Aurora Russia Limited announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held earlier today Resolution 1, which granted the Board of the Company all necessary authorities to effect the issue of New Ordinary Shares announced on 17 December 2009, was passed by Shareholders.

Resolution 2, which proposed an amendment to the Company's Articles to provide a general authority to permit the Directors to accept in specie subscriptions for new Ordinary Shares, was not passed by Shareholders.

It is anticipated that the New Ordinary Shares will be admitted to trading on AIM at 8.00am on 7 January 2010.

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