An ore is a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable minerals can be extracted profitably. They are found from underground which means you have to dig then out.
Ore is natural rock consisted of one or more than one type of minerals.
Ores are found at the crust of the Earth, they are either impure or pure( may consist other substances apart from minerals). They can be sold for huge profits. for example, zinc has its own ore from where it had come from. A mineral is not available to us in its own real form, but in the presence of an ore.