Aura Minerals Inc.

Aura Minerals is a Canadian-based company focused on the exploration, development and operation of gold and base metal projects in the Americas.  Aura Minerals’ portfolio includes four producing mines; the San Andres gold mine located in La Union, Honduras, the Sao Francisco and Sao Vicente gold mines, located in northwestern Brazil and the copper-gold-silver Aranzazu mine, located in Mexico, which announced commercial production on February 1, 2011.

Aura Minerals’ portfolio also includes the copper-gold-iron ore Arapiraca project, located in Alagoas State, Brazil.  On July 12, 2011, Aura Minerals announced the commencement of a definitive feasibility study on the advanced-stage Serrote Deposit at its Arapiraca project. The feasibility study is scheduled for completion late in the first quarter of 2012.