Aurcana Announces Completion of Issuance of Debt Settlement Shares Under Amended Credit Facility Agreement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 9, 2014) - Aurcana Corporation ("Aurcana" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AUN)(OTCQX:AUNFF) is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated April 30, 2014, it has received regulatory acceptance to the issuance of the balance of 10,081,252 common shares (the "Settlement Shares") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the amended and restated credit facility agreement (the "Amended Credit Facility Agreement") dated April 29, 2014 with Orion Mine Finance (Master) Fund I LP (the "Lender"), an affiliate of Orion Mine Finance Group.

Together with the 6,418,249 common shares issued to the Lender on April 30, 2014, Aurcana has now issued an aggregate of 16,499,501 common shares of the Company to the Lender at a deemed issue price of US$0.62 or Cdn$0.69, in consideration for reducing the principal amount outstanding under the original loan with an affiliate of Orion Mine Finance Group and terminating the Shafter Mine silver and gold offtake agreement.

The Settlement Shares are subject to a hold period under applicable securities laws expiring on September 9, 2014 and have been deposited in escrow pursuant to the terms of a voluntary escrow agreement, to be released in quarterly instalments over a period of 12 months from closing, subject to earlier release in certain circumstances.

About Aurcana Corporation

Aurcana Corporation is a primary silver producing company with two properties: the La Negra Mine in Mexico and the Shafter Mine in Texas, US. The latter was put on care and maintenance in December 2013, in part due to depressed silver prices. The Company continues to plan further expansion at its La Negra Mine and to focus on surface exploration on its extensive land holdings in the Maconi Mining District.

About Orion Mine Finance

Orion Mine Finance provides flexible financing solutions to mining companies in the precious and base metals sectors for the purposes of developing, constructing, expanding or acquiring mining projects. Orion Mine Finance has approximately $1.15 billion under management, dedicated exclusively to the mine finance business.

Orion Mine Finance operates across the global metals industry with offices in New York, Denver, Sydney and Bermuda. Investors in Orion Mine Finance include college endowments, foundations, family offices, pensions and other institutional investors. For additional information about Orion Mine Finance, please visit www.orionminefinance.com.