Auris Minerals Limited provided the update on exploration activities completed during the December quarter 2018 at the Morck Well Joint Venture (JV) with Sandfire Resources NL in the Bryah Basin, Western Australia. The current JV spend to date is $7.4 million. Diamond Drilling (DD): Two DD tails were completed during Fourth Quarter 2018, for a total advance of 1,135m. Both holes were pre-collared by RC drilling. Four DD holes have been drilled by Sandfire Resources on the Morck Well JV, to date (for 2,465m). MWDD0002 (1,084m total depth) was drilled to test the down-dip continuity of the target sedimentary horizon, approximately 350m below MWRC0001 and 550m below the deepest massive sulphide intercept, in MWAC0112. A mixed package of exhalative sediments and peperitic pillow basalts was intersected at the target depth, with minor pyrrhotite, sphalerite and trace pyrite disseminated in the sediments and close to peperitic contacts. Massive dolerites cross-cut the entire sequence. MWDD0003A (313m total depth) was drilled to test a subtle EM anomaly, identified in a downhole EM survey of MWDD0001. MWDD0003A intersected two zones (1.6m and 10.7m thick) of semi-massive and stringer-style pyrite and chalcopyrite, at the modelled conductor depth within the target exhalative sediment horizon which features chlorite alteration. The hole ended in dolerite. The horizon is now considered fully tested at this target location and at this stage no more work is anticipated. Results from Holes MWDD0002, 3A were not available at time of reporting. Reverse Circulation (RC) Drilling Six RC holes were drilled (in addition to the two DD pre-collars - one other pre-collar was abandoned due to loss of survey control) during fourth quarter 2018, for a total RC advance of 2,934m. Sixteen RC holes have been drilled by Sandfire Resources on the Morck Well JV to date (for 7,455m). Five of the six exploration RC holes drilled (MWRC0012-0016) were drilled at 400m intervals along strike, to test the southwestern extension of the Morck Well sedimentary package in which massive sulphides were intersected in May 2018. Four of the holes intersected magnetite-rich exhalative sediments, associated with strong hematite- and chlorite- altered siltstones. Thin zones (1m) of fine-grained disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite were logged in two of the holes, and broader zones (up to 33m thick) of fine-grained pyrite occur in two others. These results confirm that the prospective stratigraphic sequence continues to the southwest and, this bodes well for future exploration. The sixth RC hole, MWRC0011, was drilled to test a similar horizon, with anomalous geochemistry, higher in the sequence. This hole intersected chloritic sediments, with minor basalt. Assays for holes MWRC0011-16 have not been received at the time of this release. Significant assays received from previous RC drilling are presented in Table 3. Refer to recent AUR Quarterly dated 29 October 2018 for location of significant assays. Hole MWRC0010 returned multiple anomalous copper intersects down its length (3m @ 0.12% Cu from 144m; 10m @ 0.30% Cu from 175m; and 1m @ 0.19% Cu from 208m). Aircore Drilling Program: 513 aircore holes (MWAC1198-1200, MWAC1293-1773, MWAC1801-1825) were drilled on the Morck Well JV Project during Fourth Quarter 2018, for a total advance of 39,802m . In total, Sandfire Resources have drilled 1,803 aircore holes on the Morck Well JV to date (for 131,681m). Aircore drilling is planned on a 400x100m grid, to test the entire area of prospective Karalundi and Narracoota Formation geology. Drill coverage extended to the boundary of the historic Frenchy's Patch mining lease owned by a separate party. Typical lithologies mapped from the drilling included: quartz and lithic arenite, wacke and siltstone sediments, sediment- and mafic-derived breccias and conglomerates, basalts and dolerite (Karalundi Formation); quartz arenites and wackes (Doolgunna Formation); mafic-derived conglomerates and breccias, basalts and dolerite (Narracoota Formation); and quartzite, quartz arenite and carbonaceous siltstone (Mount Leake Formation). All but the latter are prospective. Many aircore drilling assays have not yet been reported by the laboratory, but geological interpretations (the mapping of prospective stratigraphy) are updated regularly.