Aurania Resources Ltd. reported on a new epithermal target called Kuripan in its Lost Cities - Cutucu Project in southeastern Ecuador. Gold has been panned from streams that drain the target area. The streams where gold was panned drain an area in which silica veinlets that have typical epithermal characteristics, occur in volcanic tuff. Results from stream sediment sampling show that, in addition to gold and silver, the area is enriched in pathfinder elements such as naturally occurring arsenic and antimony. Gold was panned from streams over an area of approximately 12 square kilometres. Pan concentrates returned values of up to 1 gram per tonne ("g/t") and the gold grains have an irregular shape consistent with a local source. Stream sediment sample results have elevated concentrations of silver, arsenic and antimony, and mercury, molybdenum, selenium and thallium. The target area lies within a sequence of black shales and siltstones of the Jurassic Santiago Formation. These strata are extensively silicified in the target area and some chalcedonic silica contains casts of adularia, a key alteration mineral found in low- and intermediate- sulphidation epithermal systems. Banded chalcedonic veinlets are located in volcanic tuff, which is not an ideal host for epithermal veins because the rock is not sufficiently brittle for intense veining to occur. The target for well-developed epithermal veins is the thick lavas beneath the area in which gold occurs at surface. A clay-altered diatreme breccia is located near the target area and near where the adularia casts were found. The diatreme is reminiscent of the lower parts of the maar-diatreme systems at Crunchy Hill and Yawi. The occurrence of adularia with extensive manganese oxide staining suggests that the mineralized system is an intermediate-sulphidation epithermal. Next Steps; Soil sampling teams are operating in the Kuripan area - the intention being to define the area from which the gold is being eroded into the streams. More detailed geological mapping is underway to refine the target with emphasis on the distribution of brittle lavas that lie beneath the target area.