BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, Caribbean, July 16, 2018 — Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX:ORA) (“Aura”, the “Company”) is pleased to announce results of the positive National Instrument 43-101 Feasibility Study (“FS”) for the restart of operations at Aura’s wholly owned Aranzazu Mine (“Aranzazu”, the “Project”) in Zacatecas State, Mexico. The FS was prepared by Aura in collaboration with other external consultants and specialists in different areas such as geology, mining, geotechnical,
infrastructure, environment and mineral processing.