Drilling Results

25 June 2008
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

               ADDITIONAL DRILLING RESULTS: KIZILTEPE

Ariana  Resources  plc   ("Ariana"  or  "the   Company"),  the   gold
exploration and development company focused on Turkey, announces  the
results from 12 drill holes at Arzu North and 5 drill holes on Vein 4
at the Kiziltepe gold  prospect.  The results  confirm that there  is
additional potential for  an increase  in the  current JORC  resource
estimate to be derived from other veins at the Kiziltepe prospect.

Highlights


  * Gold-equivalent intersections of 11.99 g/t over 6.1m, 5.04 g/t
    over 6.25m and 2.83g/t Au over 10.6m from Arzu North



  * Gold-equivalent intersections of 6.22 g/t over 6.0m, 3.85 g/t
    over 8.7m and 5.79g/t Au over 3.0m from Vein 4



  * Geophysical programme planned for early August ahead of further
    drilling


Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"These drilling results have helped to increase our understanding  of
the Kiziltepe prospect  and its near-term  potential.  Confidence  in
our resource  target of  250,000 oz  from Kiziltepe  and  surrounding
areas has increased with each new set of results.  However, it is now
clear that further drill-testing will  be required in areas of  cover
and a new geophysical programme will be undertaken to define  targets
ahead of further drilling.

"These results will lead to  us updating our existing resource  model
in July and will help in  the development of our strategy to  further
increase the  resource towards  our stated  target.  We  expect  that
drilling in 2008 will bring us even closer to this objective."

Arzu North

The Arzu North  vein system has  a strike length  of 400m.  The  vein
system is atypical of the veins developed elsewhere on the  Kiziltepe
prospect, comprising multiple parallel veins, intervals of  stockwork
veins and extensive  wall-rock alteration.  Whilst  there is  clearly
one important  vein at  this location,  the hangingwall  contains  at
least three additional subsidiary veins that can be traced on surface
and in drill core.  There is a possibility at this location to define
a lower grade bulk-tonnage resource.

The Arzu North area is interpreted to represent the terminal splay of
an important NW-trending structure  that carries the high-grade  gold
mineralisation at Arzu South.  The northern and southern parts of the
Arzu vein system are obscured for over 650m of strike by  rhyodacitic
ignimbrite  cover  rocks,  which  are  visibly  silicified  and  clay
altered.  The  company has  committed  to undertaking  a  geophysical
programme in August 2008, ahead of drilling with its own drilling-rig
in the covered area.

Vein 4

Vein 4 has a strike  length of 500m and has  grades up to 6.3 g/t  Au
and 486 g/t Ag in  drilling.  The intersections recorded here  derive
from an area  to the east  of three initial  holes drilled in  2007.
There is a marked  increase in gold and  silver grade in the  eastern
extension of the vein towards the rhyodacitic ignimbrite cover  rocks
in the Arzu North area.  It is  apparent that Vein 4 may itself be  a
splay from the Arzu vein  system.  The latest drilling has  confirmed
the distribution of  gold and  silver grades along  a greater  strike
length than that tested and reported on in 2007.

Details of Programme

A field team from the Company's Turkish operating subsidiary,  Galata
Madencilik San. ve Tic.  Ltd. Sti., supervised  the completion of  24
diamond HQ drill holes on the Arzu North and Vein 4 structures out of
which 17 holes are reported in this announcement.  The holes reported
in this  release totalled  a depth  of 900m.   They were  drilled  to
depths of between 37.8 and 70.2  metres and angled between 45 and  75
degrees.  Quartz veins,  other mineralised  structures and  stockwork
were located  in all  24 holes  drilled in  the programme.   Selected
intersections are given in Table 1 and 2 below.

Table 1: Diamond  drill hole  intersection data from  the Arzu  North
Vein:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|             |       |       |            |      |        |  Au +  |
|             |       |       |            | Gold | Silver |   Au   |
|             | From  |  To   |  Apparent  | (Au  |  (Ag   | equiv. |
|    Hole     |  (m)  |  (m)  | Width (m)  | g/t) |  g/t)  | (g/t)  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D32-08  | 14.1  | 14.6  |    0.50    | 1.63 | 20.90  |  2.05  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 15.0  | 17.8  |    2.80    | 2.50 | 83.34  |  4.17  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D33-08  |  4.0  |  4.8  |    0.80    | 1.43 |  8.10  |  1.59  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 28.4  | 30.5  |    2.10    | 1.32 |  9.32  |  1.51  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 37.0  | 47.6  |   10.60    | 2.27 | 27.57  |  2.83  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D34-08  |  4.0  |  7.1  |    3.10    | 0.98 |  5.44  |  1.09  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         |  8.0  |  9.5  |    1.45    | 1.06 |  5.46  |  1.17  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 47.7  | 48.8  |    1.10    | 3.12 | 41.48  |  3.95  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 59.7  | 61.7  |    2.00    | 0.98 | 67.46  |  2.33  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D35-08  | 34.4  | 35.0  |    0.65    | 1.76 |  4.40  |  1.84  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 43.0  | 49.1  |    6.10    | 2.27 | 485.63 | 11.99  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D36-08  |  1.8  |  5.7  |    3.90    | 1.52 |  8.93  |  1.69  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 13.0  | 15.6  |    2.60    | 0.87 |  3.74  |  0.95  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 41.1  | 48.4  |    7.25    | 1.74 | 34.05  |  2.43  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D37-08  |  1.9  |  5.7  |    3.75    | 1.14 |  9.30  |  1.32  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 16.3  | 17.2  |    0.90    | 0.95 |  9.20  |  1.14  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 25.2  | 26.6  |    1.45    | 0.97 | 12.21  |  1.21  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 32.8  | 35.6  |    2.80    | 2.40 | 40.44  |  3.20  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 46.6  | 47.2  |    0.60    | 2.01 | 50.80  |  3.02  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D38-08  | 10.8  | 12.3  |    1.50    | 1.33 |  6.70  |  1.46  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 29.0  | 32.5  |    3.50    | 1.00 | 21.75  |  1.43  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 33.3  | 34.0  |    0.75    | 3.34 | 34.70  |  4.03  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 38.5  | 41.9  |    3.40    | 2.97 | 75.32  |  4.47  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D39-08  | 33.3  | 35.0  |    1.70    | 2.08 | 27.89  |  2.64  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 40.7  | 45.4  |    4.65    | 3.16 | 19.60  |  3.55  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D40-08  |  9.4  | 10.0  |    0.60    | 4.78 | 60.80  |  6.00  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 11.3  | 12.0  |    0.70    | 2.27 | 28.00  |  2.83  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 32.8  | 33.8  |    1.00    | 0.92 | 21.20  |  1.34  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 37.6  | 43.8  |    6.25    | 3.65 | 69.64  |  5.04  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D51-08  | 26.2  | 30.4  |    4.20    | 2.62 | 43.27  |  3.49  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 31.7  | 34.3  |    2.60    | 1.40 | 17.65  |  1.75  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D52-08  | 39.4  | 42.6  |    3.20    | 2.55 | 65.83  |  3.86  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 44.6  | 45.6  |    1.00    | 1.85 | 22.70  |  2.30  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D59-08  | 55.4  | 56.9  |    1.50    | 6.31 | 79.68  |  7.91  |
|-------------+-------+-------+------------+------+--------+--------|
| and         | 59.9  | 61.0  |    1.10    | 1.91 | 38.60  |  2.68  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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 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 50:1                                                |
|                                                                   |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


Table 2: Diamond drill hole intersection data from Vein 4:


+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
|              |       |      |           |       |        |  Au +  |
|              |       |      |           | Gold  | Silver |   Au   |
|              | From  |  To  | Apparent  |  (Au  |  (Ag   | equiv. |
|     Hole     |  (m)  | (m)  | Width (m) | g/t)  |  g/t)  | (g/t)  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D44-08   | 22.1  | 23.4 |    1.3    | 2.96  | 44.58  |  3.85  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| and          | 33.8  | 35.9 |    2.1    | 6.20  | 74.75  |  7.69  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| and          | 37.0  | 39.8 |    2.8    | 1.64  | 98.57  |  3.61  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D45-08   | 18.5  | 20.0 |    1.5    | 0.62  |  3.39  |  0.69  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| and          | 39.2  | 42.2 |    3.0    | 3.76  | 101.38 |  5.79  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D46-08   | 33.4  | 34.4 |    1.0    | 1.92  | 46.40  |  2.85  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| and          | 39.5  | 41.7 |    2.2    | 1.27  | 14.85  |  1.57  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| and          | 42.7  | 44.5 |    1.8    | 6.16  | 157.48 |  9.31  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D47a-08  | 50.4  | 59.1 |    8.7    | 2.47  | 69.21  |  3.85  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| and          | 61.8  | 62.3 |    0.5    | 21.10 | 50.40  | 22.11  |
|--------------+-------+------+-----------+-------+--------+--------|
| KTP-D47b-08  | 45.0  | 51.0 |    6.0    | 4.81  | 70.39  |  6.22  |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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 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 50:1                                                |
|                                                                   |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+



Sampling and Assaying Procedures

624 half core samples from the  drilling programme on the Arzu  North
and Vein 4 were sent for  assay.  Of these 428 samples have  returned
grades of  less than  0.5 g/t  Au (68.6%  of the  total), 69  samples
between 0.5-1 g/t Au (11.1% of total), 112 between 1-5 g/t Au  (18.0%
of total), and  between 5-10 g/t  Au (2.3% of  total), with the  peak
grade at 21.1  g/t Au (over  0.5m for KTP-D47a-08)  and 1,505 g/t  Ag
(over 1m in the interval from  43m to 49.1m for KTP-D35-08).   Sample
recovery averaged 92.37% 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 that all  blanks
and standards have passed and duplicate samples have shown  excellent
correlations, with  98% correlation  for crushed  duplicates and  99%
correlation for  pulp  duplicates.   Laboratory  sample  preparation,
assaying  procedures   and  chain   of  custody   are   appropriately
controlled.  The Company  maintains an archive  of half core  samples
and all  pulps  and  photographic  record of  all  cores  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

Loeb Aron & Company Ltd            Tel: [phone]
Peter Freeman / Frank Lucas

City Capital Corporation Limited   Tel: [phone]
Charles Dampney

Alexander David Securities Limited Tel: [phone]
Nick Bealer / David Scott


Editors' note:

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.

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 750m 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.  Franco-Nevada
Corporation 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  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 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.   This project  is presently  being
assessed as to its economic merits.

Loeb Aron  &  Company  Ltd., City  Capital  Corporation  Limited  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 at www.arianaresources.com.

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