Discover 360° Mining
differently about mining.
where we do business, whether in corporate offices or
in our mining operations.
For centuries, mining has been seen in transactional terms – minerals are found, mined, then sold on a commodities exchange.
We acknowledge and respect the principle that “every action has an equal and opposite reaction”. And so, we’ve created a mining business where positive action result in a positive reaction.
As we look ahead to the future, our vision is about mining in complete terms – thinking holistically and sustainable about how our business impacts and benefits every one of our stakeholders: our company, our shareholders, our employees, and the countries and communities we serve.
We call this 360° Mining.
Materials and Presentations
Sustainability Report 2020
Our Projects
Ernesto/Pau-a-Pique
Is a mining site in Mato Grosso in Brazil– approximately 450 km west of Cuiabá, the capital of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso consisting of 3 operations:
- The Lavrinha open pit and the Ernesto underground deposit are located approximately 60 kilometres (“km”) south of the Company’s Sao Francisco mine and 12 km south of the town of Pontes e Lacerda. The Project’s process plant is located at Ernesto.
San Andres Mine
Located 360 km from Honduras’ capital of Tegucigalpa, the San Andrés area was explored in the 1930s and 1940s, and has been in operation since 1983. In 2009, Aura assumed ownership of this open pit, heap-leach mine in the highlands of western Honduras.
Discover MoreAranzazu
Located in Zacatecas, Mexico, mining activity in Aranzazu started as early as 1548 and has been an active site since 1962. The underground mine also directly or indirectly employs over 360 people.
Discover MoreAlmas
The Almas Gold Project is 100% owned by Aura Minerals and is located in the municipality of Almas, in Tocantins State, Brazil. The Project consists of three separate open pit mining areas and a central processing facility. The Almas Gold Project’s three main gold deposits, Paiol, Cata Funda and Vira Saia are along a 15 km long corridor of the Almas Greenstone Belt, a Paleoproterozoic volcanosedimentary sequence which hosts numerous orogenic gold occurrences.
Mining activity at the Project was initially conceived to start at the Paiol pit and will be followed sequentially first at the Vira Saia and subsequently, the Cata Funda pit. The Project also count with historic Paiol heap leaching rejects with reasonable grades and enough ore to support several months of operation.
Aura is re-evaluating the Project, as conceived by Rio Novo, with the objective of improving its economic performance. This is expected to be achieved through a combination of lower operational costs tapping on Aura’s existing operational partners in Brazil, improved gold grades through more selective mining and a lean-but-rational capital expenditure philosophy.
Matupa
The Project is 100% owned by Aura Minerals and is located in the vicinity of Guaranta do Norte City and is composed of 18 mining permits located in the Alta Floresta Gold Provice. The X1 deposit is approximately 11 kilometers (km) south of the town of Guaranta do Norte along highway BR-163. Guaranta do norte has good infrastructure with a road system in a good state of good repair and reliable facilities to support mining and industrial activities.
The X1 deposit is a porphyry gold/silver deposit and counts with a full Resource Estimate Report developed in 2011. The project benefits from excellent infrastructure in the region such as good roads, power, water and qualified workforce.
Aura is currently exploring the Guaranta region aiming to further unlock the potential of the project and the region.
Tolda Fria
The Project is 100% owned by Aura Minerals and is located near Manizales, Colombia. The Project has a 30 year concession title granted in 2011.
Discover MoreSao Francisco
The São Francisco Gold Mine is an open-pit heap leach gold mine located in the southwest of the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, approximately 560 km west of Cuiaba, the state capital. Mining at São Francisco was suspended in October 2016 however the Company is conducting an exploration program at São Francisco to determine if a re-start of the mine is feasible.
Discover MoreCommunity
Aura Minerals has designed and is implementing a community development plan at each project or
operation site which provides opportunities for communities with interests in our operations to share
in the benefits resulting from our activities, including capacity-building social investment projects.
Aura Minerals has designed and is implementing a community development plan at each project or operation site.
The Types of Social Investment Projects Implemented by The Company
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Education
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Health Services
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Social Infrastructure
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SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION INITIATIVE
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POVERTY ALLEVIATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATISM
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Education
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Health Services
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Social Infrastructure
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SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION INITIATIVE
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POVERTY ALLEVIATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATISM