TORONTO, ON -- (Marketwired) -- 07/31/15 -- Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX: ORA) announces that the Company will release its second quarter 2015 financial and operational results after the close of business on Tuesday, August 11th.

The Company also confirms that at its annual general meeting held on May 12, 2015, on a vote by show of hands, the individuals noted below were elected as the Directors of the Company, and if the matter had been voted by ballot, the following would have been the results:

                                                                      
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 Nominee            For           % For    Withhold      % Withhold   
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 Patrick Mars       139,209,049   98.84    1,627,346     1.16         
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 James Bannantine   139,101,049   98.77    1,735,346     1.23         
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 Stephen Keith      132,697,549   94.22    8,138,846     5.78         
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 William Murray     132,695,749   94.22    8,140,646     5.78         
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 Tom Ogryzlo        132,587,749   94.14    8,248,646     5.86         
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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 producing assets include the San Andres gold mine in Honduras and the Sao Francisco gold mine in Brazil. Operations at the copper-gold-silver Aranzazu mine in Mexico have been suspended. The Company's core development asset is the copper-gold-iron Serrote da Laje project in Brazil.

   For further information please visit Aura Minerals' web site at www.auraminerals.com or contact:  Aura Minerals Inc.Tel: (416) 649-1033 Fax: (416) 649-1044 Email: [email protected]

Source: Aura Minerals Inc.