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11 June 2008

AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

Ariana Resources plc ("the Company"), the gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, announces, for the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Services Authority, the following:

 

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 89,855,078 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each, with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares").  The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 89,855,078.

 

The above figure of 89,855,078 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

 

 

Ariana is an exploration and development company focused on epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits in Turkey.  The Company is exploring a portfolio of prospective licences selected on the basis of its in-house remote-sensing database.

 

The Company's flagship asset is the Sindirgi Gold Project, which targets a series of prospects, within a prolific mineralised district in western Turkey.  The project hosts over 45km of gold-silver bearing epithermal quartz veins.  This project is presently being assessed as to its economic merits. 

 

Loeb Aron & Company Ltd., City Capital Corporation Limited and Alexander David Securities Limited are joint brokers to the Company and Beaumont Cornish Limited is the Company's Nominated Adviser.

 

For further information on Ariana you are invited to visit the Company's website at www.arianaresources.com.