76-131f-4192-a942-ab86585e1149

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/EVM/news/6677114940417954/orogen-royalties-sells-ball-creek-west-to-p2-gold-and-options-ball-creek-east-to

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2023-03-07T12:30:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Orogen Royalties Inc.

- Ticker: OGN

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: British Columbia

- Primary commodity: Gold

- Secondary commodities: Copper, Silver, Molybdenum

- Document categories: Drill results, Agreement transaction

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 07:45:25 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.60 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Orogen Royalties has signed agreements to sell its 100% interest in Ball Creek West to P2 Gold and option Ball Creek East to Kingfisher Metals. As part of these deals, Orogen will acquire a 1% NSR royalty on the Ecstall VMS project and benefit from the advancement of its Hank project royalty.

Reasoning: The company is restructuring its portfolio by splitting the Ball Creek property into two distinct royalty streams \(sale and option\) while simultaneously acquiring a new VMS royalty.

- Positive factor: Divestment of Ball Creek West for cash/royalty rights

- Positive factor: Acquisition of new royalty interest in Ecstall VMS project

- Positive factor: Advancement of Hank project royalty via Kingfisher option

Facts used in scoring: 7

## Classification and evidence

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: The release states that all new technical data has been verified by a Qualified Person \(Laurence Pryer, Ph.D., P.Geo\).

Evidence · text

> All new technical data, as disclosed in this press release, has been verified by Laurence Pryer, Ph.D., P.Geo.

**Bonanza Intercept**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Exceptionally high-grade zone, well above the deposit-type norm.

Why it applies: The 6.8% Cu grab sample is exceptionally high grade for the region/context.

Evidence · text

> returning 6.8% copper

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (4)

### BC12-47

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/orogen-royalties-sells-ball-creek-west-to-p2-gold-and-options-ball-creek-east-to--b3868e76-131f-4192-a942-ab86585e1149#fact-drill-facts-0)

Ball Creek West · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BC12-47
- Project: Ball Creek West
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: canada\_bc
- Ticker: OGN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.28
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 455 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: porphyry
- Sample Type: drill

#### Location

- Location: Main Zone
- Loc. Source: document

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 455m intercept at 0.28 g/t gold is a substantial width for a porphyry system.

- Positive factor: Significant width

Evidence · text

> 455 metres grading 0.28 grams per tonne \("g/t"\) gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BC12-47

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/orogen-royalties-sells-ball-creek-west-to-p2-gold-and-options-ball-creek-east-to--b3868e76-131f-4192-a942-ab86585e1149#fact-drill-facts-1)

Ball Creek West · copper

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BC12-47
- Project: Ball Creek West
- Commodity: copper
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: canada\_bc
- Ticker: OGN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.11
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 455 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: porphyry
- Sample Type: drill

#### Location

- Location: Main Zone
- Loc. Source: document

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 0.11% Cu over 455m provides significant tonnage potential in a porphyry context.

- Positive factor: Significant width

Evidence · text

> 0.11% copper in drill hole BC12-47

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BC07-12

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/orogen-royalties-sells-ball-creek-west-to-p2-gold-and-options-ball-creek-east-to--b3868e76-131f-4192-a942-ab86585e1149#fact-drill-facts-2)

Ball Creek West · gold

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BC07-12
- Project: Ball Creek West
- Commodity: gold
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: canada\_bc
- Ticker: OGN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.54
- Grade Unit: g/t
- Intercept: 231 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: porphyry
- Sample Type: drill

#### Location

- Location: Main Zone
- Loc. Source: document

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 0.54 g/t gold over 231m is a strong intercept for a porphyry-style deposit.

- Positive factor: Strong grade for porphyry

Evidence · text

> 231 metres grading 0.54 g/t gold

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

### BC07-12

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/orogen-royalties-sells-ball-creek-west-to-p2-gold-and-options-ball-creek-east-to--b3868e76-131f-4192-a942-ab86585e1149#fact-drill-facts-3)

Ball Creek West · copper

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BC07-12
- Project: Ball Creek West
- Commodity: copper
- Region: canada\_bc
- Reported Region: canada\_bc
- Ticker: OGN

#### Geometry

- Grade: 0.21
- Grade Unit: %
- Intercept: 231 m

#### Classification

- Deposit Type: porphyry
- Sample Type: drill

#### Location

- Location: Main Zone
- Loc. Source: document

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes
- Historical Source Date: 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

#### Dates

- Event date: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: 0.21% Cu over 231m is a solid intercept for a porphyry system.

- Positive factor: Significant width

Evidence · text

> 0.21% copper in drill hole BC07-12

#### Tags used in scoring

**No QA/QC Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document.

Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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