Aurania Resources Ltd. reported that laboratory assays have confirmed the presence of the high-tech metals, gallium (Ga) and indium (In) in significant amounts in rock-chip samples from the Tiria-Shimpia target in the company's Lost Cities ­ Cutucu Project in southeastern Ecuador. So far, sampling at Tiria-Shimpia has produced maximum values of 163 parts per million (ppm) for gallium and 39 ppm for indium. These high values are associated with high silver and zinc grades in rock-chip samples. It should be made clear that the company has not performed any metallurgical testing to date to determine the extent to which these metals are recoverable in any quantity, if at all. Gallium and indium values are concentrated in the central part of the Tiria-Shimpia target in an area approximately 500 metres long, that remains open to the south. Elevated gallium and indium are found in crackle-brecciated limestone that contains veins of sphalerite and barite, associated with high values in silver and zinc reported in prior press releases dated May 21, 2021. Laboratories: the rock samples were prepared for analysis at MS Analytical (MSA) in Cuenca, Ecuador, and the analyses were done in Vancouver, Canada. Sample preparation: the rock samples were jaw-crushed to 10 mesh (crushed material passes through a mesh with apertures of 2 millimetres (mm)), from which a one-kilogram sub-sample was taken. The sub-sample was crushed to a grain size of 0.075mm and a 200 gram (g) split was set aside for analysis. Analytical procedure: approximately 0.25g of rock pulp underwent four-acid digestion and analysis for 48 elements by ICP-MS. For the over-limit samples, those that had a grade of greater than 1% copper and 100g/t silver, 0.4 grams of pulp underwent digestion in four acids and the resulting liquid was diluted and analyzed by ICP-MS. QAQC: the company’s personnel inserted a certified standard pulp sample, alternating with a field blank, at approximate 20 sample intervals in all sample batches. The company’s analysis of results from its independent QAQC samples showed the batches reported on above, lie within acceptable limits. In addition, the labs reported that the analyses had passed their internal QAQC tests.