Drilling Results

3 December 2007
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

          RC DRILLING RESULTS FROM KIZILTEPE GOLD PROSPECT

Ariana  Resources  plc   ("Ariana"  or  "the   Company"),  the   gold
exploration company focused on Turkey, announces the results from  14
Reverse Circulation (RC) drill holes completed on the Arzu South Vein
at the Kiziltepe gold prospect.  This drilling was focused  primarily
on the middle  and southern parts  of the Arzu  South system and  was
designed to test for  parallel mineralised veins  at depth and  along
strike of the main  structure.  The new  results are consistent  with
those contained  by the  existing mineral  resource and  confirm  the
geological model compiled last year that showed a complex vein system
comprising multiple segments and mineralised shoots.

Highlights


  * Intersections of 10.12 g/t Au over 4m, 13.62 g/t Au over 5m and
    6.62 g/t Au over 6m
  * 2,500m of additional drilling to commence at Arzu South and North
    for resource estimation
  * Results pending on silver grades


Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"We are encouraged  with the results  of the latest  drilling on  the
Arzu South Vein  and are  looking forward to  finalising the  current
drilling programme so that  we may complete  our planned revision  of
the 2007 resource  estimate.   We are  also aiming  to determine  our
options for the  further development  of the  Kiziltepe prospect,  in
particular, the optimal mining and processing route for a  relatively
high-grade, low tonnage near surface resource.

"Drilling at  the Kiziltepe  prospect is  due to  start up  again  in
December, according to a revised drill plan that has been compiled in
conjunction  with  work  that  we   finalised  last  week  with   our
consultants, SRK.   The aim of  this programme will  be to  establish
higher confidence in  the resource  to 50m vertical  depth that  will
result in an upgraded resource estimate.   We expect to complete  our
drilling programme  during  the first  quarter  of 2008  and  aim  to
announce further results prior to the resource update."

Details of Programme

A field team from the Company's Turkish operating subsidiary,  Galata
Madencilik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti., supervised the completion of 14 RC
drill holes (114.3 mm  diameter) on the Arzu  South Vein.  The  holes
reported in  this release  totalled  1,298m.   They were  drilled  to
depths of between 60 and 135 metres and angled at 60-70 degrees along
a  650m  section  of  vein  strike  length.    Quartz  veins,   other
mineralised structures and  stockwork were  located in  all 14  holes
drilled in this programme.   Due to delays  in sample processing  and
assay turnaround, not all gold and silver data has been returned from
the laboratory for this programme and any significant changes to  the
data reported  here  will  be  announced in  due  course.    Selected
intersections are given in Table 1 below.


Table 1: RC drill hole intersection data from the Arzu South Vein:


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|        |        |         |         |       | Apparent Width | Gold | Silver |Au + Au|
|  Hole  |Easting |Northing |From (m) |To (m) |      (m)       | (Au  |(Ag g/t)|equiv. |
|        |        |         |         |       |                | g/t) |        | (g/t) |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                   NORTHERN SECTION                                   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC01-07 | 607767 | 4348842 |  61.00  | 62.00 |      1.00      | 1.81 | 44.30  | 2.70  |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  66.00  | 69.00 |      3.00      | 2.09 | 64.63  | 3.38  |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  71.00  | 76.00 |      5.00      | 2.27 | 85.56  | 3.98  |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                    MIDDLE SECTION                                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC02-07 | 607950 | 4348624 |  27.00  | 30.00 |      3.00      | 6.15 | 83.43  | 7.82  |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC03-07 | 607990 | 4348582 |  27.00  | 31.00 |      4.00      |10.12 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  35.00  | 39.00 |      4.00      | 1.16 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  40.00  | 41.00 |      1.00      | 4.19 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  43.00  | 44.00 |      1.00      | 2.07 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC11-07 | 608042 | 4348591 |  97.00  | 98.00 |      1.00      | 0.99 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         | 101.00  |104.00 |      3.00      | 0.86 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC12-07 | 608033 | 4348538 |  30.00  | 33.00 |      3.00      | 0.98 |Pending |   -   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                   SOUTHERN SECTION                                   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|RC04-07 | 608048 | 4348506 |  52.00  | 55.00 |      3.00      | 2.61 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  72.00  | 75.00 |      3.00      | 1.65 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC05-07 | 608036 | 4348463 |  58.00  | 64.00 |      6.00      | 6.62 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC06-07 | 608045 | 4348405 |  44.00  | 49.00 |      5.00      |13.62 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------|
|RC07-07 | 608062 | 4348352 |No significant result                                     |
|--------+--------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------|
|RC08-07 | 608048 | 4348308 |  33.00  | 34.00 |      1.00      | 2.45 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC13-07 | 608069 | 4348488 |  93.00  | 97.00 |      4.00      | 1.41 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC14-07 | 608087 | 4348404 |  92.00  | 95.00 |      3.00      | 1.28 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|RC15-07 | 608088 | 4348375 |  80.00  | 83.00 |      3.00      | 2.05 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+---------+-------+----------------+------+--------+-------|
|And     |        |         |  88.00  | 94.00 |      6.00      | 3.14 |Pending |   -   |
|--------+--------+---------+----------------------------------------------------------|
|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  72 have  not yet  had  assays
returned (23% of the total), 170 samples have returned grades of less
than 0.5 g/t Au (54% of the  total), 29 samples between 0.5-1 g/t  Au
(9% of total), 33 between  1-5 g/t Au (10%  of total) and 12  samples
above 5 g/t Au (4%  of total), with the peak  grade at 43.8 g/t Au.
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. Quality control checks  have determined the integrity  of
the results  and  initial statistical  correlations  with  drill-core
samples has  shown  that there  is  no  significant bias  in  the  RC
drilling data.   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:

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  235km2
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 covering 1,820km2, selected on the basis of  its
advanced in-house remote sensing database.

The Company's flagship  asset is  the 235km2  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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