Aurania Resources Unaware of Any Material Change

TSX-V: ARU NR 2018-01

AURANIA RESOURCES UNAWARE OF ANY MATERIAL CHANGE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Toronto, Ontario, January 4, 2018 – Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU) (“Aurania” or the “Company”)

At the request of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), Aurania Resources (“Aurania” or the “Company”) wishes to confirm that the Company’s management is unaware of any material change in the Company’s operations that would account for the recent increase in market activity.

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.

For further information, please contact:

Dr. Richard Spencer Donna McLean President Chief Financial Officer Aurania Resources Ltd. Aurania Resources Ltd.

(416) 367-3200 (416) 417-8349 [email protected] [email protected]

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain assumptions, estimates, and other forward-looking statements regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are subject to factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control that may cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.