Change of advisors

February 14, 2012

Aureus Mining Inc.

TSX : AUE

AIM : AUE

Change of Nominated Adviser and appointment of Joint Broker

February 14, 2012 - Aureus Mining Inc. (TSX: AUE / AIM: AUE) ("Aureus Mining" or the "Company") announces that it has appointed RBC Europe Limited, trading as RBC Capital Markets, as its Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker with immediate effect.

Additionally, the Company announces that is has appointed GMP Securities Europe LLP to act as its Joint Broker with immediate effect.

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About Aureus Mining

The Company's assets include the New Liberty gold deposit in Liberia (the "New Liberty Gold Project"), which has an estimated Reserve of 873,000 ounces of gold grading 3.1 g/t and an estimated Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 1,086,000 ounces of gold grading 3.6 g/t and an estimated Inferred Mineral Resource of 483,000 ounces of gold grading 3.5 g/t. A technical update for the New Liberty gold project was released in February 2012, de-risking and building on the robust preliminary economic assessment ("PEA"), filed in December 2010. This update outlined an improved pre-tax NPV of US$ 260 million based on a US$ 1,350/oz. average gold price and a discount rate of 8 %, with an 8 year mine life and an average production of 123,000 ounces per year modelled for the first four years.

The New Liberty Gold Project is located within the Bea Mountain mining license which covers 457 km2 and has a 25 year, renewable, mineral development agreement. The Bea Mountain mining license also hosts the proximal gold targets of Ndablama, Gondoja and Weaju, which are the focus of exploration programs during 2012 along with the Company's Archaen Gold exploration license contiguous with and immediately south of the Bea Mountain mining license and containing the Leopard Rock target.

The Company also has gold assets within exploration properties in Cameroon.