Ecuador Gold Announces Exercise of Warrants

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Ecuador Gold & Copper Corp. (TSX VENTURE:EGX) (the "Company"), is pleased to
announce that Aura International Services Ltd. ("Aura") has completed the
exercise of 1,000,000 share purchase warrants (the "Warrants") and acquired
1,000,000 common shares of the Company in consideration of paying the Company a
total of US$75,000. 


The Warrants were issued pursuant to private placements which closed on August
23, 2013 and September 23, 2013 and were exercisable at a price of US$0.075. 


Aura previously exercised an aggregate of 38,333,331 share purchase warrants of
the Company in consideration of paying the Company US$3,000,000, as further
described in the Company's news releases filed on SEDAR.


Aura now holds a total of 129,063,587 common shares of the Company, representing
approximately 52.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company on an
undiluted basis. 


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term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
CHF Investor Relations
Jeanny So
[phone]
[e-mail]


Ecuador Gold & Copper Corp.
Glenn Laing
President and Chief Executive Officer
[phone]
[e-mail]