Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 5309J

Ariana Resources PLC

24 August 2021

 

24 August 2021

AIM: AAU

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the AIM-listed mineral exploration and development company with joint-venture gold mining operations in Europe , announces that it was informed yesterday that :

Michael de Villiers, Chairman, yesterday

-  purchased 300,000 ordinary shares in his SIPP at an average price of 4.6675 pence;

and

Mrs de Villiers, wife of Michael de Villiers, yesterday

-  purchased 300,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 4.675 pence.

Mr de Villiers now holds 60,000,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing a holding of 5.5% of the issued share capital.

Contacts:

Ariana Resources plc	Tel: [phone]
Michael de Villiers, Chairman
Kerim Sener, Managing Director
Beaumont Cornish Limited	Tel: [phone]
Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited	Tel: [phone]
James Stearns /Atholl Tweedie
Yellow Jersey PR Limited	Tel: [phone]
Dom Barretto/Joe Burgess / Henry Wilkinson	[e-mail]

Michael de Villiers

1	Details of the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)	Name	Michael de Villiers
2	Reason for notification
a)	Position / status	Director
b)	I nitial notification /Amendment	Initial
3	Detailsoftheissuer, emissionallowancemarketparticipant,auctionplatform, auctioneerorauctionmonitor
a)	Name	Ariana Resources plc
b)	LEI	213800LVVY7GZY21LH22
4	Detailsofthetransaction(s): sectiontoberepeatedfor(i)eachtypeofinstrument; (ii)eachtypeoftransaction;(iii)eachdate;and(iv)eachplace wheretransactions havebeenconducted
a)	Description  of  the financial instrument, type ofinstrument I d e ntification code	Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Ariana Resources plc ISIN GB00B085SD50
	Nature of the transaction	-  Purchase of shares in SIPP -  Purchase of shares by Mrs de Villiers -
c)	Price(s) and volumes(s)	Price(s) Volumes(s) 4.6675 300,000 4.675 300,000
d)	Aggregated information	n/a
e)	Date of the transaction	23 August 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	LSX

 

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