Notice of Placing

27 September 2007
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                       FURTHER ISSUE OF EQUITY

Ariana  Resources  plc   ("Ariana"  or  "the   Company"),  the   gold
exploration company focused  on Turkey, is  pleased to announce  that
following the  announcement of  a  placing to  raise £933,068  on  25
September 2007, a further placing has been arranged of 1,000,000  new
Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each ("the Further Placing") at a price of
4 pence per share, raising £40,000 before expenses, to satisfy Market
demand.  One  Warrant is issued  for every three  Ordinary Shares  to
subscribe for new ordinary shares at  a strike price of 8 pence  with
an exercise period of 3 years.

The Further Placing is conditional  upon admission to trading on  AIM
of the new Ordinary Shares.  Application has been made to the  London
Stock Exchange for the new Ordinary  Shares to be issued pursuant  to
the Further  Placing  to  be admitted  to  trading  on AIM.    It  is
anticipated that Admission  will become effective  and dealings  will
commence on  or around  Tuesday 3  October 2007.   The  new  Ordinary
Shares will  rank pari  passu,  in all  respects, with  the  existing
Ordinary  Shares  that  are  currently  traded  on  AIM.    Following
admission of  these  shares, there  will  be a  total  of  73,784,062
Ordinary Shares in issue.  The warrants will not be listed.


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


Editors' note:

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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