AURANIA REPORTS ON KEY COMPONENTS OF ITS NEW NI 43 - 101 TECHNICAL REPORT Conference Call Scheduled for February 12 th at 10:00am EST
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AURANIA REPORTS ON KEY COMPONENTS OF
ITS NEW NI
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101 TECHNICAL
REPORT
Conference Call Scheduled for February 12
th
at 10:00am EST
Toronto, Ontario,
February
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Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ARU)
(OTCQB: AUIAF)
(F
rankfurt
: 20Q)
(“Aurania” or the “Company”)
reports that
it has filed a National Instrument 43
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101
(“NI
43
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101”) technical report
dated February 4, 2020
entitled, “A Technical Review of the Lost Cities
–
Cutucu Exploration Project, Morona
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Santiago Province, Ecuador.”
The report is available
under the
Company’s profile on SEDAR
www.sedar.com
and on the Company’s website
www.aurania.com/projects/technical
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reports/
.
Aurania will host a conference call
on
February 12, 2020
,
at
10:00am EST
to discuss the recommendations of the NI 43
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101 and other recent deve
lopments in the
Company.
Dial
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in details for the conference call are listed below.
Recommendations
from the NI 43
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101 Report
The author of the NI 43
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101,
Dr. Robert Page, P.Geo., of independent consulting firm Watts, Griffis and
McOuat
Limited
,
has concl
uded that Aurania’s
proposed
2020
exploration
program, outlined below
,
is
appropriate for the
Project
. The main components are
:
Complete the reconnaissance stream sediment sampling as the primary field tool to identify
additional targets, the priority being to find potentially outcropping gold
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bearing systems;
Follow
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up the geophysical targets identified by
Independent Senior Geoph
ysical Consultant,
Jeremy S. Brett,
who
was involved throughout the Company’s heliborne geophysical survey from
planning, daily review of the data as it was acquired in the field, to interpretation. He identified 64
individual targets, 31 of which were ca
tegorized as high priority for follow
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up
;
Continue s
cout
drilling the
highest
ranked
of the 20
epithermal gold
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silver targets
with
in
the
extensive
epithermal alteration systems at
Latorre (where Crunchy Hill and Yawi are located), Apai
and Tiria
;
Continu
e detailed geological work and field sampling of sedimentary
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hosted copper
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silver
mineralization observed in scattered outcrops over a distance of 23km, to advance these targets to
scout drilling;
Advance the
clusters of
copper
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gold and copper
porphyry tar
gets at Kirus, Jempe, Tsenken and
Awacha
through more detailed exploration,
in preparation
for scout drilling;
and
Undertake similar exploration of
t
he carbonate replacement
–
style
silver
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zinc
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lead mineralization
which has been identified in sporadic outc
rops
and numerous boulders
over a total of 12km
in the
Shimpia target area
.
Conference Call & Webcast
Details
Aurania’s Chairman and CEO, Dr. Keith Barron and President, Dr. Richard Spencer will be hosting a
webcasted conference call on
Wednesday, February 12, at 10:00am EST
.
Webcast URL
:
h
ttp://services.choruscall.ca/links/aurania20200212.html
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When prompted, webcast participants enter: First Name, Last Name, Company, Email Address.
Participant Telephone Numbers
Canada/USA TF: 1
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800
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319
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4610
Toronto Toll: +1
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416
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915
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3239
UK
& Europe
TF: 080
8
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101
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2791
Callers should dial in 5
–
10 min prior to the scheduled start time and simply ask to join
Aurania’s
call.
Qualified Person
s
The technical information
pertaining to the NI 43
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101
technical report in this press release
has been verified
and approved by
Robert Page
,
Ph.D
.
, P.Geo.
D
r.
Page
is a
Senior Associate of independent consultants,
Watts, Griffis and McOuat
Limited
Geological and Mining Consultants of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Page
is a
Professional Geoscientist registered in the Province of Ontario and is a Qualified person as defined by
National Instrument 43
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101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Can
adian Securities
Administrators
.
The technical information
pertain
ing
to geophysical data and related interpretations in this news release has
been verified and approved by Jeremy S. Brett, M.Sc., P.Geo.,
an
independent
Senior Geophysical
Consultant wit
h
MPH Consulting Limited. Mr. Brett is a Professional Geoscientist registered in the
Province of Ontario and is a Qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43
-
101, Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities Administra
tors.
All other
technical information contained in this news release has been verified and approved by Jean
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Paul
Pallier, MSc. Mr. Pallier is a designated EurGeol by the European Federation of Geologists and
is
a
Qualified Person as defined by National In
strument 43
-
101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
of the Canadian Securities Administrators.
About Aurania
Aurania is a junior
mineral
exploration company engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and
exploration of mineral prope
rty 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.
Information on Aura
nia and technical reports are available at
www.aurania.com
and
www.sedar.com
, as
well as on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.co
m/auranialtd/
, Twitter at
https://twitter.com/auranialtd
,
and LinkedIn at
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aurania
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resources
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ltd
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.
For
further information, please contact:
Carolyn Muir
Manager
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Investor Services
Aurania Resources Ltd.
(416) 367
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3200
Dr. Richard Spencer
President
Aurania Resources Ltd.
(416) 367
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looking inf
ormation that involves substantial known and unknown
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-
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Although these statements are based on information currently available to Aurania, Aurani
a provides no
assurance that actual results will meet management’s expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors
involved with forward
-
looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and
opportunities to differ materia
lly from those expressed or implied by such forward
-
looking information.
Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, Aurania’s objectives, goals
or future plans, statements, exploration results, potential mineralizatio
n, the corporation’s portfolio,
treasury, management team and enhanced capital markets profile, the estimation of mineral resources,
exploration and mine development plans, timing of the commencement of operations and estimates of
market conditions. Factor
s that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward
-
looking
information include, but are not limited to, failure to identify mineral resources, failure to convert estimated
mineral resources to reserves, the inability to complete a fea
sibility study which recommends a production
decision, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain
required governmental, regulatory, environmental or other project approvals, political risks, inability t
o
fulfill the duty to accommodate indigenous peoples, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of
financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations
in commodity prices, delays in the d
evelopment of projects, capital and operating costs varying significantly
from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, and those
risks set out in Aurania’s public documents filed on SEDAR. Although Aurani
a 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 assur
ance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or
at all. Aurania disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward
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looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, oth
er than as required by law.