TORONTO, ON –(Marketwired – September 14, 2015) – Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX: ORA) announces that in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 and in support of the Company's August 7, 2015 news release, it has filed a technical report entitled Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Re-Opening of the Aranzazu Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico.

The technical report is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.auraminerals.com.

The Company has commenced work on the Aranzazu feasibility study and will provide an update on its progress in due course.

About Aura Minerals Inc. 
Aura Minerals is a Canadian mid-tier gold and copper production company focused on the development and operation of gold and base metal projects in the Americas. The Company's assets include the San Andres gold mine in Honduras, the Sao Francisco gold mine in Brazil and the copper-gold-silver Aranzazu mine in Mexico (operations temporarily suspended). The Company's development asset is the copper-gold-iron Serrote project in Brazil.