Orion Minerals
Orion Minerals is an Australian-based mineral exploration and development company focused on discovering and developing base metal projects. The company's primary focus is on its portfolio of projects in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, targeting copper, zinc, and other base metals. Orion aims to become a significant base metal producer through the development of its advanced stage projects.
Short position
Orion Minerals (ASX:ORN) has 0.34% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 18 Sept 2026, or about 30,348,312 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has been broadly flat. Its highest recorded short interest was 0.87% in March 2021. ORN is classified in the Materials industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.
Price & short interest
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ORN Short Interest History
- 30-day change
- -0.00pp
- 90-day change
- -0.04pp
- 1-year change
- +0.34pp
- All-time high
- 0.87% (March 2021)
- All-time low
- 0.00% (April 2021)
Is ORN heavily shorted?
Not especially: 0.34% short interest is modest by ASX standards, ranking #361 of 799 ASX securities with reported short positions. ASIC requires positions of 0.01% of issued capital or $100,000 (whichever is less) to be reported.
How has ORN's short interest changed recently?
Over the past 30 days Orion Minerals's short interest has been broadly stable, and over 90 days it has been broadly stable. The current level is 0.34% of shares on issue.
What is the highest ORN's short interest has been?
Since 2020, Orion Minerals's short interest peaked at 0.87% in March 2021 and bottomed at 0.00% in April 2021.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from daily ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay. Shorted aggregates the full history since 2020. See our methodology.