Ariana Resources plc : Holding(s) in Company

9(th) December 2011
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU


                              HOLDINGS IN COMPANY

Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development  company focused on Turkey,  were informed on 7(th) December 2011 by
T1ps   Investment  Management  (IOM)  Limited  that  following  T1ps  Investment
Management  (IOM) Ltd  taking on  the management  of Athol  Gold & Value Ltd and
exercise  of warrants on 2(nd) December  2011, their total holding has increased
to  39,462,877 ordinary shares, ("the Shares")  representing 15.2% of the voting
rights.  The Shares are held in the SFT1ps Smaller Companies Gold Fund (12.83)%,
SFT1ps  Smaller  Companies  Growth  Fund  (0.2%)  and Athol Gold & Value Limited
(2.17%),  funds under the discretionary management of T1ps Investment Management
(IOM)  Limited, on behalf of BNY Nominees Limited, Rivington Street Stockbrokers
Limited.


Contacts:

 Ariana Resources plc              Tel: [phone]

 Michael Spriggs, Chairman

 Kerim Sener, Managing Director



 Beaumont Cornish Limited          Tel: [phone]

 Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt



 Fairfax I.S. PLC                  Tel: [phone]

 Ewan Leggat / Laura Littley



 St Brides Media & Finance Ltd     Tel: [phone]

 Hugo de Salis / Susie Geliher





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 developing 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.
 European  Goldfields owns  51% of this  joint venture  and, as the operator, is
fully  funding all  exploration work  on the  JV properties  until delivery of a
feasibility study.

The  Company's flagship assets  are its Sindirgi  and Tavsan gold projects which
form  the Red Rabbit Gold  Project.  Both 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 and now form
part  of  a  Joint  Venture  with  Proccea  Construction Co.  The total resource
inventory of the Company stands at 448,000 ounces of gold equivalent.

Ariana   also   has   a   strategic   investment  in  Tigris  Resources  Limited
(www.tigrisresources.com),  a private Jersey-based exploration company, which is
focused  on the exploration of copper  and gold deposits in southeastern Turkey.
 Ariana retains 13% of Tigris Resources Limited.

Fairfax  I.S. PLC is the  Broker 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.

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