EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit 99.1 AURORA GOLD CORPORATION NEWS RELEASE 17-2006 July 14, 2006 Trading Symbols: NASD OTC BB: ARXG FRANKFURT: A4G.FSE, A4G.ETR BERLIN-BREMEN: A4G.BER NEWS RELEASE ------------ Aurora Gold Corporation announces initial drilling results from the Attacadau gold occurrence on the Sao Domingos gold property and a significant gold in soil anomaly at the Santa Isabel property in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Para, Brazil Balcatta, WA, Australia, - July 14, 2006 - (NASD OTC BB: "ARXG"; FRANKFURT: "A4G.FSE", "A4G.ETR"; BERLIN-BREMEN: "A4G.BER") Aurora Gold Corporation (the "Company", "Aurora Gold"), a mineral exploration company focusing on exploration and development in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Para , Brazil, is pleased to announce the initial drilling results from the first drill hole at the Attacadau gold occurrence on the Sao Domingos gold property, and significant soil anomaly from the Santa Isabel property. Current drilling on the Sao Domingos property targeting an extensive soil and rock chip anomaly has intersected gold mineralisation in the first hole. Results are tabulated below. 6m @ 1.31 g/t Gold from 29m 2m @ 1.09 g/t Gold from 57m 8m @ 1.19 g/t Gold from 73m The gold mineralisation in the first hole confirms the potential for the Attacadau occurrence and Aurora Gold is now in a position to continue testing the anomaly further along strike. Reassessment of the anomaly shows it to strengthen to the North West and Aurora Gold has prepared the area for drill testing in the coming days. The drilling will now target an extension of the mineralisation form the first hole along strike. Based on the soil sampling results it appears the mineralised halo increases in grade and width as it is traced NE from the current intersections. Gold mineralization has been intersected in several zones through the first drill hole and has now given the geologists a much better understanding of the subsurface geometry of the mineralised portion of this structure. The geologists feel this is the weakest part of the mineralised structure based on the geochem results and anticipate it to strengthen to the NW. The Company will now look to extend the drilling campaign and target this structure along strike. The company is also pleased to outline the results of soil geochemistry at the Santa Isabel Property. Results show a very high-grade 400m anomaly grading +2g/t in soils with other assays at +1 g/t in soils over a strike length of several hundred meters. Aurora Gold is planning to mobilize drilling equipment to the area to test the depth and strike potential of the anomaly. Aurora Gold is also confident that drilling will reveal high-grade mineralisation over several hundred meters. Aurora Gold Corporation is a mineral exploration company focusing on its newly acquired gold exploration properties 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. 1 For Further information, please call Klaus Eckhof Phone: (+61) 8 9240-2836 Mobile: (+61) 411-148-209 Address: 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." 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