Ariana Resources at Master Investor 2010

21 April 2010
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU
 
                    ARIANA RESOURCES AT MASTER INVESTOR 2010
 
Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development  company focused on Turkey will  be exhibiting at this year's Master
Investor  Show, held at  the Business Design  Centre in Islington on 24th April.
 Ariana  Resources will join more than  100 quoted companies at the event, which
attracts over 2,000 high net worth private investors and industry professionals.
 
Ariana  Resources will be sharing with investors  the story of the Company, from
grass  roots  exploration  to  a  fully-fledged exploration and gold development
company  within only 5 years  of listing on  AIM.  In 2009 the Company completed
its  first gold  pour having  produced 387 oz  of gold  from trial  mining.  The
company is now set to make the all important transition from exploration to mine
development  and  is  in  the  final  stages  of  a joint venture agreement with
Turkey's mining industry leader; Proccea Construction Co.
 
Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:
 
"We  aim to deliver  shareholder value through  a duel strategy  of developing a
profitable  mining operation  and resource  expansion through  exploration.  Our
strong  in country expertise along with  our track record of consistent delivery
against targets will enable us to achieve further value through acquisitions and
strategic  partnerships  in  Turkey.   We  have  our sights set on targeting the
discovery of a multi-million ounce gold deposit in Turkey."
 
Contacts:
 
 Ariana Resources plc
 
 Michael Spriggs, Chairman            Tel: 020 7407 3616
 
 Kerim Sener, Managing Director
 
Beaumont Cornish Limited             Tel: 020 7628 3396
 
 Roland Cornish
 
Alexander David Securities Limited   Tel: 020 7448 9820
 
 Nick Bealer / David Scott
 
Loeb Aron & Company Ltd              Tel: 020 7628 1128
 
 Peter Freeman / Frank Lucas
 
Editors' note:
 
About Ariana Resources
 
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  geological and remote-sensing  database, on its  own in western Turkey
and in Joint Venture with European Goldfields Limited in north-eastern Turkey.
 
The  Company's flagship assets are its  Sindirgi and Tavsan gold projects.  Both
projects  contain  a  series  of  prospects,  within  two  prolific  mineralised
districts  in the Western Anatolian Volcanic  and Extensional (WAVE) Province in
western  Turkey.  This Province hosts the largest operating gold mines in Turkey
and  remains highly prospective for new porphyry and epithermal deposits.  These
core  projects, which are  separated by a  distance of 75km, are presently being
assessed  as  to  their  economic  merits.   The total resource inventory of the
Company stands at 401,000 ounces of gold equivalent.
 
Loeb  Aron  &  Company  Ltd.  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
atwww.arianaresources.com <http://www.arianaresources.com/>.
 
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