Trench Results at the Salinbas Prospect

10 November 2009
AIM / PLUS Markets: AAU
 
               TRENCH RESULTS AT THE SALINBAS PROSPECT
 
Ariana Resources  plc  ("the  Company"),  the  gold  exploration  and
development company focused  on Turkey,  is pleased  to announce  the
results of trenching  undertaken on  the Salinbas  prospect which  is
part of the Ardala mineralised system.
 
Highlights
 
*          33m at 9.6 g/t Au and 46m at 8.3 g/t Au
 
*          Further potential along strike and at depth
 
*          Drilling underway
 
Dr. Kerim Sener, Managing Director, commented:
 
"The results  of  the initial  trenches  undertaken on  the  Salinbas
prospect highlight the potential of the broader Ardala mineral system
to yield multiple  zones of high-grade  mineralisation located  along
discrete structural corridors which  had been overlooked by  previous
explorers.  The Joint Venture team has been successful in identifying
these zones and  in conducting  a rapid and  successful programme  of
follow-up.  We  now  look forward  to  the results  of  our  drilling
programme."
 
Details of Programme
 
On the  Ardala  Project,  mapping and  sampling  has  confirmed  that
porphyry mineralisation  continues to  the  south of  the  previously
recognised outcrops, and this additional extension increases the size
potential of the Ardala porphyry system.
 
A high-grade gold zone has also been identified at Salinbas,  located
some 3km  to the  southwest  of the  Ardala porphyry.   Trenching  at
Salinbas has returned  the following bedrock  intercepts over a  360m
strike length with mineralisation open to the south and at depth:
 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Trench Number | Intercept (m) | Grade (g/t Au) |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| 1             |      26       |      5.4       |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| 2             |       6       |      2.8       |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| 3             |      46       |      8.3       |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| 4             |       6       |      2.8       |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| 5             |      14       |      7.3       |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| And           |      33       |      9.6       |
|---------------+---------------+----------------|
| 6             |       9       |      4.3       |
+------------------------------------------------+
 
Drilling of  the  trenched zone  and  at Ardala  South  is  currently
underway and  results  of  these  programmes  are  pending.   Further
information is  provided  in a  parallel  announcement by  our  Joint
Venture partners, European Goldfields Limited.
 
Contacts:
 
Ariana Resources plc               Tel: 020 7407 3616
Michael Spriggs, Chairman
Kerim Sener, Managing Director
 
Beaumont Cornish Limited           Tel: 020 7628 3396
Roland Cornish
 
Alexander David Securities Limited Tel: 020 7448 9820
Nick Bealer / David Scott
 
Loeb Aron & Company Ltd            Tel: 020 7628 1128
Peter Freeman / Frank Lucas
 
Editors' note:
 
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.
 
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