Drilling Results

14 February 2008
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                POSITIVE DRILLING RESULTS: KIZILTEPE

Ariana  Resources  plc   ("Ariana"  or  "the   Company"),  the   gold
exploration company focused on Turkey, announces the results from the
seven most recent Reverse Circulation  (RC) drill holes completed  on
the Banu Vein at the Kiziltepe  gold prospect.  The results show  the
potential for resource additions to be derived from veins other  than
the Arzu South and North vein system at the Kiziltepe prospect within
the Sindirgi Project.

Highlights


  * Gold-equivalent intersections of 3.81 g/t over 6m, 3.78 g/t over
    5m and 2.58g/t Au over 7m



  * Follow-up drilling on Banu Vein scheduled for late February



  * Drilling programme to be extended to drill new targets


The Banu Vein has a  strike length of 750m  and has the most  uniform
grade at surface  of all the  veins at the  Kiziltepe prospect.   For
550m of  surface sampled  strike length,  the vein  carries a  fairly
consistent grade  of approximately  2-3 g/t  Au over  a true  average
width of 2.5m.   Evidence  from both  the new  and previous  drilling
indicates an improvement in  grade at depth and  along strike to  the
southeast.  The  latest drilling  has confirmed  the distribution  of
gold and silver grade along a greater strike length than that  tested
and reported on in 2007.

Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"The recent drilling on the Banu Vein has confirmed our  expectations
of the mineralisation at this location and we expect that an  initial
JORC compliant  resource  will  be established  here  soon.  We  have
scheduled further drilling to start in late February, which will test
a 200m  strike extension  of  the vein  that  has only  been  channel
sampled to  date.   This  additional  drilling is  now  warranted  to
confirm the potential of this vein to yield a viable resource.

"The Company  has  also taken  the  decision to  extend  the  diamond
drilling programme by up  to 1,500m to test  new target areas on  the
Kiziltepe prospect,  whilst the  economic options  for Kiziltepe  are
being evaluated.  This extended drilling is additional to the  2,500m
announced last month. Geophysical testing is also underway to  assist
in the definition of possible 'blind'  targets and will be used  more
extensively  if  the  geophysical  results  are  proven  positive  by
drilling.

"These results  further support  our  expectation that  the  Sindirgi
Project will  prove  to be  economic  and  we will  update  the  JORC
resource figures at the end of the first quarter".







Details of Programme

A field team from the Company's Turkish operating subsidiary,  Galata
Madencilik San. ve Tic. Ltd. Sti., supervised the completion of seven
RC drill  holes (114.3  mm diameter)  on the  Banu Vein.   The  holes
reported in this release totalled 655m.  They were drilled to  depths
of between 60 and 134 metres and angled at 60-70 degrees along a 300m
section of  vein  strike length.    Quartz veins,  other  mineralised
structures and stockwork were located  in all seven holes drilled  in
this programme.  Selected intersections are given in Table 1 below.

Table 1: RC drill hole intersection data from the Banu Vein:


                                                   Gold Silver  Au +
  Hole   Easting  Northing From To  Apparent Width (Au   (Ag     Au
                           (m)  (m)      (m)       g/t)  g/t)  equiv.
                                                               (g/t)
RC28-07   607390  4348094   7    8        1        0.56  0.60   0.57
                            33  35        2        2.87 74.45   4.36
RC29-07   607368  4348112   42  48        6        2.16 82.68   3.81
                            50  51        1        0.78 26.50   1.31
RC30-07   607348  4348153   58  59        1        0.76 21.60   1.20
                            62  63        1        0.70 42.80   1.55
                            63  67        4        2.70 59.58   3.89
RC31-07   607323  4348191   70  71        1        0.50 10.50   0.71
                            74  79        5        2.40 69.14   3.78
RC32-07   607301  4348229  107  114       7        1.43 57.74   2.58
RC33-07   607282  4348275            No significant result
RC34-07   607265  4348304   26  28        2        1.58  2.70   1.63
                            66  69        3        1.47 69.50   2.86
Notes:
No top cut has been applied to assay results
Intersections based on a 0.5 g/t cut off grade
Weighted averages have been calculated for core recovery and
gold/silver grades
Au + Au equiv. g/t is the sum of the gold grade and the gold
equivalent grade of silver based on a gold/silver price ratio of
approximately 1:50



Sampling and Assaying Procedures

Ariana considers that the  RC drilling method  is applicable to  this
style  of  mineralisation   due  to   physical  differences   between
mineralised  and  unmineralised  material  and  the  high  recoveries
achieved through fractured  ground. SRK determined  that there is  no
particular bias between RC and  previous diamond drilling results  on
the veins at Kiziltepe, and that the RC drilling data will contribute
to a revised mineral resource estimate.

To date 188 RC chip samples  from the drilling programme on the  Banu
Vein were sent for assay.  Of these, 153 samples have returned grades
of less than 0.5 g/t Au (81%  of the total), 8 samples between  0.5-1
g/t Au (4%  of total), 26  between 1-5 g/t  Au (14% of  total) and  1
samples above 5 g/t Au (less than  1% of total), with the peak  grade
at 5.83 g/t Au and 115 g/t Ag.

All  samples  from  the  drilling  programme  undertaken  by   Ariana
Resources plc.  have  been prepared  by  the ALS  Chemex  preparation
facility in Izmir  and assayed by  30g fire assay  at the ALS  Chemex
laboratory in Romania.  Routine  re-assaying of all samples  assaying
greater than 10 g/t Au and 100 g/t Ag has also been completed by  ALS
Chemex.  Standard, blank and duplicate samples are being used in  the
sample batches, which is in  line with the Company's quality  control
procedures.  Laboratory sample  preparation, assaying procedures  and
chain of custody are appropriately controlled.  The Company maintains
an archive of reference  RC chip samples, in  addition to all  sample
pulps and splits.
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:

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 the Kiziltepe prospect

The  Kiziltepe  prospect  is  located  within  a  ten-year  renewable
operating licence  that  forms  part  of  the  Company's  100%  owned
Sindirgi gold project in Balikesir Province, western Turkey.

Kiziltepe lies  approximately 100km  east of  the one  million  ounce
vein-hosted Ovacik gold mine and 115km northwest of the five  million
ounce Kisladag  gold mine.  The prospect  hosts over  20km in  strike
length of  gold-silver  bearing  low-sulphidation  epithermal  quartz
veins across an  area of at  least 3km by  1km. Individual veins  are
exposed for up to 700m and widths  vary between 1m and 14m. The  main
veins trend northwest,  dip to  the northeast and  are hosted  within
Miocene age dacitic volcanic rocks.

Ariana  acquired  the  Sindirgi  Gold  Project  from  Newmont  Mining
Corporation (NYSE  &  ASX: NEM;  TSX:  NMC) in  March  2005.  Newmont
retains the  right  to  a  royalty  of up  to  2.5%  on  future  gold
production from the Sindirgi gold project.

Ahead of  commencing  the  drilling programme,  Ariana  obtained  all
necessary environmental and  forestry approvals  from the  provincial
government in Balikesir and the State Government in Ankara.

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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