Aurania will host an update conference call on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 2:00pm Eastern Time to discuss the Company’s exploration program and results to date. If you wish to participate, please refer to the dial-in information below and provide the passcode ‘AURANIA’ when prompted by the operator.
Dial in number(s) North American Toll: 1-857-600-3024
North American Toll-Free (Toronto): 1-416-800-1066
Aurania reports that reconnaissance exploration crews have found silica blocks indicative of an entirely new epithermal system, the “Charip” target, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the Latorre area in its Lost Cities – Cutucu Project (the “Project”) in southeastern Ecuador. In addition, the Company has received soil geochemistry results that refine the Crunchy Hill target and move it a step closer to drill-testing.
Aurania reports that the video documentary program from VICE News Tonight about Aurania’s Lost Cities – Cutucu Project is now available online via the following link: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/d35kmj/meet-the-real-life-indiana-jones-hunting-for-gold-in-the-amazon . VICE News Tonight released an article entitled “Meet the real-life Indiana Jones hunting for gold in the Amazon” along with the video clip from their program which aired last week on the Home Box Office (“HBO”) channel. The program follows Aurania’s Chairman and CEO, Dr. Keith Barron and team through challenging conditions in the jungles and streams in their exploration of the Lost Cities – Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador. See bonus footage of interviews with Aurania’s ‘reconnaissance exploration geologists’.
Aurania reports that extensive coverage was given to the Company in a documentary entitled “Ecuador’s Lost Cities of Gold” on a news program called “VICE News Tonight” on the Home Box Office (“HBO”) channel which aired last night, April 11, 2018. A team from VICE News Tonight made a ten-day site visit to the Company’s Lost Cities – Cutucu Project area in Ecuador in March and spent time filming with our crews in the field. The field visit to Aurania’s project area was funded by HBO and VICE News. HBO informs us that a link to the online version of this program will be made available in approximately one week, at which time the Company will press release the link.
Aurania is pleased to report that the source of the “vuggy silica” blocks – a known indicator of epithermal gold-silver systems – has been found in the Latorre B area in the Lost Cities – Cutucu Project (the “Project”) in southeastern Ecuador. The target has been renamed “Crunchy Hill”. The Company is also pleased to report that further stream sediment sampling has approximately doubled the size of the Latorre A target.
Aurania announces that the Company has renewed its full 2,080 square kilometre (“km2”) concession package in Ecuador based on the positive exploration results received to date. The Company will enter into a US$2.0 million unsecured convertible debenture with its Chairman and CEO, Dr. Keith Barron, to cover the concession renewal fees. Aurania’s board has determined that a convertible debenture with an exercise price higher than current market prices would be less dilutive to existing shareholders than a private placement at the current share price.
Dr. Keith Barron, Chairman and CEO discusses the history behind Aurania’s Lost Cities – Cutucu Project in Ecuador and the encouraging exploration results that have been received to date. Dr. Barron also explains how twelve years of historical research, including specific information noted in a 1628 Text from the Vatican library, led to obtaining 208,000 hectares of exploration concessions in the highly prospective Cordillera de Cutucu.
Aurania is pleased to report that field work confirms that the Awacha geophysical Target Cluster also has geological and geochemical features that are typical of porphyry systems. This finding is significant because it supports the contention that Aurania’s project area likely contains porphyry deposits similar to the copper and copper-gold deposits of the adjacent Cordillera del Condor.
Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU) (“Aurania” or the “Company”) announces that it has created an Advisory Committee and is pleased that Mr. Alfred Lenarciak has joined the Company as an independent Special Advisor to the Board of Directors. The Company’s intention is to include Mr. Lenarciak on its slate of directors for the forthcoming Annual and General Meeting scheduled to be held on April 25, 2018. The Company also granted an aggregate of 250,000 stock options to Mr. Lenarciak and members of the management team.
Toronto, Ontario, March 2, 2018 – Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU) (“Aurania” or the “Company”) would like to provide an update on Company events during the PDAC 2018 International Convention commencing on March 4th including a change in time for Dr. Keith Barron’s presentation at Ecuador Day on Monday, March 5th.
Aurania will be exhibiting at booth 2905 in the Investors Exchange from Sunday, March 4th – Wednesday, March 7th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) in Toronto, Canada. Members of the Board and Management team will be available to discuss the Company’s Lost Cities -Cutucu Project in Ecuador.
Aurania’s events at PDAC 2018 include:
Meet and Greet with Management
The Company is hosting a meet-and-greet on Sunday, March 4th from 11:00am – 3:00pm at The OverDraught Irish Pub, 156 Front Street West across from the MTCC. Please RSVP via the link below so that we may confirm our guest list: http://www.aurania.com/event/shareholder-management-1-1/
Ecuador Day Presentation
Aurania’s CEO and Chairman, Dr. Keith Barron will be speaking at Ecuador Day on Monday, March 5th at 12:10pm in Room 205D. Please note the revised time for Dr. Barron’s presentation, which is part of Session 2A: “Mining as a Pillar of the Country”. Ecuador Day will run from 8:30am-6:00pm. This event is open to all who are attending PDAC.
Corporate Social Responsibility Presentation
Monica Ospina, of “O-Trade”, will be speaking on Wednesday, March 7th at 10:25am in Room 717. Her presentation is titled “Water in the Community: Social Risk, Water as a Nexus”. Ms. Ospina is responsible for the Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility program.
The PDAC International Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange is the world’s leading convention for people, companies and organizations in, or connected with, mineral exploration. To pre-register for PDAC, visit http://www.pdac.ca/convention/registration/registration-information
About Aurania
Aurania is a junior exploration mining company engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and exploration of mineral property interests, with a focus on precious metals and copper. Its flagship asset, The Lost Cities – Cutucu Project, is located in the Jurassic Metallogenic Belt in the eastern foothills of the Andes mountain range of southeastern Ecuador.
Information on Aurania and technical reports are available at www.aurania.com and www.sedar.com, as well as on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/auranialtd/, Twitter at https://twitter.com/auranialtd, and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/aurania-resources-ltd-.
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