Trading Symbol TSX:ARU

AURELIAN RESOURCES INC.

NEWS RELEASE

September 30, 2008

For immediate release

Kinross now owns over 94% of Aurelian

TORONTO, September 30, 2008 – Aurelian Resources Inc. (TSX: ARU) announced today that it has been informed that Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) has acquired anadditional 5,412,884 common shares of Aurelian under its previously announced offer to acquireall of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aurelian. Kinross now owns 144,102,344 common shares of Aurelian, representing approximately 94.29% of Aurelian’s issued andoutstanding common shares (and approximately 93.67%, excluding the 15 million shares acquired by Kinross prior to the offer).

Kinross made its offer on July 28, 2008 when it mailed a take-over bid circular to Aurelianshareholders. The deposit period under the Kinross offer expired at 11:59 p.m. (Toronto time) on September 29, 2008. Kinross has also announced its intention to exercise its statutory rights under the Canada Business Corporations Act to compulsorily acquire the remaining commonshares of Aurelian that have not been deposited to the offer. Upon completion of the compulsory acquisition, Kinross has announced that it intends to apply to de-list the common shares ofAurelian from the Toronto Stock Exchange and to apply to securities regulatory authorities for Aurelian to cease to be a reporting issuer.

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