Aura Silver to Receive US $1.3 Million Payout Triggered by West Taviche Sale

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jul 16, 2013) - Aura Silver Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AUU) ("Aura Silver" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Aura Silver / Intrepid Mines Ltd. joint venture ("Taviche JV") will receive a payout of US $2.0 million net of prior concession fees owed to Pan American Silver Corp. ("Pan Am"). The payout has been triggered by the completion of Pan Am's sale of the West Taviche concession to Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. and is in accordance with the agreement between the Taviche JV and Pan Am which was completed in April 2012. The April 2012 agreement allowed Pan Am to retain a 100% ownership of West Taviche with the proviso that upon a sale of an interest greater than 70% in the property, US $2.0 million would be paid to the Taviche JV. In turn, the Taviche JV received a 100% ownership interest in the East Taviche concession where the Taviche JV has had the greatest amount of drilling success. Pan Am retains a 1.5% net smelter royalty in respect of East Taviche.

The net payout of approximately US $1.85 million will be split between Aura Silver and Intrepid based on their current shares of the Taviche JV resulting in a final payout of approximately US $1.3 million to Aura Silver. This payout relieves Pan Am of any further obligations to the Taviche JV with respect to West Taviche.

Aura Silver plans to utilize these funds to advance exploration at both the East Taviche and Greyhound properties and for general corporate and working capital requirements.

About Aura Silver

Aura Silver is a TSX Venture listed company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal prospects in Canada (100% owned Greyhound project) and in Oaxaca, Mexico. Aura Silver has 101,680,844 common shares outstanding.

Aura Silver's web site is located at www.aurasilver.com.

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