Revised Turkish Mining Law

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24 June 2010
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                           REVISED TURKISH MINING LAW

Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development  company  focused  on  Turkey,  is  pleased  to  announce  that  the
Government of the Republic of Turkey has passed the revised Mining Law.

The President of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gül, yesterday signed the Bill
providing for modifications to the Mining Law (numbered 5995) in to effect.  The
revisions  to the Mining Law  were earlier accepted and  passed by Parliament on
10th June  2010.  Following the  approval and  ratification of  the Bill  by the
President, it has been published in the Official Gazette and has formally become
law.

Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"The  changes to the Mining Law are, in general, positive and provide for a more
robust  legislative framework for  companies operating in  the sector.  Once the
revised  Mining Law  is enforced,  The Ministry  of the Environment and Forestry
will  be in  a position  to issue  new forestry  permits to  the Company for the
purposes  of its ongoing exploration requirements.   We welcome these changes as
they  provide a new level of clarity  which will inevitably spur our activities.
 This is particularly significant given the development being planned on the Red
Rabbit Project."

"The  Company will continue to keep  shareholders informed of these developments
and  will be  preparing a  summary of  the Mining  Law as  part of its Quarterly
Report to be issued following the end of June 2010."


Contacts:

 Ariana Resources plc                     Tel: [phone]

 Michael Spriggs, Chairman

 Kerim Sener, Managing Director



 Beaumont Cornish Limited                 Tel: [phone]

 Roland Cornish



 Alexander David Securities Limited       Tel: [phone]

 Nick Bealer / David Scott



 Loeb Aron & Company Ltd                  Tel: [phone]

 Jonathan Willis-Richards / Frank Lucas


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
exploring  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.

The  Company's flagship assets are its  Sindirgi and Tavşan gold projects.  Both
projects  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.   The total resource inventory of the
Company stands at 401,000 ounces of gold equivalent.

Loeb  Aron  &  Company  Ltd.  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
atwww.arianaresources.com.

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