Directors' Share Dealing

October 21, 2009
 
TSX-V:  AUR
AIM:  AAAM
 
                      African Aura Mining Inc.
 
                      Directors' Share Dealing
 
October 21, 2009,  African Aura  Mining Inc. ("African  Aura" or  the
"Company") (TSX-V: AUR)  and (AIM:  AAAM); the  Company was  informed
October 20, 2009 that Luis da Silva, Guy Pas and Steven Poulton,  all
Directors of  the Company,  made the  following purchases  of  common
shares of the Company ("Common Shares"):
 
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|         |    Common |  Price |  Date of |     Total |      Common |
|         |    Shares |    per | purchase |    Common |  Shares  as |
|         | purchased | Common |          |    Shares |           a |
|         |           |  Share |          |      held |  percentage |
|         |           |    (£) |          | following |  of current |
|         |           |        |          |  purchase |      issued |
|         |           |        |          |           |       share |
|         |           |        |          |           |     capital |
|         |           |        |          |           |         (%) |
|---------+-----------+--------+----------+-----------+-------------|
| Luis da |     8,134 |     61 |  October |    12,509 |        0.02 |
| Silva   |           |        | 20, 2009 |           |             |
|---------+-----------+--------+----------+-----------+-------------|
| Guy Pas |   560,250 |   61.5 |  October | 4,959,226 |        9.38 |
|         |           |        | 20, 2009 |           |             |
|---------+-----------+--------+----------+-----------+-------------|
| Steven  |     8,200 |     60 |  October | 1,146,450 |        2.17 |
| Poulton |           |        | 19, 2009 |           |             |
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About African Aura Mining Inc.
African Aura is  an established African  exploration and  development
company with a  primary listing on  the TSX-V (AUR)  and a  secondary
listing on  London's  AIM (AAAM).  African  Aura is  focused  on  the
development of  world-class  iron ore  and  gold deposits  in  highly
prospective, under  explored  countries of  sub-Saharan  Africa.  The
Company has a highly motivated and experienced team with a record  of
discovering mines and  taking projects through  development and  into
production in African.
 
African Aura's assets include  the New Liberty  gold deposit and  the
Putu iron ore project,  both in Liberia. Putu  is being explored  and
operated by the Company's Joint Venture partner, Severstal  Resources
(the mining division of OAO  Severstal).  Severstal Resources is  one
of the largest  mining companies  in Russia  with EBITDA  in 2008  of
US$859 million.   The Company  also  has a  59% interest  in  diamond
producer Stellar Diamonds Ltd. A pioneer in Africa, African Aura  has
attracted some excellent strategic  partners and shareholders  always
with the objective of preserving or enhancing shareholder value.  For
further information  on the  Company  you are  invited to  visit  its
website at www.african-aura.com, or SEDAR's website at www.sedar.com,
or contact one of the following:
 
African Aura Mining Inc.
Luis da Silva, President & CEO             Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7299 4212
 
Evolution Securities Limited
Simon Edwards / Chris Sim / Neil Elliot    Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7071 4300
 
Pelham Public Relations
Charles Vivian / James MacFarlane          Tel:  +44 (0) 20 7337 1500
 
Qualified Person
African  Aura's  Qualified  Person  responsible  for  preparing  this
release is Dr. Tom  Elder, who holds a  BSc and Doctorate in  Geology
from the  University of  Durham in  the UK,  is a  Fellow and  former
Member of Council of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, and  a
Fellow of the Geological Society.
 
Quality Control and Sample Preparation
African Aura has a rigorous Quality Control Program (QCP) inserting a
minimum 5%  of  standards,  blanks and  duplicates  into  the  sample
stream. The  Company employs  independently  owned and  managed  OMAC
Laboratories  for   all  its   assay  requirements,   including   the
preparation  of  pulps  to  90%  -100  micron  at  their   in-country
preparation facilities  in Liberia,  followed by  XRF at  their  main
laboratory in Loughrea, Ireland.
 
OMAC is accredited to ISO 17025 by INAB (Irish National Accreditation
Board)  which  is   a  member  of   ILAC  (International   Laboratory
Accreditation Cooperation), and  is a  signatory to  the ILAC  Mutual
Recognition Arrangement. OMAC operates an internal QA/QC check  assay
programme using in-house standards, reagent blanks and duplicates.
 
Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes  certain forward-looking statements.  All
statements,  other  than  statements  of  historical  fact,  included
herein, including without limitation, statements regarding the future
plans and objectives of African Aura, are forward-looking  statements
that involve various  known and  unknown risks  and uncertainties  as
well as other factors. Such forward-looking statements are subject to
a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results  or
events to  differ  materially from  current  expectations,  including
delays  in  obtaining  or  failure  to  obtain  required   regulatory
approvals. There can be no assurance that such statements will  prove
to be  accurate and  actual results  and future  events could  differ
materially  from   those   anticipated  in   such   statements.   Any
forward-looking statements  speak only  as of  the date  hereof  and,
except as may be  required by applicable  law, African Aura  disclaim
any obligation to update  or modify such forward-looking  statements,
either as a result of new information, future events or for any other
reason.
 
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
(as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
 accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Ends
 
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