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Aurania CEO Shares Annual Letter to Shareholders

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TSX-V: ARU

NR 2026-02

AURANIA CEO SHARES ANNUAL LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

Toronto, Ontario, January 7, 2026 – Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV : ARU ) (OTCQB: AUIAF)

(Frankfurt: 20Q) (“Aurania” or the “Company”) announces that its annual letter to shareholders from

Chairman, President and CEO, Dr. Keith Barron is now available. To view the full letter in PDF format on

Aurania’s website, click here.

“Over the past year an idea has been taking shape in my head, aided and abetted by these massive increases

in the precious metal prices. I believe there is a niche out there just crying out to be occupied.”

—Dr. Keith Barron, Chairman, President & CEO, Aurania Resources Ltd.

Dr. Keith Barron presenting at a conference, 2025

“It showed me that hard rock mining could be done the right way in Europe; with a small footprint and in

a way that was acceptable to the community.”

—Dr. Keith Barron, Chairman, President & CEO, Aurania Resources Ltd.

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 critical energy in Europe and

abroad.

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

[email protected]

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, including the annual letter to shareholders, 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 statements

regarding Aurania’s objectives, goals or future plans, statements, exploration results, potential

mineralization, the corporation’s portfolio, the estimation of mineral resources, explorati on, timing of the

commencement of operations, 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 assump tion 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 results 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 : a failure to obtain

or delays in obtaining the required regulatory licenses, permits, approvals and consents ; an inability to

access financing as needed; an inability to fund or extend the payment of Ecuador mineral concession fees

with such failure to pay could result in the forfeiture of such mineral concessions; an inability to fund the

administrative fees imposed by the Ecuadorian Control and Regulation Agency (ARCOM for its Spanish

acronym) on the mining sector which could render the Company insolvent; 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 base metals; and those risks set out in the Company’s public documents filed on

SEDAR+. Aurania caut ions 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.