Aurania Announces Loan Agreement
TSX-V: ARU
NR 2024-03
AURANIA ANNOUNCES LOAN AGREEMENT
Toronto, Ontario, January 30, 2024 – Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU; OTCQB: AUIAF;
Frankfurt: 20Q) (“Aurania” or the “Company”) announces that its Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Dr. Keith Barron (the “Lender”) has agreed to provide a l oan of up to C$1,000,000 to
the Company to be advanced from time to time in principal amounts as agreed by the parties (the “Loan”).
The Loan is unsecured, bears interest at 2% per annum and matures upon notice of twelve months and one
day from the Lender. The L oan will help fund the Company’s working capital and general corporate
purposes as well as any exploration expenses in Ecuador. As of the date hereof, C $100,000 has been
advanced under the Loan.
Dr. Keith Barron is a related party of the Company by virtue of the fact that he is the Chairman, the President
and Chief Executive Officer, a promoter and a principal shareholder of the Company, and as a result, each
advance and repayment under the Loan constitutes a “ Related Party Transaction” for the purposes of
Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-
101”). The Company is relying upon an exemption from the formal valuation and minority shareholder
approval requirements under MI 61-101 in respect of the Related Party Transactions, in reliance on Sections
5.5(a) and 5.7(1) of MI 61 -101, respectively, as the fair market value of the Related Party Transaction,
collectively, does not exceed 25% of the Company’s market capit alization, as determined in accordance
with MI 61-101. The Company did not file a material change report related to the Loan more than 21 days
before the expected closing of the Loan as required by MI 61-101, as the Company wished to organize the
Loan on an expedited basis for sound business reasons.
The Loan was approved by the members of the board of directors of the Company who are independent for
purposes of the related party transaction, being all directors other than Dr. Barron. No special committee
was established in connection with the Loan, and no materially contrary view or abstention was expressed
or made by any director of the Company in relation thereto.
About Aurania
Aurania is a mineral exploration company engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition, and
exploration of mineral property interests, with a focus on precious metals and copper in South America. Its
flagship asset, The Lost Cities – Cutucú 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.sedarplus.ca, 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-.
For further information, please contact:
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Carolyn Muir
VP Corporate Development & Investor Relations
Aurania Resources Ltd.
(416) 367-3200
Neither the 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.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward -looking information as such term is defined in applicable securities
laws, which relate to future events or future performance and reflect management ’s current expectations
and assumptions. The forward- looking information includes Aurania ’s objectives, goals , future plans or
other statements of intent, Aurania’s ongoing engagement in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and
exploration of mineral property interests, any potential exploration results or potential mineralization
resulting therefrom, Aurania’s ongoing exploration fo cus on The Lost Cities – Cutucú Project, potential
additional advances pursuant to the Loan, eventual repayment of the Loan or any part thereof by Aurania,
and the use by Aurania of funds received pursuant to the Loan. Such forward- looking statements reflect
management’s current beliefs and are based on assumptions made by and information currently available
to Aurania, including the assumption that, there will be no material adverse change in metal prices, all
necessary consents, licenses, permits and approvals will be obtained, including various local government
licenses and the market , and that the Lender will be able to advance additional funds up to $1,000,000
pursuant to the Loan. Investors are cautioned that these forward -looking statements are neither promises
nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially
from those expected. Risk factors that could cause actual resu lts to differ materially from the results
expressed or implied by the forward -looking information include, among other things, the state of the
capital markets generally and of the mining markets more particularly, any commodity prices supply chain
disruptions, restrictions on labour and workplace attendance and local and international travel due to war,
weather, pandemics or otherwise; a failure to obtain or delays in obtaining the required regulatory licenses,
permits, approvals and consents; an inability to access financing as needed, including pursuant to the Loan;
a general economic downturn, a volatile stock price, labour strikes, political unrest, changes in the mining
regulatory regime governing Aurania; a failure to comply with environmental regulations; a weakening of
market and industry reliance on precious metals and copper ; and. those risks set out in the Company’s
public documents filed on SEDAR . Aurania cautions the reader that the above list of risk factors is not
exhaustive. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-
looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such
information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such
events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, other than as required by law.