Substantial Shareholding

13 February 2008
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                      SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDING

Ariana Resources plc  ("the Company"), the  gold exploration  company
focused on  Turkey, announces  that it  received notification  on  13
February 2008  that  Starvest  plc,  further  to  an  acquisition  of
3,000,000 Shares on  11 February  2008, now  owns 12,256,000  Shares,
representing a  holding  in the  Company's  issued share  capital  of
17.19%.

Contacts:


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| Ariana Resources plc             | Tel: [phone] |
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| Michael Spriggs, Chairman        |                    |
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| Kerim Sener, Managing Director   |                    |
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| Beaumont Cornish Limited         | Tel: [phone] |
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| Roland Cornish                   |                    |
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| Bankside Consultants             | Tel: [phone] |
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| Michael Padley / Louise Davis    |                    |
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| Loeb Aron & Company Limited      | Tel: [phone] |
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| Peter Freeman / Frank Lucas      |                    |
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| City Capital Corporation Limited | Tel: [phone] |
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| Charles Dampney                  |                    |
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| King & Shaxson Capital Limited   | Tel: [phone] |
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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 selected on the  basis of its advanced  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.

Loeb Aron &  Company Limited,  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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