Aura Announces Launch of U.S. Public Offering

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, July 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX:ORA) (B3: AURA33) (OTCQX:ORAAF) ("Aura" or the "Company") announces the launch of its United States public offering of common shares, pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

Aura is seeking to raise around US$210 million based on the closing price per share of its common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") on July 4, 2025 and the Canadian dollar to U.S. dollar exchange rate reported by the Bank of Canada on the same day. The common shares are expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "AUGO." In connection with the offering, Aura expects to grant to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to a certain additional number of common shares at the public offering price.

BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as Global Coordinators, BTG Pactual and Itaú BBA are acting as Joint Bookrunners and Bradesco BBI, National Bank of Canada Financial Markets, RBC Capital Markets and Scotiabank are acting as Co-Managers, of the offering.

The offering is being made in the United States only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from BofA Securities, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department.

A registration statement relating to this offering has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This communication to the market shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Shareholders' preemptive rights in new shares issuances, such as the offering, are expressly excluded pursuant to ...