Day: August 31, 2012

Aura Minerals Inc. announces that, in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 and in support of the Company’s July 18, 2012 news release, it has filed a technical report entitled “Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Expansion of the Aranzazu Mine Zacatecas Mexico” prepared by AMC Mining Consultants (Canada) Ltd. The PEA is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.auraminerals.com.

Excellon Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has regained access to its La Platosa Mine in the state of Durango, Mexico. La Platosa has been under an illegal blockade commenced by the Ejido La Sierrita with the assistance and funding of the non-governmental organization ProDESC and the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros Metalúrgicos, Siderúrgicos y Similares de la República Mexicana, affiliated with the United Steelworkers Union.

Geologix Explorations, a mineral exploration firm, has reported that it has begun an exploration drilling program at the Tepal project located in Mexico.