AURA MINERALS INC .
Sao Francisco at night
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 Toronto-based company has established a portfolio of gold and copper-gold-silver mines in Mexico , Central America and South America . The Company ’ s shares are listed on the TSX under the symbol “ ORA ”.
Operations The Company ’ s producing assets include the copper-gold-silver Aranzazu mine in Mexico , the San
Andres gold mine in Honduras and the Sao Francisco and Sao Vicente gold mines in Brazil . The Company ’ s core development asset is the copper-gold-iron Serrote project in Brazil . The San Andres gold mine is expected to produce approximately 75,000 to 85,000 ounces of gold a year and has an approximate 7 year mine life remaining . Aura has recently completed an expansion of the mine , consisting of a new primary crusher-conveyer system and a new stacking system , whereby throughput of processed material per year is expected to increase from approximately 5 to 7 Mt ., while
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