Drilling and Results Update

19 December 2007
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                     DRILLING AND RESULTS UPDATE

Ariana  Resources  plc   ("Ariana"  or  "the   Company"),  the   gold
exploration company focused on  Turkey, announces additional  results
from 14 Reverse Circulation  (RC) drill holes  completed on the  Arzu
South  Vein,  at  the  Kiziltepe   gold  prospect.    This   provides
supplementary information to an announcement made earlier this  month
and includes silver grades and unreported gold intersections.

Highlights


  * New intersections include 10m at 6.3 g/t Au equiv. and 5m @ 20.1
    g/t Au equiv.



  * Peak grades over 1m intervals include 43.8 g/t Au and 1070 g/t Ag



  * 2,500m of additional drilling to commence next week


Details of Programme

This release reports additional assay data for the 14 RC drill  holes
reported on the  3rd December.   The holes reported  in that  release
totalled 1,298m and  were drilled  to depths  of between  60 and  135
metres along a  650m section of  vein strike length.   The new  assay
data has  been added  to  the original  data  table and  the  updated
intersections are  given in  Table 1  below.   Three new  mineralised
intersections have been added to the original table, the most notable
of which is 10m at 6.3 g/t Au equivalent.

A further programme of  2,500 m of  drilling, devised in  conjunction
with our consultants, SRK, is now  scheduled to commence on the  25th
December 2007.  This additional drilling  will target the top 50m  of
the current resource and  is designed to drill-out  the veins to  20m
lateral and vertical  spacing.   This spacing is  designed to  enable
estimation of a JORC-compliant resource in the Measured and Indicated
categories throughout the upper 75m of  the vein system.  This  depth
will account for the mineralisation most likely to be accepted by  an
open pit model  and provide  the geological control  required in  the
uppermost zone of the resource.

Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"These results build upon and confirm the positive results  announced
earlier this month.

"The additional  drilling due  to  commence next  week will  help  to
determine the resource potential  of the near surface  mineralisation
at the Arzu Vein.  We also intend to determine the optimal mining and
processing route for this relatively high-grade resource, which,  due
to its proximity to surface, could be mined by open pit.

"We expect  to complete  the drill  programme in  early 2008  and  to
revise the resource estimate in the second quarter."


Table 1: RC drill hole intersections  from the Arzu South Vein,  with
new data in bold text.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|         |         |          | From | To  | Apparent | Gold | Silver  |Au + Au |
|  Hole   | Easting | Northing | (m)  | (m) |Width (m) | (Au  |(Ag g/t) | equiv. |
|         |         |          |      |     |          | g/t) |         | (g/t)  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                NORTHERN SECTION                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC01-07  | 607767  | 4348842  |  61  | 62  |   1.00   | 1.81 |  44.30  |  2.70  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  66  | 69  |   3.00   | 2.09 |  64.63  |  3.38  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  71  | 76  |   5.00   | 2.27 |  85.56  |  3.98  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 MIDDLE SECTION                                 |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC02-07  | 607950  | 4348624  |  27  | 30  |    3     | 6.15 |  83.43  |  7.82  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC03-07  | 607990  | 4348582  |  27  | 31  |    4     |10.12 | 131.20  | 12.74  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  35  | 39  |    4     | 1.16 |  14.98  |  1.46  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  40  | 41  |    1     | 4.19 |  39.50  |  4.98  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  43  | 44  |    1     | 2.07 |  28.3   |  2.64  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC11-07  | 608042  | 4348591  |  97  | 98  |    1     | 0.99 |  1.90   |  1.03  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          | 101  | 104 |    3     | 0.86 |  24.27  |  1.35  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          | 110  | 114 |    4     | 1.48 |  53.30  |  2.54  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC12-07  | 608033  | 4348538  |  30  | 33  |    3     | 0.98 |  9.67   |  1.18  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|         |         |          |  55  | 56  |    1     | 1.22 |  45.90  |  2.14  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|         |         |          |  57  | 67  |    10    | 4.72 |  81.01  |  6.34  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                SOUTHERN SECTION                                |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC04-07  | 608048  | 4348506  |  52  | 55  |    3     | 2.61 |  87.33  |  4.36  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  72  | 75  |    3     | 1.65 |  56.70  |  2.79  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC05-07  | 608036  | 4348463  |  58  | 64  |    6     | 6.62 | 167.97  |  9.98  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC06-07  | 608045  | 4348405  |  44  | 49  |    5     |13.62 | 322.06  | 20.06  |
|---------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------|
|RC07-07  | 608062  | 4348352  |No significant result                            |
|---------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------|
|RC08-07  | 608048  | 4348308  |  33  | 34  |    1     | 2.45 |  6.00   |  2.57  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC13-07  | 608069  | 4348488  |  93  | 97  |    4     | 1.41 |  73.73  |  2.89  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC14-07  | 608087  | 4348404  |  92  | 95  |    3     | 1.28 |  20.87  |  1.69  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|RC15-07  | 608088  | 4348375  |  80  | 83  |    3     | 2.05 |  5.17   |  2.15  |
|---------+---------+----------+------+-----+----------+------+---------+--------|
|And      |         |          |  88  | 94  |    6     | 3.14 |  66.73  |  4.48  |
|---------+---------+----------+-------------------------------------------------|
|RC09-07  | 608044  | 4348278  |No significant result                            |
|---------+----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC10-07  |Cancelled                                                             |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Notes:                                                                          |
|No top cut has been applied to assay results                                    |
|Intersections based on a 0.5 g/t cut off grade                                  |
|Weighted averages have been calculated for core recovery and gold/silver grades |
|Au + Au equiv. g/t is the sum of the gold grade and the gold equivalent grade of|
|silver based on a gold/silver price ratio of approximately 1:50                 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


Sampling and Assaying Procedures

To date 316 RC chip samples  from the drilling programme on the  Arzu
Vein were sent for assay.  Of these, 220 samples have returned grades
of less than 0.5 g/t Au (70% of the total), 39 samples between  0.5-1
g/t Au (12% of total),  40 between 1-5 g/t Au  (13% of total) and  17
samples above 5 g/t Au  (5% of total), with  the peak grades of  43.8
g/t Au  and  1070  g/t Ag.    Sample  recovery averaged  85%  in  the
mineralised zones.

All samples have been prepared by the ALS Chemex preparation facility
in Izmir and assayed by 30g  fire assay at the ALS Chemex  laboratory
in Romania.  Routine re-assaying of all samples assaying greater than
10 g/t Au  and 100  g/t Ag  has also  been completed  by ALS  Chemex.
 Standard, blank and duplicate samples  are being used in the  sample
batches,  which  is  in  line  with  the  Company's  quality  control
procedures.  Laboratory sample  preparation, assaying procedures  and
chain of custody are appropriately controlled.  The Company maintains
an archive of  RC chip samples  and all pulps  and sample splits  for
future reference.


Contacts:

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|                                  |                    |
| Ariana Resources plc             | Tel: [phone] |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Michael Spriggs, Chairman        |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Kerim Sener, Managing Director   |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
|                                  |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Beaumont Cornish Limited         | Tel: [phone] |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Roland Cornish                   |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
|                                  |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Bankside Consultants             | Tel: [phone] |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Michael Padley / Louise Davis    |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
|                                  |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| City Capital Corporation Limited | Tel: [phone] |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Charles Dampney                  |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
|                                  |                    |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| King & Shaxson Capital Limited   | Tel: [phone] |
|----------------------------------+--------------------|
| Nick Bealer                      |                    |
+-------------------------------------------------------+


Dr Kerim Sener,  BSc (Hons), MSc,  PhD, is the  Managing Director  of
Ariana Resources plc. A graduate of the University of Southampton  in
Geology, he also  holds a Master's  degree from the  Royal School  of
Mines  (Imperial  College,  London)  in  Mineral  Exploration  and  a
doctorate from the University of Western  Australia.  He is a  Fellow
of The  Geological Society  of London  and has  worked in  geological
research and mineral consultancy in Southern Africa and Australia. He
has read and  approved the  technical disclosure  in this  regulatory
announcement.

Editors' note:

About the Kiziltepe prospect
The  Kiziltepe  prospect  is  located  within  a  ten-year  renewable
operating licence  that  forms  part  of  the  Company's  100%  owned
Sindirgi gold project in Balikesir Province, western Turkey.

Kiziltepe lies  approximately 100km  east of  the one  million  ounce
vein-hosted Ovacik gold mine and 115km northwest of the five  million
ounce Kisladag  gold mine.  The prospect  hosts over  20km in  strike
length of  gold-silver  bearing  low-sulphidation  epithermal  quartz
veins across an  area of at  least 3km by  1km. Individual veins  are
exposed for up to 700m and widths  vary between 1m and 14m. The  main
veins trend northwest,  dip to  the northeast and  are hosted  within
Miocene age dacitic volcanic rocks.

Ariana  acquired  the  Sindirgi  Gold  Project  from  Newmont  Mining
Corporation (NYSE  &  ASX: NEM;  TSX:  NMC) in  March  2005.  Newmont
retains the  right  to  a  royalty  of up  to  2.5%  on  future  gold
production from the Sindirgi gold project.

Ahead of  commencing  the  drilling programme,  Ariana  obtained  all
necessary environmental and  forestry approvals  from the  provincial
government in Balikesir and the State Government in Ankara.

About Ariana Resources

Ariana is a dynamic exploration company focused on the discovery  and
development  of  epithermal  gold-silver  and  porphyry   copper-gold
deposits  with  multi-million  ounce  potential  within  the  Tethyan
metallogenic belt  of  Turkey.    The  Company  has  a  portfolio  of
prospective licences selected on the  basis of its advanced  in-house
remote sensing database.

The Company's  flagship asset  is the  Sindirgi Gold  Project,  which
targets a series of prospects, within a prolific mineralised district
in western  Turkey.   The  project  hosts over  45km  of  gold-silver
bearing epithermal quartz veins.

City Capital Corporation Limited and  King & Shaxson Capital  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 at www.arianaresources.com.

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