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Aureus loses its aura

TIP UPDATE: The gold price has taken an icy cold dip and we're bailing out of our heavily underwater tip to buy Aureus Mining
February 27, 2013

Given our cautious stance on gold, we think it's right to call time on our underperforming buy tip in gold explorer Aureus Mining (AUE).

IC TIP: Hold at 40p

In November, Aureus raised half of the $150m (£100m) needed to build its New Liberty gold mine in Liberia via a dilutive share issue. But the company has had trouble raising the debt portion, even though it has been in talks with various lenders since the summer.