Ariana Resources plc : Directors' Subscriptions...

22 July 2016
AIM: AAU

DIRECTORS' SUBSCRIPTIONS

DIRECTORS' DEALINGS

TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS

Further to the announcement earlier today relating to the placing to raise £445,000 (the "Placing"), Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), is pleased to announce that three directors of the Company, namely Mr. Michael de Villiers, Dr. Kerim Sener and Mr. William Payne, have subscribed for a total of 2,050,000 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the Company at a price of 1.5 pence per share (the "Director Shares"), being on the same terms as the Placing, for a further sum of £30,750.

Application will be made for the 29,616,666 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence issued under the Placing, together with the 2,050,000 Director Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM ("Admission").  Such shares will rank pari passu with all existing ordinary shares in the Company, and Admission is expected to take place on 5 August 2016.

The following Directors have subscribed for Director Shares, with the resultant shareholding as described below:

Name	Number of Director Shares	Shareholding upon Admission	Percentage of enlarged share capital upon Admission
Michael de Villiers	1,050,000	26,050,000	3.09
Kerim Sener	666,667	13,076,868	1.55
William Payne	333,333	4,801,622	0.57

Total voting rights

At Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 841,541,783 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.1 pence each, with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares").  The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.  Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights will be 841,541,783.

Special note concerning the Market Abuse Regulation

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR"). Market soundings, as defined in MAR, were taken in respect of the Placing, with the result that certain persons became aware of inside information, as permitted by MAR. That inside information is set out in this announcement. Therefore, those persons that received inside information in a market sounding are no longer in possession of inside information relating to the Company and its securities.

 Contacts:

Ariana Resources plc	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7407 3616
Michael de Villiers, Chairman
Kerim Sener, Managing Director
Beaumont Cornish Limited	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396
Roland Cornish / Felicity Geidt
Beaufort Securities Limited	Tel: +44 (0) 20 7382 8300
Jon Belliss
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited	Tel: [phone] 2500
Adam James / Tom Salvesen

The notification below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provides further detail in respect of the Directors subscribing for Director Shares as described above. 

Michael de Villiers

1
Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)
Name
Michael de Villiers

2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Chairman
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer,  emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Ariana Resources plc

b)
LEI
Not applicable
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)
Description  of  the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Ariana Resources plc

ISIN GB00B085SD50

Nature of the transaction
Purchase of new ordinary shares as described above

c)
Price(s) and volumes(s)

Price(s)	Volumes(s)
1.5 pence	1,050,000

d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
22 July 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON)

Kerim Sener

1
Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)
Name
Kerim Sener

2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Managing Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer,  emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Ariana Resources plc

b)
LEI
Not applicable
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)
Description  of  the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Ariana Resources plc

ISIN GB00B085SD50

Nature of the transaction
Purchase of new ordinary shares as described above

c)
Price(s) and volumes(s)

Price(s)	Volumes(s)
1.5 pence	666,667

d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
22 July 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON)

William Payne

1
Details  of  the  person  discharging  managerial  responsibilities  /  person  closely associated
a)
Name
William Payne 

2
Reason for notification
a)
Position / status
Director
b)
Initial notification
/Amendment
Initial
3
Details of the issuer,  emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)
Name
Ariana Resources plc

b)
LEI
Not applicable
4
Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)
Description  of  the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code
Ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in Ariana Resources plc

ISIN GB00B085SD50

Nature of the transaction
Purchase of new ordinary shares as described above

c)
Price(s) and volumes(s)

Price(s)	Volumes(s)
1.5 pence	333,333

d)
Aggregated information
n/a
e)
Date of the transaction
22 July 2016
f)
Place of the transaction
London Stock Exchange, AIM (XLON)

Editors' Notes:

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 Eldorado Gold Corporation in north-eastern Turkey.  Eldorado owns 51% of this joint venture and are fully funding all exploration work on the JV properties, while Ariana owns 49%.  The total resource inventory within this JV is 1.09 million ounces of gold.

The Company's flagship assets are its Kiziltepe 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 being assessed as to their economic merits and now form part of a Joint Venture with Proccea Construction Co.  The Kiziltepe Sector of the Red Rabbit Project is fully-permitted and is currently in construction.  The total resource inventory at the Red Rabbit Project and wider project area stands at c. 525,000 ounces of gold equivalent. 

Beaufort Securities Limited and Panmure Gordon (UK) 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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