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Outer Ring Excavations, or ORE, is the largest independent mining corporation. It was originally a fledgling Gallentean company, but struck gold when they found extremely rich nocxium asteroid belts in the Outer Ring region.

Outer Ring Excavations was founded by Yani Sar Arteu and Orion Mashel. It is one of the largest mining corporation in New Eden and a leading technological innovators in deep space mining. It employs its own mining fleet and sells their ships to make a profit as well as sell resources from their mining operations.

They used their massive wealth to buy protection for their bases and keep their operations secret. With several pirate factions trying to muscle in on the ORE territories, but with little success.