Geophysical Results

17 September 2008
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU

                        ARIANA RESOURCES plc

                   GEOPHYSICAL RESULTS: 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 conducted  on  the
Kiziltepe Gold  Prospect.   The  programme  has  been  successful  in
defining several new exploration targets and has identified a  number
of probable vein systems that are not exposed at surface.

Highlights:


  * Several high-resistivity anomalies (potential vein systems)
    identified at depth or beneath cover

  * Large high-chargeability anomaly (potential disseminated sulphide
    mineralisation) identified in the southwest part of the prospect

  * Geophysical data to aid in the design of a new drilling programme


Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:

"The results of  this geophysical  programme, which  was carried  out
following  an  earlier  successful  trial  on  the  Arzu  vein,  have
highlighted even further potential upside on the Kiziltepe prospect.
Although their  presence  was  long suspected,  there  is  now  clear
physical evidence of likely buried vein systems at the prospect.  The
20km of veins we have identified at surface now appear to be part  of
a broader interlinked system of structures at depth.

"We are very excited by these results and are convinced that  further
exploration, in particular drilling, will yield further discoveries.
We are entering a new phase of exploration at Kiziltepe and our scope
for identifying further resources has increased substantially."

Geophysical Programme

The geophysical programme described here  was undertaken over a  2km2
area covering the main Kiziltepe vein  field and included all of  the
veins contained  by the  existing resource  estimate.  The  programme
follows the successful trial, earlier in the year, of the geophysical
method over the Arzu South vein.

Data was  collected from  nine northeast-southwest  oriented  Induced
Polarisation (IP) / resistivity profiles, which were spaced  175-240m
apart and  designed to  coincide directly  with existing  geochemical
data lines (total  length surveyed is  approx. 11km).  A  pole-dipole
array was used with a 30m  electrode spacing, using a Scintrex  TSQ-3
transmitter and a 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 300  Ohm.m
and chargeabilities greater than  15mV/V were identified as  explicit
anomalies, while 100-300 Ohm.m and 10-15 mV/V ranges were  identified
as possible anomalies.

In plan, the distribution of both high resistivity and  chargeability
anomalies is broadly coincident across  two distinct regions; one  in
the Arzu North to Arzu South area, in the northeast, and the other in
the Banu and Vein 7 area in the southwest.  In detail, several linear
resistivity anomalies are identifiable in plan which do not  coincide
with known veins and may represent new vein systems at depth.

The anomalies in the  Arzu South to Arzu  North area are  interesting
because they  identify a  steeply dipping  structure (interpreted  to
represent  the  Arzu  vein  system)  and  a  new  moderately  dipping
structure beneath  ignimbrite cover  (Figure  1).  Both  steeply  and
moderately dipping anomalies show typical resistivities in the  range
of 300-700 Ohm.m.  The moderately dipping feature is a  high-priority
drilling target as it  may represent a  different style of  vein-type
mineralisation controlled by stratigraphy.

The anomalies in the Banu and  Vein 7 area identify several  parallel
resistivity features, not all of which correspond to known veins, and
the chargeability anomaly  is consistently wide  and unbroken  across
the profiles and in the range  of 15-30 mV/V (Figure 1).  The  latter
feature   suggests    an   abundance    of   disseminated    sulphide
mineralisation, which is atypical of the known mineralisation at  the
Kiziltepe prospect,  and  is  more  typical  of  porphyry  alteration
systems.  The feature is an obvious drilling target.

Further interpretation  of  the  geophysical data  in  parallel  with
geological and  geochemical  datasets  will be  undertaken  prior  to
planning a  new  drilling programme.   Expert  advice may  be  sought
during the  interpretation  of  this data  to  ensure  the  programme
designed is robust.  The current  drilling programme has been put  on
hold until this new interpretation is completed.


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 7  viewed looking to  the southeast.  The  left-hand
side of  the sections  correspond  to the  continuation of  the  Arzu
structure beneath ignimbrite cover and identify a moderately  dipping
anomaly at a depth of 50-100m below surface.  The high  chargeability
anomaly containing several  steeply dipping  resistivity features  on
the right-hand side is an obvious drilling target.


Contacts:


Ariana Resources plc               Tel: [phone]
Michael Spriggs, Chairman
Kerim Sener, Managing Director

Beaumont Cornish Limited           Tel: [phone]
Roland Cornish

Lothbury Financial                 Tel: [phone]
Michael Padley / Louise Davis

Loeb Aron & Company Ltd            Tel: [phone]
Peter Freeman / Frank Lucas

Alexander David Securities Limited Tel: [phone]
Nick Bealer / David Scott



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 750m 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.  Franco-Nevada
Corporation retains the right  to a royalty of  up to 2.5% on  future
gold production from the Sindirgi gold project.

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.

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.

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