Directorate Change

Ariana Resources PLC 08 September 2006 08 September 2006 AIM: AAU DIRECTORATE CHANGE Ariana Resources plc ('Ariana' or 'the Company'), the gold exploration company focused exclusively on Turkey, announces that Matthew Grainger, Operations Director, is to step down from the Company in order for him to develop new business opportunities. Michael Spriggs, Non-Executive Chairman, commented: 'As one of the founder directors of Ariana, Matthew has played an important part in the technical and corporate development of the Company over the last four years. He has assisted with the development of our powerful exploration database and played an integral part in the Company's successful admission to AIM and recent £2m financing. With a strong balance sheet in place and the emphasis of the Company's activities now on detailed exploration and follow-up drilling, Matthew has decided to seek new challenges.' The Board would like to thank Matthew for his considerable contribution and wishes him every success in his future endeavours.' Contacts: Ariana Resources plc Steven Poulton, Chief Executive Tel: 01235 511 767 s.j.poulton@arianaresources.com Mobile: 0797 408 6712 Bankside Consultants Michael Padley / Susan Scott Tel: 020 7367 8888 About Ariana Resources Ariana is a well funded technology-driven exploration company focused on the discovery 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 approximately 1,000km2, selected on the basis of its advanced in-house remote sensing database. Ariana's broker is Ambrian Partners Limited and Beaumont Cornish Limited is the Company's nominated adviser. For further information on Ariana visit the Company's website at www.arianaresources.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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