Geophysical Results: New Exploration Targets at...

25th March 2010
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

           GEOPHYSICAL RESULTS: NEW EXPLORATION TARGETS AT KIZILTEPE

Ariana  Resources  plc  ("Ariana"  or  "the  Company"), the gold exploration and
development  company focused on Turkey  is pleased to announce  the results of a
geophysical  programme undertaken on the Kiziltepe Gold Prospect.  The programme
has successfully confirmed the presence of several potential vein systems in the
northern half of the prospect area.

Highlights

  * Several  resistivity and  chargeability anomalies,  which may  coincide with
    buried vein systems, located to the northeast of the Arzu South vein.


  * One  significant new  anomaly coincides  directly with  an area of extensive
    quartz  vein  float  from  which  grades  of  up  to  21.1 g/t  Au have been
    recorded.


  * Significant additional exploration upside defined on the prospect.


  * Exploratory drilling programme to commence within days.



Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"These  geophysical results  coupled with  systematic sampling have demonstrated
the  potential for further  significant veins to  be discovered at the Kiziltepe
prospect.  These geophysical anomalies will be targeted by exploration drilling.
 The  first phase of  this drilling is  due to commence  over the weekend (27/28
March)  and its aim will be to confirm the presence of these buried vein systems
or  their associated  alteration.  There  is clear  potential at the prospect to
increase  the current mineral  resource and to  further enhance the economics of
the project."

Geophysical Programme

The  geophysical  programme  described  here  was  undertaken  over  a 2km2 area
covering the northern half of the Kiziltepe vein field in an area where no veins
appear  in  surface  outcrop.   Detailed  mapping  of  the  area  had previously
identified  the potential for  buried vein systems  and sampling of  one area of
extensive  quartz sub-crop  outlined grades  of up  to 21.1 g/t  Au in composite
rock-chip sampling of float material.

Data  was collected from nine  northeast-southwest oriented Induced Polarisation
(IP)  / resistivity profiles,  which were spaced  180-230m apart and designed to
coincide directly with existing geochemical data lines (total length surveyed is
approx.  12km).  A pole-dipole array was used with 30m or 60m electrode spacing,
using  a Zonge GGT-3 transmitter and a Scintrex IPR-12 receiver operating in the
time domain.

Several high chargeability and high resistivity anomalies were identified in the
two-dimensional  inversion models, which are  interpreted to coincide with zones
containing  vein systems and their related alteration.  Zones with resistivities
greater  than  150 Ohm.m,  in  places  coinciding with chargeabilities less than
10mV/V, were identified as significant anomalies.

In  plan, the  distribution of  the anomalies  is broadly coincident along three
distinct  trends;  one  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  Arzu  South  (possibly
representing  a splay), another  directly beneath a  hill which conceals part of
the  Arzu structure  and one  in the  vicinity of  the Vein  5 structure.  These
trends  possibly represent new  vein systems at  depth, which must  be tested by
drilling.   An initial programme of drilling comprising several short test holes
will  be focused on certain of these  areas.  No more than 1,000m of drilling is
envisaged for this initial programme.

Please  see the  link at  the end  of this  announcement for Figure 1 showing an
inverse  model resistivity (top) and chargeability  (bottom) profiles on Line 2
viewed  looking to the northeast.  Towards the  left-hand side of the sections a
resistive  body is identified  which possibly represents  a north-south trending
splay  off the  Arzu South  structure.  Approximately  midway along  the section
(just  to  the  left  of  the  480 mark)  is  a  distinct  resistive  body which
corresponds  directly  with  the  area  of  quartz vein float from which several
highly  anomalous  results  were  obtained  in  rock-chip sampling.  Towards the
right-hand  side  (near  the  960 mark)  a  resistive  body is coincident with a
discrete  high chargeability anomaly  and this does  not correspond to any known
vein system and represents a new target area for drilling.




Contacts:


  Ariana Resources plc

  Michael Spriggs, Chairman            Tel: [phone]

  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]

  Peter Freeman / 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 Tavsan 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
at www.arianaresources.com <

http://www.arianaresources.com/>.

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