UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     July 3, 2007

                             AURORA GOLD CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware                          0-24393             13-3945947
(State or other jurisdiction      (Commission         (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                 File Number)        Identification No.)


30 Ledgar Road, Balcatta, WA, Australia               6021
(Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including the area code:  (+61) 8 9240-2836


(Former name or former address, if changed from last report.)


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AURORA GOLD CORPORATION
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Item 3.02     Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

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 a private placement of 4,000,000
shares  at  a  price  of  USD  $0.25  per  share.

The  placement  proceeds will be used by the Company to complete drilling on the
Molly  Gold project and the Sao Domingos project, to complete the first stage of
drilling  on  the  Sao  Joao  project  and  for  general  working  capital.

Aurora  Gold  is  a  mineral exploration company focusing on the exploration and
development  of its 7 exploration properties in the Tapajos Gold Province, State
of  Para,  Brazil.  The  project  areas were selected due to their proximity to
known  gold  occurrences  and  from  historical records of gold production.  The
lithologies  associated  with the projects are similar to those that have proven
to be the host of significant gold occurrences elsewhere in the Tapajos.  Aurora
Gold's  stock  trades  under the symbol "ARXG" on the NASD OTC Bulletin Board in
the  United  States of America, under the symbols "A4G.FSE" and "A4G.ETR" on the
Frankfurt  Exchange  and  "A4G.BER"  on  the  Berlin-Bremen  Stock  Exchanges in
Germany.


Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)     Exhibits:

99.1    Aurora Gold Corporation news release issued July 3, 2007 and
        disseminated through the facilities of recognized newswire services.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.

                                      AURORA GOLD CORPORATION


Date: July 3, 2007                    by: /s/ A. Cameron Richardson
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                                              A. Cameron Richardson
                                              CFO and Director


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