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Developing Gold Projects in Colombia’s Richest Gold Regions TSXV : ARU

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Developing Gold Projects in Colombia’s Richest Gold Regions

TSXV : ARU

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Forward Looking Statements

This presentation contains “forward looking statements”. These forward-looking statements are made as

of the date of this presentation and AuRo Resources Corp. does not intend, and does not assume any

obligations, to update these forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements include, but are not

limited to, statements with respect to the timing and amount of estimated future exploration, success of

exploration activities, expenditures, permitting, and requirements for additional capital and access to

data. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors

which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially

different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-

looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks related to actual results of current

exploration activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; the ability to enter

into joint ventures or to acquire or dispose of property interests; future prices of mineral resources;

accidents, labor disputes and other risks of the mining industry; ability to obtain financing; and

delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing.

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Investment HighlightsAn Early Opportunity in Developed Gold Regions

The combined AuRo Resources and White Gold will possess a large and diverse

strategic property portfolio of approximately 70,000 hectares within Colombia's most

prolific gold, silver and copper exploration and mining regions

Antioquia is the largest gold producing region in Colombia - over 1 million ounces of

gold production in 2009

“El Tesoro” is “drill ready” & approximately 20 km from B2Gold`s Gramalote project,

will be Colombia’s 1st open pit mine

Strong Fundamentals

Key Infrastructure in place: Projects are readily accessible by Road, Rail and Rivers

Favourable Mining Code - 30 year term for Exploration,

Construction & Exploitation

Strong Balance Sheet: Over $2.5 Million in cash

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Key Management

Mark Lawson, President ,CEO & Director

From 2005 to 2008 was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in New York where he was involved in the execution of over

$6 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions, $8 billion worth of debt offerings and $500 million of equity financings. Mr. Lawson was

previously a Director of a boutique corporate finance firm in Toronto, Canada, from 2003 to 2004. He received his Bachelor of Arts

in Statistical Sciences from The University of Western Ontario and his MBA from The Richard Ivey School of Business, University of

Western Ontario. Mr. Lawson is also a director of several TSX listed companies.

Ken Thorsen, VP of Exploration, Director

More than 40 years experience in mining including 15 years as a student and field geologist with Selection Trust, 3 years with

Saskatchewan Mining and Development Corporation (Cameco), 21 years with Teck Corporation and eight years as a consultant.

During this period, Mr. Thorsen was directly involved at the field level with the discovery of 3 ore bodies and at the management

level with the discovery and development of three additional ore bodies. Prior to 2002, he worked in senior exploration

management at Teck, including a 2 year period managing its world wide exploration as President of Teck Exploration Ltd. He has

been involved in exploration projects for base metals, precious metals, diamonds and uranium in the Americas, Australia and Asia.

Mr. Thorsen is a Professional Engineer registered in Ontario and British Columbia and is a long standing member of the Canadian

Institute of Mining, the Mining Association of British Columbia and the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

Mario Concha, Director

President and founder of Mario Concha & Associates, a firm providing consulting services in the chemical and plastic industry.

Formerly, he was the President of Georgia Pacific's Chemical Division where he oversaw the operations of this $950 million

international company. Prior to that he served as President of the International Division of GS Industries. He helped lead a team

that formed GS Industries, with $1 Billion in revenues out of a leveraged buyout of an Armco Steel division. He has also held a

variety of management positions for Occidental Chemical and Union Carbide. He was named one of the "50 Most Important

Hispanics in Technology & Business" by Hispanic Engineer for 3 consecutive years. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering

from Cornell University.

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Technical Advisors

Tony Floyd, P. Geo

Mr. Floyd obtained his academic credentials in the United Kingdom. First with a B.Sc. Honours degree in geology from the University of

Nottingham and then a M.Sc in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from the University of Leicester. In 1987 he formed Bridger

Resources Inc. Bridger was one of the first juniors to conduct exploration and development in Chile. In 1990 Bridger became a high

grade gold producer from its La Pepa project in the Maricunga district of Chile. In 1993 political change in Peru led Mr Floyd to form

Inca Pacific Resources Inc. Inca Pacific was amongst the first wave of explorers in Peru which allowed it to assemble an impressive

portfolio of prospects. In 1999 this came to fruition when a very significant discovery was made at its Magistral Copper/Molybdenum

property.

In 2002, Ross Beaty, Anthony Floyd and Robert Pirooz founded the Lumina Copper Group (comprised of Lumina Copper Corp. and its

successor companies: Regalito Copper Corp., Lumina Resources Corp., Northern Peru Copper Corp. and Global Copper Corp.), of

which: Regalito Copper Corp. was acquired by Pan Pacific Copper Co., Ltd. for approximately CAD $135 million in 2006; Lumina

Resources Corp. was acquired by Western Copper Corp. for approximately CAD $27 million in 2006; Northern Peru Copper Corp. was

acquired by China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Copper Company Ltd. for approximately CAD $455 million in

January 2008; and Global Copper Corp. was acquired by Teck Cominco Limited for approximately CAD $415 million in August 2008.

Mr. Floyd is currently chairman of Inca Pacific Resources Inc.

Bert Jeffries, P. Geo

Mr. Jeffries is a graduate of the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada-Reno, with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology. He

is a registered professional geologist with over 30 years of experience across the mining spectrum, ranging from exploration to project

and construction management. As part of the original Cordex exploration syndicate in Nevada, Mr. Jeffries contributed to multiple

discoveries including the Pinson, Florida Canyon, Sterling and Prebble gold mines. He also worked as a consulting geologist,

managing exploration that resulted in the discovery of the Beartrack gold mine in Idaho.

In the area of mine-construction management, Mr. Jeffries has worked extensively for major and mid-tier miners, including Barrick

Gold, Western Goldfields and Kinross Gold. He was a member of the Barrick team that developed and constructed the Pierina gold

mine in Peru, the Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania and the Veladero gold mine in Argentina. During this period, he also worked in

Chile as the project manager for the El Indio and Tambo gold mine closure project, and worked on Barrick's Pascua Lama project in

Chile-Argentina and the Lagunas Norte project in Peru. More recently, Mr. Jeffries managed construction for Western Goldfields'

Mesquite gold mine in Southern California and Kinross Gold's Fort Knox gold mine in Alaska.

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Capitalization Summary

Shares Outstanding 52.9 million

Options 3.0 million: 2.0 million @ $0.11, 1 million @ $0.15 (Expire Feb 2014, Sept 2015)

Warrants 14.2 million @ $0.33 (Expire 2012)

Shares Fully Diluted 70.1 million

52 Week High/Low

Market Capitalization

$0.29 / $0.09

$10.5 million

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MUNICIPALITY OFPUERTO BERRIO

La Floresta Town

To Puerto Berrío

8 Ha

El Vapor Mines

Mines within

El Tesoro license

La Argentina Mine

MUNICIPALITY OFMACEO

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El Mulatos Mines

La Alejandria Mine

AuRo Key Projects & Location

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Flagship Project Location – “El Tesoro”

“El Tesoro” Project

Antioquia, Colombia

Brazil

Peru

Source: B2Gold Ni 43-101, February 27,2009

“Gramalote” Property

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The “El Tesoro” Mine Overview

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Comprised of 848 contiguous hectares,

located in the Northeast of Antioquia

Part of the “Antioquia” Gold District

100% Ownership, 0% NSR

Approximately 20 km from B2Gold’s

2.4 Million Oz Gramalote Gold Deposit

Project elevation is less than 1,000

meters above sea level

15 tunnels / mines within the concession

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“El Tesoro” Geology Overview

Property is an intrusion-hosted,

structurally controlled stockwork

gold-silver exploration target

The property is structurally-controlled

quartz stockwork system within the

Cretaceous Antioquia Batholith in

Central Colombia; regionally significant

are the Palestina and Nus-Bagra faults

Reconnaissance mapping to date has

identified gold mineralization focused

along at least 3 structural orientations

These include;1) West, 2) West

northwest and 3) Southwest striking

veins

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Sedimentary & Volcanic Rocks

Alluvium

Quartz Diorite

Diorite

Triassic Intrusive

Quartzite

Feldspathic Gneiss

Greenschist

Amphibolite

La Cristina Formation

El Tesoro Licence

3rd Party Licence

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Summary of Geochemical Survey

Results compiled by SGS Laboratories, Medellin.

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AuRo recently completed a detailed soil geochemical program over an area of

approximately 1.1 km by 4 km that resulted in the collection and analyses of 979

soil samples

Samples were collected at a depth of 0.75 to 1.00 m at 50 m intervals on NE oriented

gridlines spaced 100m apart

Gold values in soils ranged from below detection up to a high of 506 ppb

Identified 3 gold-in-soil anomalies in the Southern Zone of the license

These will be tested by an initial drill campaign to be commenced for a total of

1,000 meters

5 holes of 200 meters

This will dually present intelligence on the vein extension within El Tesoro & the

producing Argentina Mine

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Economic geology

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AuRo Key Projects & LocationArgentina Mine - Mineralization

Image shows recent infrastructure upgrades at

Argentina Mine

Samples N2, mineralized vein: 240.0 g/t Au

(SGS Colombia S.A.)

Sample N1, mineralized vein: 110.0 g/t Au

(SGS Colombia S.A.)

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Rock Sample L4544-R0 intrusive

diorites.

Au 2,50 g./Ton

Ag 35g./Ton

(SGS Colombia S.A) Quartz Veins in Altered Diorite

Rock Sample L4544 S01.

Au 6,00 g./Ton

Ag 46,5 g./Ton

(SGS Colombia S.A)

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El Mulatos Mine - Geology

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White Gold Transaction

Overview of White Gold

• Through its wholly-owned Colombian subsidiary, Oro Barracuda SAS., White Gold has solicited nearly

70,000 hectares in Colombia for mineral exploration.

Surata Gold Project – Santander

• Interests in approximately 20,000 hectares located approximately 10-25 kilometres from Ventana Gold Corp.'s

La Bodega project and Greystar's Angostura project.

• Initial samples include sulphide bearing (pyritic) quartz veins with assays up to 3.06 g/t gold. These samples

possessed a fairly unique geochemical signature with a strong epithermal association including elevated

arsenic, antimony, bismuth and copper.

Arboledas Gold Project – Norte de Santander

• Interests in approximately 15,000 hectares located approximately 18-25 kilometres north of the La Bodega and

Angostura deposits. Gold has been identified in areas exposed by landslides and active artisanal mining.

La Colosa Gold Projects – Tolima and Quindio

• . The land package totals approximately 31,000 hectares, with the closest group of concessions approximately

12km from the La Colosa deposit. With reported resources of 12.3 million ounces, La Colosa is the largest new

gold discovery in Colombia.

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Image of Gold-bearing vein

on Surata hillside.

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Sura Gold Camp – Large Land Position in Leading Gold Camp

Interests in approximately 35,000 hectares,

10-25 kms from Angostura & La Bodega

Properties have similar bedrock geology to gold

deposits in the California-Vetas district including

intrusive rocks and NE trending faults

Angostura and La Bodega gold-silver projects

10 kms east of Surata properties

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La Colosa Area – Tolima & Quindio

Interests in approximately

30,000 hectares, 5-20 kms

from AngloGold`s 12.3 mill

Oz gold discovery

One of the largest land

positions in the new

gold-copper porphyry

district

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• Selected property acquisitions

• Diverse exploration platform

• “El Tesoro” Drill Campaign

• Exploration on new projects

2011 Milestones & Action Plan

+1+2

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• Expand Management Team

– Country Manager

“El Tesoro”

Resource Estimate

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“ Social Permit “

Endeavour to be recognized for superior

community relations in the international mining

industry

Consult with communities to gain an

appreciation and understanding of their needs

and expectations

Seek to employ Colombian nationals in jobs

where possible

Seek to employ and train members of local

communities as far as reasonably practical

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Contact

Head Office

401 West Georgia, Suite 2020

Vancouver, Canada, V6B 5A1

T:604-893-8838

F:604-681-0796

www.auroresources.com

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