Aurania Resource Stock Price, News & Analysis

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF; TSXV: ARU) announced its board agreed to receive quarterly director fees as stock options in lieu of cash for the fourth quarter of 2025.

On December 31, 2025, each director was granted 34,500 stock options at an exercise price of $0.175, for an aggregate of 138,000 stock options. The options vested immediately and are exercisable for a period of three years from the date of grant. Directors who choose to exercise the options are solely responsible for paying the full exercise price. The announcement references prior releases dated March 31, 2025, July 1, 2025 and October 1, 2025 for related details.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) announced it was granted three new exploration licenses in the Brittany Peninsula, northwestern France, through a wholly owned French subsidiary on December 10, 2025. The permits cover named areas including previously filed Epona plus two applications, Taranis (359.5 km2) and Bélénos (440.9 km2), targeting polymetallic mineralization including gold along the South Armorican Shear Zone.

The French Geological Survey (BRGM) reported gold associated with strategic metals over more than 150 km of shear zone, and Aurania plans stakeholder engagement, airborne geophysics and field work. The permits align with EU and French initiatives to increase domestic critical metal supply.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) summarizes enhanced prospectivity at its Cutucu Project in southeastern Ecuador and confirms a renewed focus on gold and strategic‑metals projects in Europe and elsewhere.

Key points: since 2017 Aurania acquired 42 concessions, identified multiple epithermal gold targets (Crunchy Hill, Kuri‑Yawi, Apai) and porphyry copper prospects (Awacha cluster), discovered a 14 km sediment‑hosted copper zone at Tsenken, and reprocessed 2021 MobileMT data in 2024–2025 using improved 2.5D inversion revealing new anomalies. Due to evolving political and business conditions in Ecuador, the company has suspended on‑the‑ground activities and will “wait and see.”

Aurania Resources (OTCQB:AUIAF) signed a one-year MOU on Oct 28, 2025 with RSA and Firestone to evaluate recovery of critical metals (nickel, cobalt, chromium, iron, copper) from tailings at the former Balangero asbestos mine, ~25 km NNW of Turin, Italy.

RSA estimates ~60 million m3 (~153 million tonnes) of serpentinite tailings. Limited sampling reported an average 0.15% Ni (~229,500 tonnes Ni). Work includes mineralogical testing in Nancy, France, SRK scoping review (~6 months), and Firestone-led carbonation to neutralize asbestos and sequester CO2.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) has announced that its Board of Directors will receive their Q3 2025 quarterly director fees in stock options instead of cash compensation. Each director was granted 42,000 stock options at an exercise price of $0.145 per share on September 30, 2025.

A total of 168,000 stock options were issued, which vest immediately and are exercisable for three years from the grant date. Directors are responsible for paying the full exercise price if they choose to exercise the options.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) has confirmed a significant hydrothermal alteration zone at its Awacha porphyry copper target in Ecuador through an Anaconda-style mapping program. The company identified a large zone measuring over 6 km by 4 km of hydrothermal alteration, with rock-chip sampling yielding up to 0.37% Cu, 0.20 g/t Au, and other promising mineral indicators.

Porphyry copper expert Dr. Steve Garwin has delineated a 2,200 m x 1,200 m high-priority target zone, supported by magnetic high anomalies and elevated MobileMT conductivity. The target shows characteristics typical of mineralized porphyry systems, including potassic alteration and potential sulphide mineralization. The mapping program covered 17 km² and analyzed over 2,200 outcrops.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) has provided an update regarding Ecuador's new Mining Service Fee (TASA) implementation. The company has been requested to pay US$2,012,618 by July 31, 2025, representing one month of the total annual administrative fee of $24,151,420.

The company faces additional financial obligations with 2025 concession fees totaling US$2,441,227. Aurania has arranged to make an initial payment of US$488,245 (20% plus interest) by August 8, 2025, while negotiating payment terms for the remaining balance.

The new TASA fees exceed Aurania's current market capitalization and are considered unsustainable by the company. Four constitutional challenges against these fees are currently under review by Ecuadorian courts.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) has announced the granting of stock options to various stakeholders. The company issued 2,465,000 stock options to directors, officers, employees, and consultants at an exercise price of C$0.23, exercisable for five years from June 30, 2025.

Additionally, as part of a previously announced arrangement, directors received their Q2 2025 fees in stock options instead of cash, with each director granted 27,000 stock options at C$0.23 exercise price, totaling 108,000 stock options. These director fee options are exercisable for three years and vested immediately.

Aurania Resources (OTCQB: AUIAF) has reported significant findings from reprocessed Mobile MagnetoTellurics (MobileMT) data at its Awacha porphyry copper target in Ecuador. Using advanced 2D inversion technology, the company has identified six highly conductive anomalies that could indicate potential porphyry copper deposits.

The anomalies, detected approximately 250 meters below surface, exhibit deep roots and are associated with conductive sulphide minerals and porphyry-related alteration. The company has engaged porphyry copper expert Dr. Steve Garwin to review the Anaconda mapping data and provide recommendations for the most promising targets in the coming weeks.