TIDMAAU 
 
 
 
 
   7 January 2015 
 
   AIM: AAU 
 
   DIRECTORS' DEALINGS 
 
   HOLDING IN COMPANY 
 
   Ariana Resources plc ("Ariana" or "the Company"), the gold exploration 
and development company focused on Turkey, announces that it was 
informed today that Michael de Villiers, Chairman, has today purchased 
500,000 ordinary shares in Ariana at 0.87 pence per ordinary share. 
Further to this purchase, Mr de Villiers holds 14,300,000 ordinary 
shares in the Company, representing a percentage holding of 2.21% of the 
total issued share capital. 
 
   In addition, the Company was informed today that William Payne, Director, 
has today purchased 300,000 ordinary shares in Ariana at 0.87 pence per 
ordinary share.  Further to this purchase, Mr Payne, together with his 
family, holds 3,968,289 ordinary shares in the Company, representing a 
percentage holding of 0.6% of the total issued share capital. 
 
   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 
Saif Janjua 
 
Loeb Aron & Company Ltd.                 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 1128 
John Beresford-Peirse / Dr. Frank Lucas 
 
St Brides Media & Finance Ltd            Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 
Susie Geliher / Lottie Brocklehurst 
 
 
 
   About Ariana Resources: 
 
   Ariana is an Anglo-Turkish exploration and mine development company 
focused on advancing 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 
that 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 
presently being assessed as to their economic merits and now form part 
of a Joint Venture with Proccea Construction Co.  The total resource 
inventory at the Red Rabbit Project stands at 475,000 ounces of gold 
equivalent. 
 
   Beaufort Securities Limited and Loeb Aron & Company Ltd. 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.  The Company has recently updated 
its AIM Rule 26 section, including an update to its major shareholders 
list. 
 
   Ends 
 
   This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on 
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Ariana Resources plc via Globenewswire 
 
   HUG#1885106 
 
 
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