DRILLING TARGETS GENERATED AT KIZILCUKUR

4 August 2011
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU
                    DRILLING TARGETS GENERATED AT KIZILCUKUR

Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development  company  focused  on  Turkey,  is  pleased  to announce that it has
defined multiple drilling targets on its newly acquired Kizilcukur Gold Prospect
in  Western  Turkey,  following  the  conclusion  of  a  successful  geophysical
programme on the property.

Highlights:

  * Geophysical programme completed over the Kizilcukur vein system demonstrates
    continuity of potentially mineralised structures at depth and along strike
    of areas previously drill tested.


  * High priority drill targets defined on high resistivity anomalies including
    a probable connecting structure at depth between the two highest-grade areas
    of the Kizilcukur prospect.


  * Drilling programme for the prospect is being planned to gain a further
    understanding of the 2km of mineralised quartz veins containing high-grade
    gold and silver.


  * Previous surface sampling results include 152g/t gold and 1,320g/t silver
    and several high-grade drill intercepts underpin the prospectivity of the
    property.




Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"These  results further  underpin the  prospectivity of  the entire project area
which  is contained within the Sindirgi Gold Corridor, a mineralised trend which
extends  through our  flagship Red  Rabbit Gold  Project.  They also confirm the
continuity  of potentially mineralised  structures at depth  and along strike of
areas  previously  drill  tested  at  Kizilcukur and with additional exploration
work,  we hope to establish a resource for the prospect.  This resource may then
be  integrated  into  Red  Rabbit  development,  which will enhance the economic
fundamentals of the project, for which production is scheduled in late 2012.

"The  exploration team is currently designing  a drilling programme and relevant
permit  applications  are  being  completed.   These  results,  along with those
obtained  from the  Kepez West  and Karakavak  prospects, will  be remodelled in
three  dimensions and assessed  in parallel with  previous exploration data.  In
addition,  relogging  of  all  old  diamond  drill  core  (17  drill holes) from
Kizilcukur is being completed ahead of final drill hole planning."


Details of Geophysical Programme

The  Kizilcukur  prospect,  located  21km from  Kiziltepe  (Figure 1) and at the
north-east  end of the Sindirgi Gold  Corridor, had previously not been explored
by geophysical methods.  The programme was designed to determine the sub-surface
extent of the known vein outcrops and their connectivity, generate drill targets
and  subsequently expand  the resource  for the  wider Red  Rabbit Gold Project,
which currently stands at 448,000 ounces of gold equivalent.

The programme was carried out over an area of 1km² and several mineralised veins
previously  identified at surface were covered,  in order to provide an internal
control on the geophysical methodology.
Figure  1: Overview map showing positions  of satellite prospects and geophysics
lines  in  relation  to  the  planned  Kiziltepe  mine locality.  The Kizilcukur
prospect  is located to the northeast of  the Joint Venture licences held in the
vicinity of Kiziltepe.

Data  was  collected  from  7 north-south  oriented  Induced Polarisation (IP) /
resistivity  profiles, which  were spaced  200m apart and  cut across  the known
trend  of the veins at a high angle (total length surveyed is approx. 3.6km).  A
pole-dipole  array was used  with a 30m electrode  spacing, using a Zonge GGT-3
transmitter and a Scintrex IPR-12 receiver operating in the time domain.

The  results of the survey identify several high resistivity zonations (250-700
ohm.m)  starting from surface  or shallow levels  and extending to depth.  There
are  few definitive chargeability anomalies, however some high resistivity zones
are accompanied by weak to moderate chargeability values.

In  the northwest of the programme area, a large resistivity anomaly is observed
at  depth, which is likely to connect with veins previously mapped to the NW and
SE  of this location (Figure 2).  Towards the  centre of the area, a steep, high
angle resistivity anomaly shows that there is a high probability of a connecting
vein  at depth between the  two highest grade areas  of the Kizilcukur prospect.
 This is an important drill target.

Further interpretation of the geophysical data in parallel with geological and
geochemical datasets will be undertaken while planning a new drilling programme.

Figure   2: Example  cross-section  of  resistivity  data  from  the  Kizilcukur
prospect.   Three recommended drilling  targets are identified  on this section,
which  relate primarily to higher resistivity features that may be indicative of
vein systems.

Contacts:

 Ariana Resources plc              Tel: [phone]

 Michael Spriggs, Chairman

 Kerim Sener, Managing Director



 Beaumont Cornish Limited          Tel: [phone]

 Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt



 Fairfax I.S. PLC                  Tel: [phone]

 Ewan Leggat / Laura Littley



 St Brides Media & Finance Ltd     Tel: [phone]

 Hugo de Salis / Susie Geliher





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 Ariana Resources

Ariana  is an  exploration and  development company  focused on epithermal gold-
silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits in Turkey.  The Company is developing 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.
European  Goldfields owns  51% of this  joint venture  and, as  the operator, is
fully  funding all  exploration work  on the  JV properties  until delivery of a
feasibility study.

The  Company's flagship assets  are its Sindirgi  and Tavsan gold projects which
form  the Red Rabbit Gold  Project.  Both 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 and now form
part  of  a  Joint  Venture  with  Proccea  Construction Co.  The total resource
inventory of the Company stands at 448,000 ounces of gold equivalent.

Ariana   also   has   a   strategic   investment  in  Tigris  Resources  Limited
(www.tigrisresources.com),  a private Jersey-based exploration company, which is
focused  on the exploration of copper and gold deposits in southeastern Turkey.
Ariana retains 15% of Tigris Resources Limited.

 Fairfax I.S. PLC are 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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