Director's Dealings

14 May 2010
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                              DIRECTOR'S DEALINGS

Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development company focused on Turkey, announces that it was informed today that
on  12 May 2010, Michael  de Villiers,  Director, purchased  a total of 164,000
ordinary shares of 1 pence each at a price of 3 pence per share.

Following this acquisition, Mr. de Villiers will hold 2,249,142 ordinary shares,
representing a holding in the Company of 1%.

The  Company also announces that it has issued and allotted 100,000 shares at 3
pence per share to Michael Spriggs, Director, in lieu of salary.  Following this
issue  Mr. Spriggs will hold 619,072 ordinary  shares, representing a holding in
the Company of 0.3%.

Application  has been  made to  the London  Stock Exchange  for the new ordinary
shares  which will  rank, pari  passu, with  all existing  ordinary shares to be
admitted to trading.  Admission is expected on or around 20 May 2010.

There will be 221,734,101 shares in issue following this issue and allotment.

Contacts:

 Ariana Resources plc                 Tel: [phone]

 Michael Spriggs, Chairman

 Kerim Sener, Managing Director



 Beaumont Cornish Limited             Tel: [phone]

 Roland Cornish



 Alexander David Securities Limited   Tel: [phone]

 Nick Bealer / David Scott



 Loeb Aron & Company Ltd              Tel: [phone]

 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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