Aurania Announces Preliminary Election Results and Loan Agreement
TSX-V: ARU
NR 2023-18
AURANIA ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY ELECTION RESULTS AND LOAN AGREEMENT
Toronto, Ontario, October 16, 2023 – Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU; OTCQB: AUIAF;
Frankfurt: 20Q) (“Aurania” or the “Company”) announces that Mr. Daniel Noboa is the elected
President of Ecuador following a runoff election held on October 15 th. Mr. Noboa is a graduate of the
Harvard Kennedy school and is expected to be sworn in on November 25. He will be in power for
approximately 18 months - completing the term of outgoing President, Guillermo Lasso until the next
scheduled presidential election in the first half of 2025 . Noboa’s campaign was focused on the economy
and creating jobs, attracting foreign investment and safety/security. It is the Company’s view that this result
may restore political stability and the confidence of international in vestors in the country. Mr. Noboa is
also expected to be supportive of responsible exploration and mining.
The Company also announces that its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Keith Barron
(the “Lender”) has agreed to provide a loan 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$50,000 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 capitalization, 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.
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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:
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 or future plans,
statements, exploration results, potential mineralization, the corporation’s portfolio, treasury, management
team and enhanced capital markets profile, the estimation of mineral resources, exploration, timing of the
commencement of operations, the Company’ s teams being on track ahead of any drill program, the
commencement of any drill program and estimates of market conditions. 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. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are neither promises
nor guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause future resu lts to differ materially
from those expected. Risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
expressed or implied by the forward- looking information include, among other things, the ability to
anticipate and counteract t he effects of COVID -19 pandemic on the business of the Company, including
without limitation the effects of COVID -19 on the capital markets, commodity prices supply chain
disruptions, restrictions on labour and workplace attendance and local and international travel; a failure to
obtain or delays in obtaining the required regulatory licenses, permits, approvals and consents; an inability
to access financing as needed; 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 shoul d 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 re vise any forward -looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.