EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 AURORA GOLD CORPORATION NEWS RELEASE 06-2006 March 13, 2006 Trading Symbols: NASD OTC BB: ARXG FRANKFURT: A4G.FSE, A4G.ETR BERLIN-BREMEN: A4G.BER NEWS RELEASE ------------ AURORA GOLD CORPORATION ANNOUNCES RESULTS FROM PRELIMINARY EXPLORATION PROGRAMS AT THE SAO DOMINGOS PROPERTY IN THE TAPAJOS GOLD PROVINCE, STATE OF PARA, BRAZIL. Balcatta, WA, Australia, - March 13, 2006 - (NASD OTC BB: "ARXG"; FRANKFURT: "A4G.FSE", "A4G.ETR"; BERLIN-BREMEN: "A4G.BER") Aurora Gold Corporation ("Aurora Gold"), a mineral exploration company focusing on exploration and development in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Para, Brazil is pleased to announce results from preliminary exploration programs at the Sao Domingos property in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Para, Brazil. - Aurora Gold has conducted preliminary exploration programs on the Sao Domingos property with the following encouraging results: High-grade rock chip sample results from several gold occurrences on the Sao Domingos property area confirm the potential for a large gold and poly metallic mineralized system. The rock chip sample results include the following results: - 19.40 g/t Gold and 1.7% Copper and 24 g/t Silver; - 5.50 g/t Gold and 3.0% Copper and 50 g/t Silver; - 2.73g/t Gold and 1.7% Copper and 31 g/t Silver; - 2.31 g/t Gold and 0.48% Copper and 27 g/t Silver; - 10.04 g/t Gold and 0.1% Copper; - 16.36 g/t Gold and 5g/t Silver; - 3.56g/t Gold and 28g/t Silver; - 42.56g/t Gold and 20g/t Silver; - 16.64g/t Gold and 5g/t Silver; - 8.67 g/t Gold; - 6.63 g/t Gold; - 42.56g/t Gold and 20g/t Silver; - 3.57g/t Gold and 28g/t Silver; - 106g/t Silver; - 78g/t Silver and - 45g/t Silver. These highly encouraging results, demonstrate the potential for a large mineralized system with high grades of Gold, Silver and Copper within a stock-work system, will now be the focus of further detailed investigation and exploration. Aurora Gold intends to continue to evaluate the potential of the property with a more focused exploration program including a rock chip sampling program, detailed mapping, follow-up soil sampling and airborne geophysics with a view to fast-tracking a drilling program. Aurora Gold has decided not to follow-up it's preliminary exploration program on the Novo Porto property and has decided not to exercise it's option to acquire the property. Aurora Gold Corporation is a mineral exploration company focusing on its newly acquired gold exploration property in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Para, Brazil whose stock trades under the symbol "ARXG" on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board in the United States of America, and under the symbols "A4G.FSE" and "A4G.ETR" on the Frankfurt and "A4G.BER" on the Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchanges in Germany. For Further information, please call Klaus Eckhof at Phone: (+61) 8 9240-2836 Mobile: (+61) 411-148-209 30 Ledger Road, Balcatta, WA, 6021 Australia Website: www.aurora-gold.com ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD "Klaus Eckhof" Klaus Eckhof President, CEO and Director CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press release contains statements that plan for or anticipate the future, called "forward-looking statements." In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of those terms and other comparable terminology. 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