AuRico Reports Second Quarter Production Results

AuRico Gold Inc.

reports the preliminary operational results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012. All amounts are in U.S. dollars. The Company will host a conference call on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Second Quarter Production Highlights Production results from AuRico's three core assets1 in North America include: Production of 51,101 gold ounces and 894,414 million silver ounces, or 67,411 gold equivalent ounces using the actual gold equivalency ratio of 54.8:1. Cash costs of $488 per gold equivalent ounce, using the actual gold equivalency ratio of 54.8:1.2