Shares Listed: Toronto Stock Exchange - Ticker Symbol - ARZ NYSE Amex - Ticker Symbol - AZK U.S. Registration: (File 001-31893) VANCOUVER, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pursuant to the Company's Incentive Stock Option Plan, incentive stock options have been granted for the purchase of up to 2,052,500 common shares at a price of $4.84 per share exercisable for a five year period, of which 963,125 share options vest immediately, with the balance vesting over three years from the date of grant. DATASOURCE: Aurizon Mines Ltd. CONTACT: Aurizon Mines Ltd., David Hall, President and C.E.O., Telephone: (604) 687-6600, Toll Free: 1-888-411-GOLD, Fax: (604) 687-3932; Ian S. Walton, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Telephone: (604) 687-6600, Toll Free: 1-888-411-GOLD, Fax: (604) 687-3932, Web Site: http://www.aurizon.com/, Email: ; or Renmark Financial Communications Inc., 2080 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Montreal, QC, H3H 1R6, Barry Mire: ; Maurice Dagenais: ; Media: Valerie Lacasse: , Tel: (514) 939-3989, Fax: (514) 939-3717

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