Aurania Extends High-Grade Copper-Silver Zone at Another Target IN Ecuador
TSX-V: ARU
NR 2020-26
AURANIA EXTENDS HIGH-GRADE COPPER-SILVER ZONE AT ANOTHER TARGET IN
ECUADOR
Toronto, Ontario, August 6, 2020 – Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU) (OTCQB: AUIAF)
(Frankfurt: 20Q) (“Aurania” or the “Company”) is pleased to report on additional sedimentary-hosted
high-grade copper -silver in the Kirus target area in its Lost Cities – Cutucu Project (“Project”) in
southeastern Ecuador. Sedimentary -hosted mineralization has now been found over an area of 8km by
3km, with grades of up to 6.1% copper and 51 grams per tonne (“g/t”) silver recorded in recent sampling
(see Figure 1).
Dr. Keith Barron, Chairman and CEO of Aurania commented, “ While our last few
press releases have focused on high-grade copper and silver from various targets in the
Tsenken area, we’ve also been working in the Kirus target area six kilometres to the
south. I’m delighted to report that sediment ary-hosted copper and silver have been
encountered over an extensive area there too. At Tsenken, one large target area i s
resolving into specific targets that will be drill -tested shortly; in the same way, we
expect that ongoing work at Kirus will lead to the definition of specific targets to be
tested by scout drilling.”
Additional sampling of boulders and outcrop at Kirus has doubled the size of the area over which high -
grade copper-silver has been found since the initial press release on the target, dated April 9, 2019 . As is
the case with other sedimentary-hosted copper-silver targets identified in the Project, the principal copper-
bearing minerals are malachite, chrysocolla, tenorite and chalcocite, in sedimentary layers that contain
carbonized, fossilized plant fragments (Figure 2).
The high- grade samples are from an area adjacent to the conspicuous, 5 km diameter magnetic feature
(Figure 1) that initially drew exploration attention to the Kirus area. Intrusive and subvolcanic rocks
ranging from magnetic, porphyritic basaltic-trachyandesite to monzonite have been mapped in outcrop over
part of the Kirus magnetic feature. The magnetic centre is a target for copper porphyries. Porphyries are
typically about 1km in diameter, so a geophysical feature that is approximately 20 square kilometres in
extent may contain a porphyry cluster. Soil sampling is underway to identify areas of copper enrichment
that may reflect underlying porphyry mineralization.
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Figure 1. Location of high -grade copper-silver samples taken from outcrops and boulders in streams in
the Kirus target area on a background of magnetic data (negative reduction to the equator, which is roughly
equivalent to reduction to the pole (“RTP”)).
Figure 2. Photo of a piece of Sample Y992012 with 1.6% copper and 39.6 g/t silver. The green mineral
is malachite. Scale bar is in centimetres.
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Sample Analysis & Quality Assurance / Quality Control (“QAQC”)
Laboratories: The rock samples were prepared for analysis at MS Analytical (“MSA”) in Cuenca,
Ecuador, and the analyses were done in Vancouver, Canada.
Sample preparation: The rock samples were jaw-crushed to 10 mesh (crushed material passes through a
mesh with apertures of 2 millimetres (“mm”)), from which a one-kilogram sub-sample was taken. The sub-
sample was crushed to a grain size of 0.075mm and a 200 gram (“g”) split was set aside for analysis.
Analytical procedure: Approximately 0.25g of rock pulp underwent four-acid digestion and analysis for
48 elements by ICP-MS. For the over-limit samples, those that had a grade of greater than 1% copper and
100g/t silver, 0.4 grams of pulp underwent digestion in four acids and the resulting liquid was diluted and
analyzed by ICP-MS.
QAQC: Aurania personnel inserted a certified standard pulp sample, alternating with a field blank, at
approximate 20 sample intervals in all sample batches. Aurania’s analysis of res ults from its independent
QAQC samples showed the batches reported on above, lie within acceptable limits. In addition, the labs
reported that the analyses had passed their internal QAQC tests.
Qualified Person
The technical information contained in this news release has been verified and approved by Jean -Paul
Pallier, MSc. Mr. Pallier is a designated EurGeol by the European Federation of Geologists and is a
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43- 101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
of the Canadian Securities Administrators.
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 – Cutucu Project, is located in the Jurassic Metallogenic Belt in the eastern
foothills of the Andes mountain range of southeastern Ecuador.
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For further information, please contact:
Carolyn Muir
VP Investor Relations
Aurania Resources Ltd.
(416) 367-3200
Dr. Richard Spencer
President
Aurania Resources Ltd.
(416) 367-3200
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