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Ariana Resources plc ("the Company"), the gold exploration company focused on Turkey, announces that it received notification on 25th September 2007 that following a purchase of 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p ("the Shares"), Paul Curtis, together with his brother Nick Curtis, now owns 6,600,000 Shares, representing a holding in the Company's enlarged issued share capital following the Placing announced on the 25th September 2007 of 9.4%.

 

 

 

 

Ariana is a dynamic exploration company focused on the discovery and development of epithermal gold-silver and porphyry copper-gold deposits with multi-million ounce potential within the Tethyan metallogenic belt of Turkey.  The Company has a portfolio of prospective licences covering 1,820km2, selected on the basis of its advanced in-house remote sensing database.

 

The Company's flagship asset is the 235km2 Sindirgi Gold Project, which targets a series of prospects, within a prolific mineralised district in western Turkey.  The project hosts over 45km of gold-silver bearing epithermal quartz veins.

 

Ambrian Partners Limited and King & Shaxson Capital 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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