TIDMAAU 
 
   4 August 2015 
 
   AIM: AAU 
 
   HOLDINGS IN COMPANY 
 
   The Board of Ariana Resources plc announces that the Company today 
received the following TR-1 notification which is set out below without 
amendment. 
 
   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 
Jon Belliss 
 
Loeb Aron & Company Ltd.                 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 1128 
John Beresford-Peirse / Dr. Frank Lucas 
 
St Brides Partners Limited               Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 
Lottie Brocklehurst/Felicity Winkles 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer 
 of existing shares to which voting rights are 
 attached: (ii)                                                                           ARIANA RESOURCES PLC 
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
 box or boxes): 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
 instruments which may result in the acquisition of 
 shares already issued to which voting rights are attached 
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar 
 economic effect to qualifying financial instruments 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
                                                     Following the AAU placing announced on 27.07.15 and the 
                                                     admission of placing shares on 30.7.15, Metal Tiger's 
                                                     proportionate holding reduced below 3% although our 
                                                     absolute total holding of AAU shares has remained 
Other (please specify):                              unchanged at 27,777,777 shares.                            x 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the 
 notification obligation: (iii)                       METAL TIGER PLC 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):(iv) 
5. Date of the transaction and date on 
 which the threshold is crossed or 
 reached: (v)                                                                                     30 / 07 / 15 
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                                 03 / 08 / 15 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or 
 reached: (vi, vii)                                                                                         3% 
 
 
 
 
8. Notified details: 
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
Class/type of 
 shares             Situation previous 
 if possible using   to the triggering 
 the ISIN CODE       transaction                      Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                      Number 
                    Number             of 
                     of                Voting         Number                          Number of voting 
                     Shares            Rights          of shares                       rights                                           % of voting rights (x) 
 
                                                      Direct                          Direct (xi)              Indirect (xii)           Direct             Indirect 
ORDINARY SHARES OF 
NO PAR VALUE        22,777,777        22,777,777      22,777,777                      22,777,777                                        2.84% 
ISIN: JE00B65FK239 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
                                                                                        Number of voting 
                                                                                         rights that may be 
                                                                                         acquired if the 
Type of financial       Expiration      Exercise/                                        instrument is                                      % of voting 
 instrument              date (xiii)     Conversion Period (xiv)                         exercised/ converted.                               rights 
 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
 to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
Type of financial                     Expiration    Exercise/ Conversion 
 instrument           Exercise price  date (xvii)   period (xviii)                  Number of voting rights instrument refers to          % of voting rights (xix, xx) 
                                                                                                                                          Nominal            Delta 
 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
Number of voting rights                                 Percentage of voting rights 
22,777,777                                              2.84% 
 
 
 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
 the voting rights and/or the 
 financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
 (xxi) 
 
 
Proxy Voting: 
10. Name of the proxy holder: 
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease 
 to hold: 
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold 
 voting rights: 
 
 
 13. Additional information: 
14. Contact name:                                      MR CAMERON PARRY 
15. Contact telephone number:                          +44(0) 207 099 0738 
 
 
 
   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#1943615 
 
 
  http://www.arianaresources.com/s/Home.asp 
 

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