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EXPECTED CLOSING OF US$16 MILLION OFFERING

October 10, 2013

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10 October 2013

Aureus Mining Inc.

TSX : AUE

AIM : AUE

NEWS RELEASE

EXPECTED CLOSING OF US$16 MILLION OFFERING

Further to the announcements made on 2 October 2013 and 3 October 2013, Aureus Mining Inc. (“Aureus” or the “Company”) confirms that application was submitted to AIM on 4 October 2013 for the admission of 30,900,000 common shares (“Shares”).

The Company anticipates that Admission will occur at 2.30pm London time today following formal closing of the Offering.

Defined terms used in this announcement, unless defined herein, have the same meanings as in the Company’s announcement released via RNS on 2 October 2013.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States or any other jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state laws. No public offering of securities will be made in the United States.

Contact Information

Aureus Mining Inc.

David Reading / Paul Thomson

Tel: +44(0) 20 7010 7690

Buchanan

Bobby Morse/ Gordon Poole

Tel: +44(0) 20 7466 5000

RBC Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

Martin Eales / Richard Hughes

Tel: +44(0) 20 7653 4000

GMP Securities Europe LLP (Joint Broker)

Richard Greenfield / Alexandra Carse

Tel: +44(0) 20 7647 2800