Aura Minerals, Inc. engages in the development and operation of gold, copper, and base metal projects in the Americas. The company is headquartered in Coconut Grove, Florida. The company went IPO on 2007-07-31. The company is focused on the development and operation of gold and base metal projects in the Americas. Its five operating assets include the Minosa gold mine in Honduras; the Almas, Apoena, and Borborema gold mines in Brazil; and the Aranzazu copper, gold, and silver mine in Mexico. The company also owns Era Dorada, a gold project in Guatemala; Tolda Fria, a gold project in Colombia; and three projects in Brazil: Matupa, which is under development; Sao Francisco, which is in care and maintenance; and the Carajas copper project in the Carajas region, in the exploration phase. The Aranzazu Mine is an underground copper mine that is located within the Municipality of Concepcion Del Oro in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico. Almas is an open-pit mining operation with ore processing through the CIL system, located in the Almas Greenstone Belt. The company also owns Mineracao Serra Grande gold mine located in Crixas, in the state of Goias, Brazil.