urora Gold Corp announces plan of activities for 2013.
Zug, Switzerland- March 13, 2013 -- Aurora Gold Corporation (the "Company," or "Aurora") (OTCQB: ARXG), is a mineral exploration company focusing on exploration and development in the Tapajos Gold Province, State of Pará, Brazil.
The Board of Aurora Gold Corp is please to update shareholders on the planned activity for 2013.
* Technical team arriving on site at the Sao Domingo property
* Trial mining license application nearing conclusion.
* Detailed exploration plans approved by the board.
* Initial drilling of the recently discovered Toucan Gold occurrence.
* Trial mining license in application for bulk sampling of alluvial/elluvial areas.
* Geochemical sampling via Auger drilling of several previously defined targets.
* New camp construction plans completed.
* Migration to the Toronto Stock Exchange in advanced stages.
* NI43-101 updated and filed (awaiting comments).
The board of Aurora Gold Corporation is pleased to announce that the Geotechnical team is mobilizing to site to carry out the planned exploration activities for the 2013 exploration season. A detailed budget has been approved by the board that includes diamond drilling on the Toucano gold occurrence to follow up previously reported high grade sampling, along with geochemical sampling of the potential Fofoca resource extensions.
Aurora will also utilize Auger drilling as a follow up anomalous areas of previous stream sediment sampling carried out during the Q3 of 2012 covering an area of 50 km(2), which focused on the western flank of the license area. This area included the Toucano gold occurrence and extensions of the Fofoca resource.
A trial mining license has been applied for with the Brazilian Mines department, DNPM, and is expected to be granted during the next few months. The trail mining license will enable the Company to test geochemical and physical attributes of the area around the Toucano gold occurrence, and carry out bulk sampling.
As part of the listing process in the migration to Canada, Aurora engaged Geosure Ltd of Australia to complete the National Instrument 43-101 which has been lodged with the TSX and is awaiting comment. Aurora is now set to execute the multiple tasks of Exploration and resource expansion, bulk sampling via the trial mining license and completing the migration to the Toronto Stock exchange.
With all the activity planned for 2013, this will be an exciting year for Aurora and our shareholders.
