VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Nov. 2, 2009 (Marketwire) --

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/02/09 -- Aura Minerals Inc. ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") (TSX: ORA) is pleased to announce that a new resource estimate has been completed for its wholly-owned Aranzazu Project in Zacatecas State, Mexico.

Table 1 below presents the updated resource estimate for the Aranzazu Project at a 0.5% Cu cut-off and Table 2 shows the resource estimate at a 0.8% Cu cut-off. The cut-off is based on copper values only.

The 0.5% cut-off was the same cut-off used in the technical report dated July 15, 2008, and entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report and Audit of the Preliminary Resource Estimate on the Aranzazu Project, Zacatecas State, Mexico" prepared by William J. Lewis, B.Sc., P.Geo. of Micon International Limited, a copy of which has been filed on SEDAR.