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Gold in Brazil Contact : Lars Pearl, CEO and Director C/- Coresco AG Level 3 Gotthardstrasse 20 6300 Zug Switzerland +41 41 711 02 81 www.aurora-gold.com 1

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Page 1: Aurora Gold Corporate Update (March 2014)

Gold in Brazil

Contact : Lars Pearl, CEO and Director

C/- Coresco AGLevel 3Gotthardstrasse 206300 ZugSwitzerland+41 41 711 02 81

www.aurora-gold.com

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Disclaimer

The statements made in this presentation which are not historical factscontain certain forward-looking statements concerning potentialdevelopments affecting the business, prospects, financial condition andother aspects of the company to which this presentation pertains. The actualresults of the specific items described in this presentation, and thecompany’s operations generally, may differ materially from what is projectedin such forward-looking statements. Although such statements are basedupon the best judgments of management of the company as of the date ofthis presentation, significant deviations in magnitude, timing and otherfactors may result from business risks and uncertainties including, withoutlimitation, the company’s dependence on third parties, general market andeconomic conditions, technical factors, the availability of outside capital,receipt of revenues and other factors, many of which are beyond the controlof the company.

Such risks and uncertainties are described in periodic filings made by AuroraGold Corporation with United States and Canadian Securities regulators andauthorities. The company disclaims any obligation to update informationcontained in any forward-looking statement.

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Brazil – project Location map

Brazil, Para State

Tapajós River Basin, a tributary of the Amazon

240 km from Itaituba, the regional centre

110 km from Novo Progresso city

70 km from BR163 federal highway

Trans Garimpeiros improved unsealed road

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Management

Lars Pearl – President, Executive Director & CEO Geologist with extensive experience in mining and exploration around the world.

Vladimir Bernstein – Executive Director Has been project director in various Alltech’s projects for Oil & Gas exploration in West

Siberia, Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka and Gold exploration in Kyrgyzstan

Augustin Gomez de Segura – Non Executive Director Extensive scientific experience, training and education with over 30 years working and

advising in the mining industry.

Andrey Ratsko – Non Executive Director Successfully explored and produced alluvial gold in West Africa, currently is also chief

geologist with TK Geo Resource based out of Bishkek, in Kyrgyzstan.

Gorden Glenn, B.Sc. – Non Executive Director Corporate director and senior mining executive with over 25 years of experience in

mining sector

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Corporate

Trading on OTC-BB : ARXG

Frankfurt : WKN 904846

Shares issued : 50,000,000: 55,000,000 fully diluted

Market cap : US$2.5 million

Auditors:Peterson Sullivan LLP

601 Union Street, Suite 2300Seattle, Washington,USA,98101Telephone: +1 206 382 7777Fax: +1 206 382 7700http://www.pscpa.com/

Legal representation:Joseph Sierchio, Esq.

Sierchio & Company, LLP450 Park Avenue, Suite702New York, New York 10022Tel. : +1 (212) 246-3030Fax.: +1 (212) 486-0208

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Regional Infrastructure

Over 16,500 hectares in the

Tapajos gold Province,

Para State, Brazil.

250 km from Itaituba office.

Serviced by light aircraft &

Trans Garimpiero Highway.

Exploration office and camp established on Sao Domingos.

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Local Infrastructure7

To Fofoca 5km

To Transgarimpeiro

highway

To Toucano and camp 3km

Aurora Office

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New Camp Construction8

•The new camp is located within the Toucano projectarea.

•The new camp has been completed and is fullyoperational.

•Areas for the workshops, heavy vehicle parking baysand future expansion have been cleared.

•The camp land was purchased by Aurora.

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Located in a Proven region for gold

The Tapajos : World’s Third Largest Placer Gold Belt

Site of the world’s largest ever gold rush from 1970’s to 1990’s

Largest alluvial gold province in Brazil, third largest in world – previous production from streams estimated at 20-30 Moz of gold

Geology is similar to other prolific gold belts (e.g. Eastern Canada, Western Australia).

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Key Position in Known trend

Eldorado Gold

Serabi Gold

Magellan minerals

Eldorado Gold

Brazilian Gold Corp

Magellan minerals

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Deposit Company

Cuiu Cuiu Magellan Minerals Ltd

Ouro Roxo privately owned

Tocantinzinho El Dorado Gold Corp

Sao Domingos Aurora Gold Corp

Sao Chico Kenai Resources Ltd

Palito Serabi Gold Plc

Sao Jorge Brazilian Gold Corp

Coringa Magellan Minerals Ltd

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Known Mineralisation and Targets Areas11

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Primary Gold Targets Outline

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Sao Domingo – Fofoca Resource Target

outcrop

0.5m @ 6.3g/t

1.0m @ 3.6g/t

Fofoca Trend

Cachoeirinha Trend

Fofoca Mine area

Cachoeirinha vein

13.4 g/t, 8.2g/t, 8.0g/t, 7.8g/t

JORC Inferred resource estimateprepared by Geosure (Australia) forFofoca2.1 million tonnes grading 2.0 g/t Aufor 130,000 ounces of contained gold

at a cut-off grade of 0.5 g/t Au.

• Plans to extend resource intoCachoeirinha based on magneticsand coincident gold results.

•Application for renewal in withDNPM

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Fofoca geochem sample lines14

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Fofoca grid geochem results15

Fofoca resource area

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Toucano Ore trend16

Area targeted for trial mining.

Drill targets for hard rock mineralisation

50,000 tons per year, renewable for 4 years.

Lead up to full blown mining license

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Toucano Grid geochem results17

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500 m

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Toucano trend18

ToucanoAurora camp

Sao Domingos

Relationship to Camp and Sao Domingo township.

Raimundo drill tested previously with numerous mineralised intersections

Raimundo (Atacadau)

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Toucano Ore Zone – trial mining target19

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3 Stage Exploration Plan

Stage 1. Total meters drilled will be a maximum of 1,000. BUDGET US$300,000

Stage 2. Total meters drilled will be a maximum of 2,000. BUDGET US$600,000

Stage 3. Combined with stage 2 and includes tenement wide Auger program to comply with DNPM resource determination. Budget US$1,000,000

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Drill Lines locality plan

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Drill Lines locality plan - Soils

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Auger drill Locality Plan

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Oxide and Alluvial Gold targets on applications

Space ImagePrevious alluvial works

Previous oxide works

10 km

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Alluvial concentrator test plant25

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Aurora – a staged program

Near-Term Q2- 2014

Medium-TermQ4 - 2014

Longer Term Value Creation

Exploration

New Ventures

Appraisal

Target definition

Resource expansion

CurrentMedium-Term

Q3- 2014

Results to date indicate numerous anomalies extending beyond of current grid configuration.

Complete migration and Canada Listing

Completed Geochem Sampling and follow up to the highly prospective results from Q2 to Q4 2013.

Drilling Toucano

Apply geochem and geophysics on other gold occurrences on Sao Domingo

Expand and follow up other gold occurrences and acquisitions.

Toucano and Colibri Resource estimation.

Commencescoping studies.

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Initiate Resource definition for filing with the DNPM

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Aurora - Plan Summary

Located in prime position in known gold belt.

Infrastructure in place to support prolonged field

activities.

Large geochem anomalies and drill ready targets.

Bulk sampling initiated with custom built concentrators.

Trial mining license application in place.

Drill targets for Toucano and Colibri

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Expected Near term Deliverables

Advance on the large geochem targets generated during 2013.

Prepare for trial mining in the Toucano resource area.

Establish a drill targets along the Toucano and Colibri grid.

Enhance shareholder value.

Quality and regular news flow and updates.

Migration to Canadian Stock exchange.

Target to reach 1,000,000+ ounces

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