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Aurania's Chairman & CEO Establishes Foundation in Ecuador

Corporate Updates

Aurania's Chairman & CEO Establishes Foundation in

Ecuador

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - May 22, 2018) -

Aurania Resources Ltd. (TSX

V: ARU) ("Aurania" or the "Company")

is pleased to announce that its Chairman and CEO, Dr. Keith Barron has completed the registration of "Fundacion Dar Un Paso

Adelante" (the Step-Forward Foundation) with the Bermuda Monetary Authority as a Registered Charity.

Aurania Resources is

domiciled in Bermuda.

The Step-Forward Foundation will have as its mandate the fostering and encouragement of literacy and numeracy among the

indigenous Shuar children and youth in the Province of Morona-Santiago, in Ecuador where the Company has its flagship Lost

Cities — Cutucu Project.

The Foundation will work with the community and various levels of government to support educational

initiatives.

At this stage, the Foundation is wholly financed with 450,000 shares of Aurania, from the exercise of stock options by

Dr. Barron.

This represents a donation of circa $1 million CAD.

The shares will be sold into the public market over time and on

an as-needed basis in a non-disruptive way.

Currently, the Directors of the Foundation are Dr. Keith Barron, and Dr. Alexander

C. Barron, M.D., B.Sc., M.Sc., MBA, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada, associate pediatric

oncologist and hematologist at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.

Over time, the mandate of the Foundation may be

broadened to include health initiatives for the children of the Shuar community.

About Aurania

Aurania is a junior exploration mining company engaged in the identification, evaluation, acquisition and exploration of mineral

property 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 Aurania and technical reports are available at

www.aurania.com

and

www.sedar.com

, 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:

Dr. Richard Spencer

President

Aurania Resources Ltd.

(416) 367-3200

[email protected]

Carolyn Muir

Manager, Investor Services

Aurania Resources Ltd.

(416) 367-3200

[email protected]

Neither the TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts

responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.