AURUS: The Board of Directors

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 13, 2009) - AURUS CORP (PINKSHEETS: AURC) announces that
Mr. Lvov Andrey Jurevich has been appointed as the new President of the
company. Mr. Jurevich received his higher education from Irkutsk
polytechnical institute. He has extensive experience within the prospecting
and gold mining enterprises of the Magadan region since 1976;
specialization -- the geologist, the mountain master, the chief of a site,
the general director, the president of the companies -- STELSGEO LLC,
Sosnovgeologija, SevVostGeologija, "RemBurStroj." Ms. Alexandra Korogod
was appointed as the chief financial officer of the company. Her higher
education was received from Murmansk State Technical University (speciality
-- "the Finance and the credit"), the Saint-Petersburg State
Engineering-Economic University (speciality -- "the Finance and the
credit", specialization -- "Banking"), School Embassy ILAC (Toronto,
Canada). Her operational experience: KB "Monchebank," Murmansk; KB
"GUTA-BANK,"
Saint-Petersburg (department of the currency control). Now she lives in
Toronto, Canada.

The basis for the specified personnel changes: RESOLUTION OF THE MINUTES OF
A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AURUS CORPORATION from August 2,
2009.

More detailed information will be presented on the company site.

About Aurus Corporation

Aurus Corporation is a publicly traded mining holding company with several
precious metal properties with over 5 million ounces in gold reserves,
trading under the ticker symbol AURC on the US Pinksheets market. Aurus
seeks to continue to acquire proven gold and other precious metal reserves
in Russia and other emerging counties and operate its mines through joint
ventures and/or partnerships.