Ariana Resources plc : Issue of Equity
27 June 2012
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU
ISSUE OF EQUITY
TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the gold exploration and development company focused on Turkey, today announces the issue of 1,038,712 new ordinary shares at 2.39 pence (the "Issue") to raise £24,180 net. The proceeds will be used for general working capital purposes. The Issue is made pursuant to and following a draw down under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement ("SEDA") entered into by the Company with YA Global Master SPV Ltd (which is advised by Yorkville Advisors LLC) as announced on 26 January 2012.
Application will be made for the 1,038,712 new ordinary shares, which rank pari passu with all existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission"). Admission is expected to take place on or around 2 July 2012.
As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 270,368,220 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 270,368,220.
The Company's issued share capital consists of 270,368,220 Ordinary Shares and this number should 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.
Contacts:
| Ariana Resources plc | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 3616 |
| Michael Spriggs, Chairman | |
| Kerim Sener, Managing Director | |
| Beaumont Cornish Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
| Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt | |
| Fairfax I.S. PLC | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7598 5368 |
| Ewan Leggat / Laura Littley | |
| St Brides Media & Finance Ltd | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 |
| Susie Geliher / Hugo de Salis | |
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.
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 maintains a Joint Venture in northeastern Turkey and 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 approximately 13% of Tigris Resources Limited.
Fairfax I.S. PLC are 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.
The owner of this announcement warrants that:
(i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and
(ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the
information contained therein.
Source: Ariana Resources plc via Thomson Reuters ONE
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